1990: Snow moved into western Iowa in the morning and spread across central and east central Iowa during the day. Snowfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches were common in a 60 mile wide band extending from Sioux City to Cedar Rapids with the highest reported accumulation of 8.5 inches falling at Little Sioux. The […]
The OHS thespians as well as OHS Troupe 228 will be presenting the play 12 Angry Men Friday November 5th and Saturday November 6th beginning at 7 PM at the George Daily Auditorium. Last evening, we had the opportunity to attend Press Night for the play. The play starts off with Jury Instructions from the […]
Pella, Iowa –Pella Corporation started asking its employees for Voluntary Separation. This program, started in October, gave employees options and incentives to retire early, or to move to other jobs outside of Pella Corporation. Pella Corporation Spokesperson Kathy Krafka Harkema informed me they are looking to cut about 250 jobs voluntarily, through early retirements or […]
Election day proved to be tough for the Democrats as a big Republican tide swept the state and nation. Nationally, the Republican Party gained around 64 seats in the House of Representatives to take back control of the house. In the US Senate, the Democrats were able to maintain control even after the Republicans were […]
David Strode,24, of Centerville sideswiped Steven Starr,37, also of Centerville. At approximately 6:25 yesterday morning, on Highway 5 by 240th St. Strode was South bound on Highway 5 in his 2006 Pontiac, when he fell asleep and crossed the center line coming into contact with the passenger side of the car being driven by Steven […]
William Penn University is partnering up with the community once again. The undergraduate students of the College for Working Adults program at William Penn have put together something spectacular with the United Way of Mahaska County this fall. CWA alumna, Christy Bellinger (2009) is the Executive Director of United Way. Bellinger is working with the […]
Tomorrow is the day that many of us have been waiting for. Tomorrow is election day. We here at Osky News would like to post some reminders for the election including everything that you will have the chance to vote for tomorrow. The Polls are open from 7 am to 9 pm. Note: If you […]
At its meeting this evening, the Oskaloosa City Council approved its 2010 fiscal year budget. Richard Atterbury of Martens & Company reported that overall the city had a good year. Overall, accounts were about 9.35% this year. Capital improvement was reported being down a fair amount this year. Atterbury said this was as a result […]
1991: A major winter storm pounded the upper Midwest from October 30th into November 2nd with some of the most severe effects occurring on Halloween. Snow moved into southern Iowa on the afternoon of the 30th and changed to mixed precipitation and ice on the morning of the 31st and continuing into late afternoon on […]
1979: Thunderstorms affected about the western third of Iowa producing heavy rain at some northwestern locations. The highest accumulation occurred at Sioux City where 4.42 inches of rain broke the all-time single day October record at that location by more than 2 inches. 1950: Unseasonably warm weather set in during the last few days of […]
