LOCAL NEWS

The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors met in special session Tuesday morning for the election result canvassing from last Tuesday’s primary election. The Supervisors received the final totals from the results from around the county…

DES MOINES — Yesterday Gov. Terry E. Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds announced at their weekly press conference the creation of a Chronic Absenteeism Advisory Council to address chronic absenteeism in Iowa schools. Branstad…

Plans for "Let Freedom Ring," Montezuma's annual July 4th observance, were front and center during the Montezuma Community Boosters' monthly meeting on Wednesday, June 8, in city hall. This year's event will be on Saturday,…

OSKALOOSA — Mahaska Health Partnership’s Relay for Life team, the MHP Jaywalkers, held a “pie in the face” contest as their main fundraiser. Five MHP leaders agreed to get pies in their faces if enough…

IOWA — Good news for pheasant lovers or hunters this year: Iowa’s estimated pheasant harvest continues its climb and for the fifth year in a row has been higher than the previous year. In 2015,…

The 2016 World Pork Expo is being held in Des Moines at the Iowa State Fairgrounds from June 8th through the 10th. People travel from all over the world to visit the World Pork Expo…

MAHASKA COUNTY – On Monday, Supervisors and the public heard relatively vague plans for what would be a law enforcement center upgrade project. The motion to approve the upgrade project passed at the time, but…

OSKALOOSA — The Oskaloosa Police Department participated in the special traffic enforcement phase (sTEP) which went from May 23 to June 5. During this time period officers issued 35 seat belt citations and arrested one…

On June 8th, 2016 at approximately 07:38, the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call of a motor vehicle accident involving a car and truck, located at the intersection of N 83rd Ave E…

The Iowa Primaries were held June 7th, and here's a quick breakdown of the unofficial results for the open Mahaska County positions: Mahaska County Supervisor: Mark Groenendyk (R) - 1,763 votes (56.04{99cd714f394079a7f0ed2eb1518dd31342ff3ceb5b6c267c3ad8acd5b5a7d66b}) Valinn McReynolds (R)…