Young softball players from Shanghai and the Oskaloosa area competed together, attended a training clinic and toured Iowa during the second Musco Youth Sports Exchange.
The USAC Silver Crown Series will return to Iowa Speedway for the first time since 2015 with the inaugural Iowa 100 on Saturday, Aug. 8, following the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race.
More than 150 Oskaloosa students took part in the district’s summer athletic training program each week. The program ended with a youth combine measuring speed, agility, power and explosiveness.
Community partners installed 80 fish habitat structures at Russell Wildlife Area and White Oak Conservation Area to improve fishing conditions and support fish populations.
Former Iowa governors Terry Branstad and Tom Vilsack joined former U.S. Ambassador Kenneth Quinn to mark 20 years of the Iowa Hunger Summit and its bipartisan work to address food insecurity.
owa will stop using Social Security survivor benefits to help pay foster care costs and will instead preserve the money for eligible children to use in the future.
The new Golden Gander Club is bringing men together to pool financial resources and support projects that benefit Oskaloosa and Mahaska County.
Musco has opened a new manufacturing facility in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, to produce lighting systems for youth recreation fields, stadiums and other sports venues across the region.
The Mahaska Health Foundation will hold the 15th Annual Run in the Sun on Saturday, Aug. 1, at Statesmen Community Stadium in Oskaloosa. Proceeds will support Hospice Serenity House.
The Oskaloosa Public Library sealed a time capsule containing 22 envelopes of photographs, memories, and local history as part of America’s 250th anniversary.
