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Election opinion poll/voter guide for election 2010

Voting Booth

The final election poll was very interesting to see how it moved along during the past 2 weeks. Once can certainly see a difference between the 2 polls and how voter sentiment is changing over the month and a half. Since the poll was open longer the voter count was larger this time around, so […]

Jamison speaks to a group of supporters at Tassel Ridge in Leighton

Because of a technical error, our interview with Dave Jamison didn’t end up coming out correctly. He was most gracious and re-answered the questions for us, we thank him for taking that extra time. What are your feelings on the use of state funds for apparent personal campaign ads? As I mentioned in my remarks, […]

Statewide Republican Nominees Headline Tassel Ridge Winery Event

Editors Note: Osky News strives to be fair and balanced in its political news coverage. We try to cover every Democrat and Republican event but can’t make it to them if we are not notified in advance. If you have any future political event you want covered, please e-mail us at info@oskynews.org The top 6 […]

Kent Frankenfeld touts experience as reasons to vote for him

He wants to be your county treasurer. Kent Frankenfeld is running to be your county treasurer. Frankenfeld is currently employed by Cargil as a Production Technician but also has 30 years of banking under his belt including several years as upper management of a small local bank. I had the opportunity to sit down with […]

Mahaska County Democrats hold annual soup supper

The Mahaska County Democrats held their annual chili and potato soup supper tonight. County Treasurer Sone Scott lead the planning effort again this year. The soup supper was similar to recent years with State Representative Eric Palmer present helping serve residents. One thing different this year was that Congressman Leonard Boswell made a brief stop […]

Rozenboom talks about bid for Supervisor.

I want to thank Mahaska County Supervisor candidate Ken Rozenboom for taking the time to answer some questions for us. We asked him the exact same questions as we did with the other candidates in this race. We started off by asking Ken what Mahaska County could do to entice business to move here. Right […]

Branstad visits with Osky News.

We recently had an opportunity to ask former Governor Branstad some questions on some issue’s facing Iowan’s this year. He was gracious enough to send us some of his replies to those, and we want to share with you his thoughts to them. 1. What is your opinion on the Iowa Judicial Process? Should justices […]

Controversial subject theme of Gordon, Moore visit

Judge Roy Moore’s event drew nearly 250 supporters to the William Penn PAC Center on Saturday October 16th 2010. Nearly all were there to hear him speak on his experience on being removed from the Alabama Supreme Court. The event started off with a prayer lead by Rev. Bill Tvedt of Jubilee Family Church of […]

Reminder: Second Election Opinion Poll Now Open!

Voting Booth

This is our final poll before the election of 2010. The votes here will give us an idea of how the political winds have blown over the last few weeks, and if people’s minds have changed on who they wanted to vote for. Remember, this is an unscientific poll and can be contaminated by those […]

Proposed Iowa Water and Land Legacy Amendment on ballot in November

When you go to the polls in November, you will find various proposed amendments and other state propositions. One of these proposed amendments call the Iowa Water and Land Legacy Amendment. According to their website, the purpose of the amendment is to “create a dedicated trust fund for the purposes of protecting and enhancing water […]

           

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