The Oskaloosa Water Board is holding a special meeting Friday afternoon (3/29) to consider the resignation of general manager Chad Coon. The Board will also consider hiring a search firm to find a new general…
The Environmental Learning Center in Oskaloosa will hold its annual Maple Syrup Festival Saturday morning (3/30). Mahaska County Conservation Board naturalist Laura DeCook talks about the festival. "I will give a presentation about the process…
A Mexican national charged with first-degree murder in the abduction and killing of 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts will have his trial moved from Poweshiek County to Woodbury County in northwest Iowa. A judge on Wednesday (3/27)…
Judge Lucy Gamon has denied Luke Vanhemert's claim of immunity from prosecution under Iowa's "Stand Your Ground Law". In overruling the Defendant's Motion to Force Immunity, Judge Gamon distinguished the Iowa law from a similar…
A hearing will be held Wednesday (3/27) in Montezuma on whether Christian Bahena Rivera’s first degree murder trial will be moved. Bahena Rivera is accused of killing 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts of Brooklyn last July. His…
The second trial of an Oskaloosa, Iowa, mother convicted of killing her daughter will stay in Mahaska County at least for now.. Alicia Ritenour is accused of killing her 17-month-old daughter, Ava, in January 2014.…
Alicia Ritenour’s re-trial for murdering her 17-month-old daughter will still take place in Mahaska County—at least for now. Ritenour is accused of killing her daughter, Ava, in January 2014. She was found guilty at her…
Iowa US Senator Joni Ernst was in Oskaloosa Thursday (3/21) for a tour of the No Coast Brewery. While there, she sampled some of their products and talked about an issue affecting No Coast: the Craft…
An Oskaloosa man accused of stabbing a William Penn University basketball player to death now says he should be immune from prosecution because of Iowa’s Stand Your Ground law. 24-year-old Luke Van Hemert is charged…
The USDA Farm Service office in Sigourney has been dealing with flooding and a sewer backup in their office. A combination of sewage and storm water affected the building’s wiring and filing cabinets. Amy Krapfl, the…