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Getting around downtown Oskaloosa could be a bit tricky this summer.  At Monday night’s (4/4) regular meeting, the Oskaloosa City Council approved a downtown resurfacing project.  The $606,000 project calls for repaving of these streets…

Monday night (4/4), the Oskaloosa City Council will hold two public hearings.  The first will cover the third phase of the city’s façade improvement project downtown.  The second will cover the city’s downtown resurfacing project. …

Oskaloosa High School is performing The Sound of Music Friday and Saturday nights (4/1 & 2)at the George Daily Auditorium.  Ally Nolan, who plays Maria, talks about being in the musical. "It's so much fun…

BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - Eighteen Iowa law enforcement agencies have donated more than 700 bulletproof vests and nearly 150 helmets for shipment to Ukraine. A crowd in an Iowa National Guard warehouse watched…

The Mahaska County Board has approved the County’s budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year at a special meeting Monday morning (3/28).  The proposed budget calls for a $4 million increase in spending for capital projects,…

Law enforcement in Iowa County has identified a man who died Friday (3/25) in a grain bin accident near Williamsburg.  The Iowa County Sheriff's Office says in a news release that 63-year-old Robert Wade Chittick…

BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - The Iowa House has endorsed a temporary measure in response to landowner complaints about proposed carbon pipelines. Under the proposal, developers wouldn’t be able to apply for eminent domain…

Hearings for both of the two Fairfield teenagers accused of killing their high school Spanish teacher have been put on hold.  Hearings were scheduled Thursday (3/24) for 16-year-old Willard Miller and 16-year-old Jeremy Goodale on…

By David Pitt AP - Two Fairfield teenagers used a baseball bat last fall to kill their high school Spanish teacher, and one of them described in social media posts how they followed the woman,…

The Oskaloosa City Council approved its tax levy for the 2023 fiscal year at Monday night’s (3/21) meeting.  The levy is virtually unchanged from 2022: roughly $14.30 per $1000 of assessed value on your home. …