On November 22, 2017, at 10:20 AM the Pella Police Department and Pella Community Ambulance responded to MidwestOne Bank, 500 Oskaloosa St., Pella for a report of a person suffering from a gunshot wound. Upon…
Mahaska County Sheriff Russ Van Renterghem received approval to add members to the Sheriff Reserves termed “occasional” employees through certification by the Mahaska County Board of Supervisors on Monday. The Sheriff’s Reserves, commonly known as the…
In August, the Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS) officials used the state’s Safe Haven procedures for the 30th time since the law went into effect in 2002. A girl was born August 21 at an Iowa hospital…
A recent family road trip ended up paying off for an Oskaloosa man as he won a big prize playing the lottery. Jason Waite claimed the sixth of eight top prizes of $10,000 available in…
On Saturday November 11, 2017 at approximately 12:37 p.m. the Oskaloosa Police Department and Oskaloosa Fire Department were dispatched to 201 Trueblood Avenue at William Penn University in reference to a smoke report. William Penn…
Cletus Abongwa Ngwa, 34, of Ottumwa, Iowa, was sentenced in United States District Court in Des Moines, Iowa on September 15, 2017, to an 18-month prison sentence with 3 years’ supervised release and ordered to…
The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) today awarded $933,300 in Main Street Iowa Challenge Grants to 14 communities around the state. The grants will benefit local improvement projects such as façade upgrades and restoration, upper floor…
William Penn University will be hosting two consecutive "Cards for Jacob" nights during the men’s basketball games at home this weekend. The first game is slated for Friday, November 17th at 7:00 PM against Lincoln…
In 2016, over 300 children in Jefferson, Mahaska and Wapello counties were in foster care placement, and many more were at risk in their homes. Only a small number of those children had the benefit…
A company that makes wind blades in central Iowa will begin manufacturing bus bodies as well, adding hundreds of jobs. T-P-I Composites started producing wind blades in Newton nearly 10 years ago. Now, Newton Development…