by Dennis Sharkey The city of McLouth is still at a stalemate with a landowner and a new lease for a city water well. Barbara Peterson approached the city last fall seeking a new lease for a water well that is located on her land just north of the city. Peterson approached the city with [...]
The legislative session is loaded by far more issues than any time in the past decade, Sen. Tom Holland told a gathering in Valley Falls.
A rezoning request and a variance paving the way for a Dollar General store at Valley Falls sailed through the city Planning and Zoning Commission in less than 30 minutes Feb. 7.
The Oskaloosa City Council heard a request from a building owner to condemn his building but did not act.
by Dennis Sharkey Oskaloosa residents soon won’t have to travel out of town to pick up prescription medications. City Council members voted 3-0 with new member Emily Malsbury abstaining to sell the old Harvey’s Hardware building to the Jefferson County Memorial Hospital Foundation. According to F.W. Huston Medical Center CEO LaMont Cook the foundation has [...]
County Commissioners are set to approve a resolution this Monday to grant a variance to road improvements for a new rock quarry operated by Hamm Inc.
The city’s old water tower is leaking and may need emergency repair work.
by Dennis Sharkey Oskaloosa City Councilman John Norman thought a meeting with the city’s police department employees went well until he heard otherwise from the mayor. Mayor Mike Paavola said at last week’s regular city council meeting that Police Chief Rick Jones and another employee came to see him at his employment after a meeting [...]
by Clarke Davis A number of people cannot pay their city water bill, which brought up the necessity of an ordinance to evict people from their homes after a certain amount of time at the Feb. 1 Valley Falls city council meeeting. A house without water service is considered a health hazard after so many [...]
Oskaloosa City Councilman John Norman thought a meeting with the city’s police department employees went well until he heard otherwise from the mayor.