Here is your chance to see what’s new at the YMCA and enjoy wonderful refreshments by Sodexo. The Diplomats of the Oskaloosa Area Chamber & Development Group would like to invite Chamber members, employees and friends to the next Business After Hours for refreshments served in a casual social atmosphere. The event is being hosted […]
The 2011 Relay for Life held a fundraiser Friday night, March 25th at the Kinsmen’s Keep located at 302 N. A St in Oskaloosa. One of the main events of the evening was a purse auction, with many of them being donated by individuals. The food was catered by Grate Expectations catering of Oskaloosa, with […]
Roy Moore is the former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court who is also known as the “America’s Ten Commandments Judge”. Moore said on his facebook page that he is, “considering the possibility of forming an exploratory committee for considering a presidential run for 2012.” Moore was removed as Chief Justice of the Alabama […]
The Oskaloosa High School Speech team finished the year strong with a performance by Sophomore Bob Leonard at the IHSSA All-State Festival. Leonard competed in the Public Address category giving a speech by Hubert H. Humphrey. Leonard was nominated as an Outstanding Performer at the IHSSA State Festival on March 12th. The Speech team started […]
Friday March 25th, local leaders and state representative’s assembled at the Iowa Bioprocess Training Center of Indian Hills, located at the Cargill complex in Eddyville, Iowa. Attendees on hand included representatives from Wacker Chemical, Indian Hills, Alliant Energy, Cargill, Ajinomoto Food Ingredients, Ajinomoto Heartland, Mahaska County, Monroe County, Eddyville, Mahaska Community Development Group, Ottumwa Economic […]
High School soccer has begun practice for the soccer season. Mahaska County Youth soccer also began practice for their league division and will begin for the recreation division on Monday. Youth soccer has 220 recreation players this season and 123 league players. High School boys team has 34 players and 3 managers this season while […]
Thursday, Pella Corporation invited Michelle Moore, Obama Administration’s Federal Environmental Executive responsible for promoting sustainability and environmental stewardship throughout the federal government’s operations, to visit Pella. While on campus, she met with students who gave presentations about Central’s green initiatives and toured the Roe Center, Central’s platinum-rated Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) building. […]
Last week, we asked you if you believed that Oskaloosa Schools were making the right improvements to bring them out of the “in need of improvement” status. 53 residents responded with 37 residents (70%) saying No, 11 residents (21%) saying Unsure, and 5 residents (9%) saying Yes. The question of the week poll is unscientific […]
Our unscientific, early opinion poll of possible presidential candidates has been showing some interesting results. With the poll being open just over a week now, Ron Paul seems to be a solid front runner at this point with Donald Trump coming in second. With candidates now joining the run for the White House, the next […]
Voters in the Montezuma Community School District will head to the polls in a couple of weeks to vote on a new bond issue. The vote is on whether or not the Montezuma School Board will issue $8.5 million dollars in General Obligation Bonds to help pay for a school renovation project. This combined with […]
