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The Oskaloosa Early Childhood Education and Recreation Center project moved closer to becoming reality Monday (3/16).  The Oskaloosa City Council at its regular meeting awarded a $27 million contract to Rochon Corporation to build the…

Monroe County Hospital and Clinics in Albia is now placing temporary restrictions on visitors because of coronavirus concerns.  As of now, only immediate family, loved ones and clergy will be allowed to visit patients at…

BY O. KAY HENDERSON A group of students was escorted out of the Iowa capitol by state troopers after some transgender students refused to leave a men’s restroom and use gender-neutral restrooms instead. Iowa Safe Schools…

Members of the Mahaska Chamber and Development Group will be the featured speakers at Saturday’s (3/14) Eggs and Issues in Oskaloosa.  People who chair various boards and committees will be on hand to answer your…

Mahaska Health in Oskaloosa is placing temporary restrictions on visitors.  As of Thursday (3/12), only primary caregivers will be allowed to visit patients at the hospital.  Those include parents and step-parents, spouses and significant others,…

The president of Grinnell College has told students they must leave the campus by March 23 to help halt the spread of the new coronavirus disease. Classes will continue to meet through Friday, the last…

A jury in Wapello County is deciding whether an Ottumwa woman killed her five-year-old daughter.  Kelsie Thomas is accused of strangling her daughter, Cloe Chandler, in July of 2018.  The jury got the case Tuesday…

The Oskaloosa School Board holds its monthly meeting Tuesday night (3/10).  Among the highlights on tonight’s agenda, the Board will vote on its budget for the 2020-21 school year and discuss plans for a window…

BY O. KAY HENDERSON Republican Congressman Steve King says he’s disappointed in the sentence for a Colorado man who admitted he threw a glass of water on King last year. Twenty-seven-year-old Blake Gibbins was sentenced to…

Friday (3/6) is the final day on the job for Pella Police Chief Robert Bokinsky.  He announced last month he was stepping down for family reasons.  Bokinsky has been Pella’s Police Chief for eight years…