By Sam Parsons The Pella Community School Board met last night and received an update on the status of their Early Childhood Center from DCI Construction. Structural masonry is expected to be completed within a…
AMES, Iowa—Iowa Learning Farms will host a cover crop workshop on Tuesday, January 24, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Steve Boender’s Farm near Oskaloosa. The free event is open to farmers and landowners and…
PELLA -- The Pella Wellness Consortium is pleased to welcome Lyndsey Fennelly, a motivational speaker, former standout Iowa State University basketball player and successful businesswoman, to a conversation about her mental health journey at 7…
By Sam Parsons The Oskaloosa city council met this week for the first time in the new calendar year and were given a presentation from the Oskaloosa Police Department and Lieutenant John Plumb on a…
By Sam Parsons The city of Ottumwa held its first council meeting in the new calendar year last night and received a presentation on the proposed Greater Ottumwa Park Master Plan. According to the presentation,…
OSKALOOSA -- The application window is opening January 9 for this year’s winter Master Gardener training in Mahaska county. Iowans wishing to complete Master Gardener training choose a county to complete training through, participate in online learning…
Many cities in our area have announced emergency snow ordinances in effect today. The following cities have announced emergency snow ordinances as of this morning: Oskaloosa Pella Sigourney New Sharon Newton Montezuma Knoxville Grinnell As…
By Sam Parsons The city of New Sharon announced that they are enacting their emergency snow ordinance today through Saturday morning if all of the roads have cleared by then. The city of Oskaloosa announced…
By Sam Parsons The Ottumwa City Council met last night for the final time in the year 2022 and held a public hearing on the City Hall Improvements Project. A remodel of city hall would…
By Sam Parsons The Oskaloosa City Council met last night for the final time in the calendar year 2022. The council held a public hearing for an amendment to the FY2023 budget to add the…