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Mahaska County Supervisors Meet Wednesday

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(MAHASKA COUNTY, Iowa) – The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors will meet on Wednesday, April 4 at 9:00 AM. This is a departure from their regular Monday morning time of meeting. The meeting will take place in the third floor conference room of the Mahaska County Courthouse, located at 106 South 1st Street in Oskaloosa.

Items on the agenda include the following:

  1. Approve agenda
  2. Public comments
  3. Approve minutes March 5
  4. Approve March bills
  5. Accept 3rd Quarter Reports
  • Auditor
  • Sheriff
  1. Accept FY2017 Mahaska County Audit final report
  2. Payroll Change
  • Sec Rd (5)
  • IRVM
  • Sheriff
  1. Approve Notice of Destruction of Noxious Weeds and publication thereof
  2. Approve Resolution #2-2018
  • Amendment to South Central Behavioral Health Region 28E agreement
  1. Appointment to Pella Planning & Zoning
  • David Landon
  1. Approve liquor license application
  • Tassel Ridge Winery LLC – 12 mo Class C Native Wine
  1. 9:25 AM Public Hearing
  • Improvements to Law Enforcement Center – Roof
  • Improvements to Law Enforcement Center – Masonry
  1. Award Contracts for Roof and Masonry improvements to Law Enforcement Center
  2. Approve addition of Burlington Road Paving Project to five-year-plan
  3. Approve Secondary Road FY19 DOT budget
  4. Recommend rock trailer replacement
  5. Consider possible ordinance to reduce speed on G-77
  • Set public hearing date
  1. Public comments

Van Morrison & Willie Nelson Announce Co-Headlining Show

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Now this sounds like quite a bill. Van Morrison and Willie Nelson and the Family are teaming up for a co-headlining show this fall.

The two iconic artists have announced a one-off show at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York on September 12th.

Tickets for the show go on sale Saturday at 10 am. Click here for more info.

Source: Jambands.com

Authorities Investigating After Fatal Motor Vehicle Accident

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(OTTUMWA, Iowa) – On Monday, April 02, 2018, at approximately 12:50 PM, personnel from the Ottumwa Fire Department and the Ottumwa Police Department responded to a single vehicle car accident that resulted in a grassfire near the Vine Street exit off of Highway 34/63 bypass.

It was determined that the driver of the motor vehicle went off of the roadway and their vehicle came to rest in the ditch area by Vine Street. The driver of the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene and the body has been sent to the state crime lab for an autopsy.

The name of the driver is not being released at this time pending confirmation of the identity at the autopsy.

-News release provided by the Ottumwa Police Department

2018 Beane Lecture Series at WPU Welcomes MaryKate Morse

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(OSKALOOSA, Iowa) – William Penn University will welcome MaryKate Morse on Tuesday, April 3 as the 2018 Beane Lecture Series guest speaker. The lectures will be open to the public. Her first lecture, titled “A Quaker’s Reflection on Jesus’ Leadership: The Role of Power & Influence in Ministry,” will be held at 11:15 a.m. in the Chief Mahaska Room in the Dana M. Atkins Memorial Union.

MaryKate Morse is a professor of Leadership and Spiritual Formation in the seminary at George Fox University. Currently, she is the Lead Mentor for the Doctor of Ministry in Leadership & Spiritual Formation. Raised in the Air Force, MaryKate lived in various states and overseas. She completed her BS in Secondary Education and English Literature at Longwood University in Virginia and MaryKate completed her doctorate at Gonzaga University. With her husband, Randy, and small children she lived in the Andes Mountains of Bolivia and Peru doing ministry and social projects with the Aymará Indians.

She began teaching, studied spiritual formation and direction, and was certified as a spiritual director and recorded as a pastor with the Evangelical Friends. After her doctorate, she planted two churches and served in various administrative positions. She is a spiritual director and leadership mentor and coach, conference and retreat speaker, and author of “Making Room for Leadership: Power, Space, and Influence and A Guidebook to Prayer.”

The Beane Lecture Series was established through an endowment by Ercil and Maxine Beane in 2008 to develop programs that engage students, faculty, and the community in discussions influenced by Quaker principles and philosophies. Through that endowment, a guest speaker is brought to William Penn University each year. Due to their commitment to kindness, generosity, and community, William Penn University is pleased to MaryKate Morse for the 2018 edition of the Beane Lecture Series.

EmmyLou Harris is Born (On This Day)

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April 2: On This Day

1938 – Singer/songwriter Warner Mack is born in Nashville, Tennessee.

1942 – Musician/songwriter Leon Russell is born in Lawton, Oklahoma.

1947 – Singer/songwriter/musician EmmyLou Harris is born in Birmingham, Alabama.

1956 – Johnny Cash records his classic song, I Walk the Line, which became his first #1 Billboard country hit.

1961 – Nashville Star Buddy Jewell is born in Lepanto, Arkansas.

1962 – Country singer/songwriter Billy Dean is born in Quincy, Florida.

1995 – Trisha Yearwood is #1 on the Country Singles Chart with Thinkin’ About You.

2002 – Marty Stuart receives a DUI following an arrest in Hendersonville, Tennessee.

Brett Eldredge Starts Family Foundation

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Brett Eldredge has found a new way to help those in need. The singer has created the Brett Eldredge Family Foundation, which aims to help children battling cancer and raise money for research to find a cure.

As the Foundation’s first move, the singer and his family, including dad Chris, mom Robin and brother Brice, donated $60,000 to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, money raised during Brett’s annual holiday party, which was held in Nashville.

“The passion and love the folks at Vanderbilt Children’s hospital have for their kiddos is UNREAL!,” he wrote on Instagram. “ So proud to give them this check from The Brett Eldredge Family Foundation…keep going, we’re here for you.”

Source: Sounds Like Nashville

Thursday Night Golf League Heats Up at Harvest Point

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Golfers are invited to join the 2018 Thursday night golf league played at Harvest Point course.

This league is open to both men and women golfers older than 21. This is a league that keeps score and uses an in-house handicap for all players. Senior tees are also allowed. They play 9 holes each Thursday, starting at 5:45 PM. Teams consist of 4 golfers each night. The length of the season depends on the number of teams and starts on May 3, 2018.

Contact the golf shop to confirm your spot and team. Space is limited. Call 641-673-5120 for more info.

April is Distracted Driving Month

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-Submitted by the Iowa Department of Public Safety

Distracted driving is one of the fastest growing safety issues on the roads today. Distracted drivers aren’t just a threat to themselves: they’re a danger to everyone else on the road. With more portable technology now than ever, driver distractions have risen to unprecedented numbers. We live in a world where people expect instant, real-time information 24 hours-a-day and those desires do not stop just because people get behind the wheel of a vehicle. Not all distractions are caused by electronic devices but drivers using hand-held devices while driving are FOUR times as likely to get into crashes serious enough to injure themselves or others.

Teen Driver Cell Phone Statistics: 11 teens die every day as a result of texting while driving. According to an AAA poll, 94{99cd714f394079a7f0ed2eb1518dd31342ff3ceb5b6c267c3ad8acd5b5a7d66b} of teen drivers acknowledge the dangers of texting and driving, but 35{99cd714f394079a7f0ed2eb1518dd31342ff3ceb5b6c267c3ad8acd5b5a7d66b} admitted to doing it anyway. 21{99cd714f394079a7f0ed2eb1518dd31342ff3ceb5b6c267c3ad8acd5b5a7d66b} of teen drivers involved in fatal accidents were distracted by their cell phones.

To combat distracted driving, the Iowa Legislature passed a more comprehensive electronic communication devices law. Effective July 1, 2017, Iowa’s distracted driving law became a primary law meaning a law enforcement officer can stop any driver who is texting (reading, writing, or sending) or using any other portable electronic device, unless the motor vehicle is at a complete stop and off the traveled portion of the roadway.

Be part of the solution: “Put It Down” when driving!

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