April 4th, 2023 Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa City Council met Monday evening, April 3rd, 2023. The first order of business was the swearing-in of Oskaloosa’s newest police officer, Stephanie Nuno. Nuno was born and raised in Ottumwa, where she graduated high school in 2020. She then attended Indian Hills Community College and graduated with […]
NEW SHARON – North Mahaska School Board met Monday to interview an internal candidate for the interim superintendent’s position. The board previously accepted the resignation of school superintendent Angela Livezey effective June 30, 2023 at its March 27 meeting. The board approved an offer to Tim Veiseth as Interim Superintendent effective July 1, 2023 to […]
April 4th 2023 Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors met in regular session on Monday morning. On their agenda was a presentation with the Iowa DOT Development Division. In the public comments to begin the meeting, former SCRAA Board Member John Bandstra spoke. “I think there’s a couple things they should be […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (April 3, 2023) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented today on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. Additionally, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship provides a weather summary each week during […]
by Jacob Fischler, Iowa Capital Dispatch March 30, 2023 WASHINGTON — A New York criminal grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office confirmed following news reports. A former president has never been indicted before. Trump is also a Republican candidate in the 2024 race for the presidency. “This evening […]
April 2nd, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – Oskaloosa Mayor Dave Krutzfeldt signed a proclamation recognizing April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The proclamation reads as follows: WHEREAS, Sexual Assault Awareness Month calls attention to the fact that sexual violence is widespread and impacts every community member of Oskaloosa, and WHEREAS, rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment […]
April 1st, 2023 Keokuk County, Iowa – The Mahaska CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) headed to help their neighbors in Keokuk County on Saturday after tornadoes and other severe weather caused widespread destruction Friday. Mahaska County CERT Chief Jim Walker said the team helped with damage assessment. “This freed up the resources so they [First […]
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Governor Asa Hutchinson, former governor of Arkansas and official in President George W. Bush’s administration, has made a decision regarding his intentions in the 2024 Republican Presidential Primary. “After many conversations with Americans across this great country, I have decided to seek the Presidency of the United States of America,” said Gov. […]
The Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act of 2022 directed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in consultation with other federal government partners, to develop an immediate national strategy to increase the resiliency of the U.S. infant formula supply chain, protect against future contamination and other potential causes of shortages, and ensure parents and caregivers […]
by Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch March 31, 2023 Many major bills survived the second “funnel” deadline this week at the Iowa Capitol, but Republicans in the Iowa House and Senate hit points of contention on issues like education and liability limits. Republicans came together to pass priority legislation like private school scholarships, a ban […]
