This is about my dad, who, at the age of 15 years old joined the Navy. His name is Bill Jones. He was born and raised in Oskaloosa. He passed away in 1975 from cancer. One year after retiring. He was the most amazing man I have ever known. Not just because he was my […]
JD (Schnauzer) was bought from a pet store in Des Moines. When his parents went through a divorce he ended up going to an uncle where he lived in a garage for one year. As you can see from the before picture he was filthy and matted when he came to us but a quick […]
Beacon City Council was called to order on Thursday November 4 at their normal start time of 7 pm at the Beacon City Hall, with a slight delay caused by a heating issue to the building. Mayor Maxwell called the meeting to order, with council members Wayne Braden, Richard Thomas, and Aron Whitlatch. Ron Ferree […]
The Oskaloosa School board met Thursday in regular session with Board President Don Patterson calling the meeting to order at 7:30 pm. All members except for Don Patterson were present. In regular session, the board: Heard an update report on the District Leadership Team Heard a report on the Professional Learning Communities Heard a presentation […]
The National Weather Service in conjunction with the Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency has declared November 9, 2010 as Winter Weather Awareness Day in Iowa. Each year, winter returns to Iowa and produces winter storms, blizzards, ice storms and periods of extremely cold temperatures and dangerous wind chills. Extreme winter weather disrupts transportation, […]
After his victory last week, we had the opportunity to ask Ken Rozenboom a couple of questions on the election. Your thoughts now that the election is over? Affirmation. I believed that my many years of business experience, and the opportunity to work with many fine residents of Mahaska County, would translate into strong support […]
Bertha Terpstra,65, of Pella and Denise Beaver,33, of Ottumwa were involved in a mix up with a school bus early last Thursday at the intersection of HWY 163 and 185th St. Terpstra,driving a Chrysler 2000 Town & Country, was attempting to cross HWY 163 at 185th street. Beaver, driving a 2002 Saturn VUE, was west […]
Last week, we asked you if you agreed or disagreed with the Jason Ebelshieser verdict. A record setting number of votes was cast with 115 residents voting in our poll. 55 residents (48%) voted that they agreed with the verdict, 40 residents (35%) voted that they disagreed with the verdict, and 20 residents (17%) voted […]
1991: Unusually early bitter cold temperatures settled across Iowa bringing the temperature below zero across nearly the entire state, with only far eastern and southeastern sections recording lows in the single digits above zero. Many stations set daily record lows and at numerous locations this is the earliest date on record on which the temperature […]
There were bands, displays, lazer tag, coloring, and that sense of community in the square. The Penn Central Mall has 145,393 square feet of retail space. JC Penney, Dollar General and Hy-Vee are current anchor stores with several other smaller shops ranging from clothing to hobby occupy many of the other locations. You can get […]
