Just before Noontime Saturday,William Penn Graduate Michael Gituma shared some of his native food dishes from Kenya with Ruthi Rogers and others in attendance at the Book Vault in downtown Oskaloosa. Gituma originally hails from Kenya, but is now a resident of Oskaloosa since 2005. His home in Kenya is located in the eastern part […]
Born in Oskaloosa, CEW wrestler Evan Jordan currently calls Eddyville home. Jordan, a self described Irish guy that ‘don’t take any nonsense and likes to get things done’, says he has the support of his friends and family in his wrestling career, and with his ambition to once again become CEW’s Heavyweight Champion. Jordan’s thinks […]
The Mahaska County Relay for Life committee is planning a new event to help raise funds to fight cancer this year. The group is organizing its inaugural Ladies Night for Friday, March 25, from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at Kinsmen’s Keep in Oskaloosa. “We were looking for a unique way to raise awareness of cancer while bringing […]
All during the month of February, the Oskaloosa Public Library collected food items in lieu of fines for overdue materials. Library Director Wanda Gardner stated that accepting food rather than cash is an opportunity many library users appreciate. “After the holidays, many people have extra cans or boxes of food in the cupboard, or even […]
Mahaska Counties Emergency Manager Jamey Robinson has been focused for nearly 2 years on helping Mahaska County achieve recognition from the National Weather Service and NOAA as StormReady. “StormReady encourages communities to take a new, proactive approach to improving local hazardous weather operations and public awareness,” said Jeff Johnson with the Des Moines office of […]
With highs on Wednesday reaching 68 degrees, with a mostly sunny sky, the sight and sound of kids playing in yards and playgrounds was a common occurrence. The city park at Beacon was no exception with a steady stream of people looking to enjoy the day. Harper, Lilly, Xylor and Violet were but just a […]
What was a very full gym at both the senior high and and middle school as KAOS Gold Wrestling conducted their AAU District 6 wrestling tournament on Saturday March 12th, 2011. With 275 wrestlers each contending for 1 of 4 spots in their respective weight classes to advance to the next round, it was a […]
“The original plan was that they wanted one person to host a table that sat 16, and they wanted to get 8 people from the city and 8 people from the country. Back then it was unusual for the country to come to the city a lot of times, so that’s why they started this. […]
The Eddyville-Blakesburg and Fremont School District Reorganization Committees met last night to discuss the possibility of school consolidation. The committee’s have been meeting on their own to discuss the matters with their own respective districts. The purpose of the joint meeting was to bring ideas to the table and make decisions on some of the […]
This edition of ‘Where in Mahsaka County is different than the others I have done in the past. This time I will be giving away a prize for the correct guess. The prize for correctly identifying the location in the picture is 2 tickets to CEW’s Showdown on March 26th at Bradbury Hall. Each is […]
