Public meets Oskaloosa Superintendent finalists
Mar 03, 2022
Some two dozen people attended a public forum Wednesday night (3/2) to meet the two finalists for Oskaloosa School Superintendent. Mike Fisher, the superintendent at Charles City, and Tom Wood, the superintendent at Martensdale-St. Mary’s,…
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Iowa governor swipes at Biden leadership in GOP rebuttal
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New University of Iowa president installed
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Ottumwa bus fire
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