Oskaloosa — Mahaska Health Partnership Emergency Services is pleased to announce the addition of Amy Montgomery, DO, to its roster of physicians staffing the Emergency Department 24-hours a day, seven days a week. Dr. Montgomery received her medical degree from Kansas City University of Medicine in Kansas City, Mo. She performed her family medicine residency […]
Organizers for RAGBRAI have chosen the overnight host communities for the 2011 ride and are set to make the announcement Saturday night at 8:30 pm. The ride – which tends to alternate between northerly and southerly routes, is expected to roll through southern Iowa this year July 24-30th. That would seem to favor the communities […]
Wednesday evening a fire on the West side of the square in downtown Montezuma damaged a building that houses two businesses, R & R Restorations and Russel T’s Pizza, located at 106 s. 3rd Street. Montezuma’s Fire Chief stated that it appeared that most of the fire was contained to the Southwest corner of the […]
Facebook is for more than networking with friends these days. It’s a way of passing news, events or other community happenings. Some local people have found a niche recently on Facebook that seems to be helping others connect with buyers and sellers of extra items they may have around their homes. Oskaloosa Buy*Sell*Trade burst onto […]
Will continue the Eggs and Issues from Saturday. Area residents now had the opportunity to ask those who represent them questions. The first question that was asked from the floor dealt with the collection of sales tax from online presences, and what the state was going to do about this in order to help level […]
Saturdays guests to Eggs and Issues was State Senator Tom Rielly (D) of Oskaloosa, State Senator Paul McKinley (R) of Chariton and State Representative Guy Vander Linden (R) of Oskaloosa for House District 75. Senator Tom Rielly was the first of the legislators to give his statement. Tom made mention of the many new faces […]
The Grinnell Science Project at Grinnell College was recognized by the White House today with the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. The award, administered by the National Science Foundation, is given annually to individuals and organizations that have enabled a substantial number of underrepresented students to pursue and complete science […]
PELLA — The 2011 Central College High School Bandfest will feature students from 16 high schools across the state. The 79-member festival band and three ensembles, as well as a special performance by the Central College Symphonic Wind Ensemble, will perform at an evening concert Thursday, Jan. 27, at 7 p.m. in Douwstra Auditorium. The […]
Three groups of Oskaloosa High School students participated in the IHSSA District Large Group Speech contest events this past weekend. 4 Sophomores and 1 Junior performed in the Readers Theater category. Elizabeth Stam, Angela Hyland, Morgan Barret, Sharon Boer, and DeeDee Ussery all were the participants. The group received a Superior (1) rating meaning that […]
Our question of the week last week was: Do you believe that Iowa’s Supreme Court has done any actions requiring impeachment? You voted with 68% or 39 votes saying No, they did not. Those viewing the actions of the Supreme Court as, yes, having done enough to require impeachment was 30% or 17 votes, and […]
