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Mahaska County Farm Bureau Sponsoring Information Meeting On Local Options Sales Tax

Mahaska County Farm Bureau is sponsoring an informational meeting on the Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) Thursday, January 7th 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the ISU Extension Office, located at  212 North…
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Sanders To Visit Iowa

KNOXVILLE – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Dec. 29 returns to Iowa for a three-day swing through the state. The trip kicks off with a town meeting in Muscatine and includes stops in Davenport, Burlington,…
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Skeletal Remains Identified

MAHASKA COUNTY— The Iowa Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) was called to assist the Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office with a death investigation. Upon an autopsy performed on Sunday, Dec.…
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Judge: New US courthouse In Iowa Will Resolve Space Issues

(Information in the following story is from: The Des Moines Register, http://www.desmoinesregister.com) DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A U.S. district judge in Iowa says plans for a new federal courthouse in Des Moines will resolve…
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City Council Meeting 12/21/15

The Oskaloosa City Council met for their regularly scheduled and final meeting of 2015 Monday night in the Council Chambers in City Hall. The meeting went at a brisk pace, with community comments starting the…
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Mahaska County Board Of Supervisors Discuss The Local Option Sales Tax Petition

With the term coming to a close, it is no surprise that the Local Option Sales Tax has taken center stage at nearly every meeting of the Mahaska County Board of Supervisors. The passion regarding…
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Teen Pursues Political Dream

EDDYVILLE — No one is ever too young to pursue their dreams, even if those dreams take them away from home and right in the middle of a political storm. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont student Devon Severson, 16,…
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Hunter Finds Body

MAHASKA COUNTY — At approximately 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, the Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a subject that was deer hunting. The subject reported finding a body located in a small wooded area…
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Petition To Renew Local Option Sales Tax Reaches 900 Signatures

A group of Mahaska County citizens appeard this morning at the Mahaska County Auditor's Office at 11:30 am to present a petition with over 900 signatures. The petition was to request a special election to…
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Fugitive May Be In Iowa

KANSAS CITY, Kansas — The U.S. Marshals and the State of Kansas are seeking the public’s help in locating Bryan Levi Bridges, one of Kansas’ most wanted fugitives. Bridges, 20, is wanted for first-degree murder,…
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