Coronavirus update
Dec 10, 2020
The Iowa Department of Public Health added 123 more deaths to the state’s coronavirus list on December 9, bringing the pandemic total to 3021. Two people in both Poweshiek and Wapello Counties and one each…
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Osky HS Principal Bandy to retire
Dec 09, 2020
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…
DNR investigates manure spill
Dec 08, 2020
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…
Oskaloosa City Council preview
Dec 07, 2020
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 Lighted Christmas Parade is Saturday
Dec 04, 2020
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…
Smokey Row Coffee raising money for Mahaska Health Cancer Care Center
Dec 03, 2020
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…
Miller-Meeks on winning Congressional race
Dec 02, 2020
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. …
Grassley returns to Senate after bout with coronavirus
Dec 01, 2020
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…
Light the Night at Mahaska Health
Nov 30, 2020
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…
Vista Woods removed from COVID-19 outbreak list
Nov 27, 2020
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…