Oskaloosa – Mahaska Health Partnership joins hospitals across the United States in celebrating National Healthcare Week, May 9-15. It is the largest healthcare event that celebrates the hospital’s providers and staff, services and history. A hospital is more than a place where people go to heal, it is part of the community that fosters health […]
With the flash flooding that left Oskaloosa residents stranded in their homes, Mahaska County Emergency Management wanted to make sure local firefighters and posse members had the skills to better serve residents with water rescue training. Firefighters and Posse members got an early start this past Saturday morning with instruction held at the Oskaloosa Fire […]
William Penn University held commencement exercises on Saturday, May 7, at 2:00 p.m. in the Penn Activity Center. Doors opened at 12:30 p.m. The ceremony honored just over 300 students. Commencement opening was given by Dr. James B. Drost, with the welcome being given by Dr. Ann Fields, President of William Penn. General Tom Franks […]
2003: A severe thunderstorm produced very large hail and extensive damage along a path through Wayne, Appanoose, and Mahaska counties. Hail stones of great size were reported ranging up to 4.75 inches in diameter north of Oskaloosa. 1990: A heavy thunderstorm dropped more than 5 inches of rain at Boone, flooding basements and leaving some […]
1964: Seven tornadoes touched down in Iowa with two of these injuring people in northeastern portions of the state. One tornado produced F3 damage in Buchanan County, nearly leveling a home and injuring one person near Hazelton. Another tornado produced F2 damage in Black Hawk County, injuring 27 people as it traveled through Waterloo before […]
Little League is now in full swing for the season! Little League games have taken place all week at the Lacey Recreation Complex and many of the community have come out to watch! The average attendance has been 70 Spectators per game. Keeping that average a 10 game night brings near 700 visitors to the […]
The Oskaloosa YMCA Boys Gymnastics Team captured the first place team trophy at the AmeriKids State Meet on Saturday, April 30, 2011. The team, which is small but mighty, consists of only three boys. Jack Cummings-age 9 from Pella got 2nd place overall, Jack Dawson-age 9 from Oskaloosa got 1st place overall and Josh Skinner-age […]
The Better Business Bureau serving Greater Iowa, QuadCities and Siouxland Region is warning local Chambers and small business owners of a company selling advertising space on magnetized city guides. The company, Communities Unlimited LLC located in Davenport, IA is charging businesses advertising space on local city guides that are purportedly distributed throughout the community. The […]
“Fasting and prayer are religious exercises; the enjoining them an act of discipline. Every religious society has a right to determine for itself the time for these exercises, and the objects proper for them, according to their own particular tenets; and right can never be safer than in their hands, where the Constitution has deposited […]
Tuesday, May 3, the House and Senate Republicans and Governor Branstad agreed to the total amount of general fund spending for FY 2012. The general fund budget would be just less than $6 billion. This amount is 97 percent of ongoing revenue and over $200 million less than the adjusted FY 2011 budget. It leaves […]
