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Missing Juvenile Reminder

**Update** Sierra is found and is safe. Sierra Stout was reported missing to the Mahaska County Law Enforcement Center on December 10, 2010. Her hair is  all black. She has pierced ears and a pierced navel. Sierra was last seen wearing black skinny jeans, a brown sweater dress, a black wool coat and black knit […]

Girl Scouts spend time baking for a good cause

OSKALOOSA – The holidays are a great time to spend time in the kitchen baking goodies for friends and family, but why not share with others in your community? That’s what 33 Oskaloosa Girl Scouts did on Sunday to provide a bit of cheer for those working while the rest of us kick back and relax. […]

Downtown alive with the sounds of Christmas

Oskaloosa’s First Church of the Nazarene’s Gateway Choir held a community concert at Smokey Row December 15th. The 6:30 show featuring Gateway Worship Choir, with selected soloists, instrumentalists and drama. The concert will be held again at the church’s 1215 3rd Avenue East location again December 19, at 10:30. Pastor Dave Childers “Our desire as […]

Oskaloosa Schools youth play the sounds of the season.

Oskaloosa Community School’s Band Department presented Winter ’10 at George Daily Auditorium on Monday December 13, 2010. The 7:30 show started off with the 5th grade band playing Hot Cross Buns, Rolling Along, A Mozart Melody, London Bridge, Jingle Bells. The band is directed by Ms. Tara Meade. The Sixth Grade band was up next, […]

City of Richland Issues Boil Advisory

Iowa Department of Natural Resources

Posted: December 15, 2010 RICHLAND – The City of Richland in Keokuk County has issued a boil advisory for its drinking water system. A major water main break early Wednesday caused the water system to lose pressure. Once pressure has been lost within a water system, there is potential for bacterial contamination, prompting the boil […]

OSKALOOSA POLICE DEPARTMENT ASKING FOR PUBLIC’S ASSISTANCE

THE OSKALOOSA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING THE PUBLIC’S ASSISTANCE IN ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE A JUVENILE, SIERRA CHEYENNE STOUT, AGE 15, OF NORTH LIBERTY IOWA. SIERRA STOUT WAS LAST SEEN IN OSKALOOSA ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2010 DURING THE EVENING HOURS. OSKALOOSA OFFICERS LEARNED SIERRA STOUT WAS LAST SEEN AROUND 6:30 P.M. WHEN SHE ARRIVED IN […]

Christmas Light Contest

With recent events in town keeping us very busy, we were slow in getting to our contestants homes to take pictures for Osky News. We wanted to have the pictures up for the readers to vote on nearly 3 days ago. All entries were received by December 11th. Originally voting was to have begun on […]

School Board approves invitation to play at new community stadium

Oskaloosa Community School

At its meeting this evening, the Oskaloosa School Board voted to approve an invitation to play at the new community stadium by a unanimous vote. The approval was contingent on later approval of an agreement between the school board and William Penn University. While the vote may have been unanimous, the board did debate the […]

Rollover accident in Marion County

Conner Van WalBeek of Pella escaped injury when is 2002 Ford Pickup slid off the road on 195th Place near McKimber Street north of Highway 92 on December 13th. Van WalBeek was traveling north on 195th Place when he lost control going off into the East ditch landing on it’s roof. Officers arrived on scene […]

Local printing company will continue to serve Oskaloosa

Mark Richey, owner of Precise Imaging in Oskaloosa, says that he will be back in business in Oskaloosa soon. The hunt is currently on for a location to set up shop in again. Another local printing company is helping him keep things going while the details are being worked out. Richey says he found out […]

           

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