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At Tuesday’s (12/8) Oskaloosa School Board meeting, the Board accepted the retirement of High School Principal Stacy Bandy at the end of the school year.  You may remember at the end of the November 10…

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a manure spill in Keokuk County.  On Saturday (12/5), the DNR received several reports of a spill eleven miles north of Sigourney.  One report came from an…

The Oskaloosa City Council will hold a study session Monday (12/7) at 4:30pm to discuss sewer rates and capital improvement projects for the city’s wastewater system.  Then at 6:00, the City Council holds its regular…

Oskaloosa’s Main Street Lighted Christmas Parade is Saturday night (12/5) from 6 to 8 pm.  Because of coronavirus concerns, you’ll be driving around the parade route to see all the floats and lights.  Oskaloosa Main…

You can still help the Mahaska Health Foundation raise money for its Light the Night fundraiser.  Foundation Director Ann Frost says you can do that by visiting Smokey Row Coffee in Oskaloosa. "We have a…

Second District Congresswoman-Elect Mariannette Miller-Meeks is in Washington, getting the orientation that all new members of Congress receive.  Miller-Meeks was certified Monday (11/30) as winner of the November election, defeating Rita Hart by six votes. …

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, the longest-serving Republican senator and third in the line of presidential succession, is back in the Senate on Monday (11/30) after testing positive for coronavirus two weeks ago. Grassley, 87, isolated…

The Mahaska Health Foundation is holding its first ever Light the Night event Monday night (11/30).  The lights for the 20 foot tree were purchased as a way to raise money for the hospital’s Cancer…

A long-term care facility in Ottumwa has been taken off the state’s coronavirus outbreak list.  Vista Woods Care Center was removed after no new cases had been reported there in the last 28 days.  Two…

With the recent increase in coronavirus cases in Iowa, there has been concern about supplies of personal protective equipment, or PPE.  Jake Nicholson with Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management says Mahaska County will be…