"Christmas Canvas" is theme of 2022 Lighted Christmas Parade
Jan 28, 2022
Christmas was just a month ago, yet Oskaloosa Main Street is already working on the 2022 Lighted Christmas Parade. Mahaska Chamber and Development Group executive director Deann DeGroot says this year’s theme will be “Christmas…
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Ernst visits Oskaloosa
Jan 28, 2022
Iowa US Senator Joni Ernst was in Oskaloosa Thursday (1/27) as part of her annual tour of the state’s 99 counties. She met with the Mahaska Chamber and Development Group to discuss some of the…
Coronavirus update
Jan 27, 2022
More Iowans are testing positive for coronavirus. The Iowa Department of Public Health says as of Tuesday (1/25), another 34,949 people have tested positive for COVID-19….raising the pandemic total to 699,859. 378 new positive tests…
Iowa will not enforce ban on school mask mandates as new appeal filed
Jan 26, 2022
BY O. KAY HENDERSON Officials in several Iowa school districts have announced temporary mask requirements for students have ended after a panel of federal judges issued a ruling on Iowa’s statewide ban on school mask mandates.…
Goodale and Miller hearings delayed
Jan 25, 2022
A court hearing for two Fairfield teens accused of murder has been delayed. 16-year-old Jeremy Goodale and 16-year-old Willard Miller are accused of killing 66-year-old Nohema Graber last November. Goodale and Miller are charged as…
Environmental Learning Center hosts tea party
Jan 24, 2022
Kids aged five and under are invited to a tea party next week at the Environmental Learning Center in Oskaloosa. The Stuffed Animal Tea Party will be Tuesday, February 1 from 10 to 11am as…
City of Ottumwa Sets Hearing for Reduction in Levy Rates
Jan 21, 2022
The City of Ottumwa has set a public hearing for Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 5:30PM in Council Chambers. The City is required to pass a resolution establishing their maximum property tax dollars for certain…
Kaufmann tables 2022 discussion of eminent domain changes
Jan 20, 2022
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - The chairman of an Iowa House committee says after “careful consideration,” he’s decided now is not the time to change state law governing when property may be seized for…
A record 35,320 new Iowa business starts in 2021
Jan 19, 2022
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - State data shows a record number of new businesses were launched in Iowa last year. Iowa law requires documents to be filed when a new business is formed in…
State roadways all listed with normal winter driving conditions
Jan 18, 2022
BY DAR DANIELSON RDIO IOWA - Travel on the state’s roadways is back to what you’d normally expect in January after the big weekend storm that dumped more than one foot of snow in some areas.…