Tuesday, March 8, 2011 Call to order: Mayor Maxwell called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. Council members present: Richard Thomas, Tom VanDerVeer, Aron Whitlatch and Wayne Braden. Absent: Ron Ferree. I. General Business A. Minutes of the February 8, 2011 meeting were reviewed. Richard Thomas made a motion to approve minutes as presented […]
The first meeting that will help to Organize the Mahaska County Long-Term Disaster Recovery Organization met at Noon Wednesday March 9, 2011 on the 3rd floor of the Oskaloosa Public Library. What is long-term recovery, and why is it important to Mahaska County? Those agencies and organizations that help affected persons and communities to have […]
Up and coming “Country Soul” recording artist Kassie Miller and her husband Ben Wilson formerly of Oskaloosa made an appearance Wednesday night at Smokey Row in Oskaloosa. Kassie Miller is no stranger to the spotlight, having been a contestant on “The Search for the Ultimate Coyote” . During that 4 week show she danced, sang […]
I had the opportunity to read a new book by Gary Sutton titled ‘Oskaloosa Moon’. The story is fictional, but comes from the experiences of what many kids with challenges had when growing up in the late 50’s and beyond. The character ‘Moon’ has many experiences in his life, growing up in small town Iowa, […]
Ottumwa, IA – IowaWORKS Southern Iowa office in Ottumwa and New Iowan Center will hold the 2011 Job Fair on Thursday, March 31. Free to the public, the job fair will be held from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm and will be held at the National Guard Armory located at 2858 North Court Street in […]
Students from Oskaloosa Middle School competed in this years science fair. With 38 students participating with 20 different projects, Chad Farner of OMS stated, “The 2011 OMS Science Fair was a great success.” Christian Flatt made a hovercraft from a plastic plate, a computer fan and 2 nine volt batteries. She said of the science […]
OSKALOOSA – If you are having trouble sleeping or don’t feel rested, plan to attend the Mahaska Health Partnership Sleep Awareness Open House to learn more about your sleep. This free open house will be held Thursday, March 17 from 4 to 7 p.m. on the MHP campus in Oskaloosa (use entrance #3). MHP Registered […]
Gordon Anderson of the Mahaska County Shriners presented 90 tickets to the Za-Ga-Zig Shrine Circus. On hand to accept the tickets was Diane Broerman and Tammy Sparks. The circus will be held at Jacobson Center at the Iowa State Fairgrounds March 25th, 26th and 27th. On top of the 90 tickets (some help cover chaperons), […]
Officials from NOAA’s National Weather Service will recognize Mahaska County on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 for completing a set of rigorous criteria necessary to earn the distinction of being StormReady®. Mahaska County is one of 29 StormReady communities in the state of Iowa, and one of more than 1700 StormReady communities in the U.S. “StormReady […]
With no official announcements at this point from either past visitor Governor Tim Pawlenty (R) or Congressman Ron Paul (R) on their presidential aspirations for 2012 yet announced, it is starting to feel more and more like campaign season. Currently possible candidates are gauging support for a possible campaign, a testing of the waters of […]
