Judy Charlton was the guest of honor at a benefit to help her and her husband Rick with the cost of rising medical bills as Judy fights cancer. In October of 2010, Judy was diagnosed with 3rd stage breast cancer. “A group of women in the community called ‘The Pearls’ took it upon themselves to […]
The YMCA played host to the Oskaloosa Community at a ‘Business After Hours’. The event brought people, interested in the Y, in for a tour and some refreshments, while they caught up on all the new things going on at the YMCA. Along with the tours, there were refreshments served by Sodexo of William Penn. […]
Carl Drost volunteers his time and equipment to help develop an additional parking lot at the Lacey Recreation Soccer fields. The lot is being developed just south of the U14 soccer fields and will add 175 spaces for parking this season. Carl Drost has graded and prepped the surface for gravel. Rock will be brought […]
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Leonard Boswell continued to call for increased funding for job-creating transportation and infrastructure projects after Iowa was ranked third in the nation for structurally deficient highway bridges. “Today’s report that 21.7 percent of Iowa’s bridges are structurally deficient should be a wake-up call at the local, state, and federal levels […]
Des Moines, IA- Rep. Leonard Boswell will have a member of his staff in Montezuma and Oskaloosa, Tuesday, April 5th, for open office hours. Greg Johnson, Boswell’s District Representative, will be at: Montezuma City Hall from 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Oskaloosa Public Library from 11:00 AM – 12:00 Noon Johnson will be on hand […]
I remember the first time that I listened to an Autism Speaks advertisement on the radio. I had been researching autism due to my nonverbal son. His professional entourage, at this point, were cautiously using terms such as language delayed and then developmentally delayed. However, I was driving home from work that night hearing the […]
DES MOINES – Governor Terry Branstad has designated April 4-8, 2011, as Severe Weather Awareness Week in Iowa. The Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division (HSEMD), together with the National Weather Service (NWS), is again recognizing the first week in April as Severe Weather Awareness Week. The goal is to provide Iowans a better […]
The 1st Annual Spring Fling brought out dozens of vendors to Penn Central Mall on Saturday March 26th, 2011. Kelly Stevens-Comstock, owner of Forever Photography said that the show was going great and that she was very busy. “More than I expected really, already” said Amber Klum, owner of Girly Things by Amber. Melissa Hunt, […]
The Syngenta Heartland Laser Show made a stop at the Two Rivers Cooperative at 109 South Street in Pella, IA. The Heartland Laser Tour, which is sponsored by Syngenta Plant Performance products, is in its second year of touring the Midwest. The show consisted of laser lights, making moving pictures, on the silo’s of the […]
Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty announced last week that he has formed an exploratory commitee to explore a bid for President. Pawlenty is the first major candidate to announce the formation of an exploratory committee. Pawlenty’s announcement came via a video on his Facebook page. In addition to serving as Minnesota’s Governor, Pawlenty was on […]
