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 challenges local businesses are facing due to the pandemic.  Ernst talked about how the federal government could make things easier for businesses.

“One way the federal government that we can do better is making sure that we’re not putting in place rules and restrictions that inhibit people from really going to work and doing the things that they enjoy.”

The Chamber also spoke to Ernst about a proposed road that would connect Highways 63 and 23 on Oskaloosa’s south side that would shift truck traffic toward industrial areas and away from residential areas.