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OSKALOOSA -- On Saturday, August 2, 2025, the Mahaska Health Foundation and Hospice Serenity House welcomed runners, walkers, families, and volunteers to the 14th Annual Run in the Sun at the Statesmen Community Stadium. Over…

OSKALOOSA, Iowa – For Oskaloosa Police Officer Jenna Stengel, serving her community has always been about more than enforcing the law. Now, as the district’s second full-time School Resource Officer (SRO), she is stepping into…

OTTUMWA -- On Monday, August 18th, 2025 at approximately 12:53 AM, emergency services were dispatched to the 100 block of Church Street for a medical call.  Upon arrival, a 17 year old female was found…

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach’s Farm, Food and Enterprise Development team is holding two webinars in August that will explore the role of intense heat on farmers and growers, as well…

OSKALOOSA, Iowa – Oskaloosa High School’s Student Council has turned a simple idea into a full-scale community project with the release of its K-12 activity calendar, offering families a yearlong snapshot of student life while…

DES MOINES -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig and Iowa Farm Bureau Federation President Brent Johnson honored 449 Iowa farm families with Century or Heritage Farm designations at the 2025 Iowa State Fair. The…

DES MOINES -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, Lt. Gov. Chris Cournoyer, Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig, and Department of Natural Resources Director Kayla Lyon recognized 40 Iowa farm families with Iowa Farm Environmental Leader Awards at…

BLAKESBURG -- The EBF School District has announced the hiring of the next Blakesburg Elementary Principal. The district introduced Kayeleigh Rook as their next principal for the elementary school starting in the next school year.…

OSKALOOSA – An Oskaloosa woman has been charged with felony burglary after police say she entered her ex-husband’s apartment without permission and proceeded to strike him in the head with a lamp and cause damage…

OSKALOOSA -- Suzette Striegel, Mahaska County Master Gardener Coordinator will present "Don't Stop Gardening:  Fall Vegetable Gardening on Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at 6 pm.  Many vegetable crops can be grown in late summer for…