Erin Sherwood and Crystal Sodak, of Crisis Intervention Services, hang purple ribbons on trees in Edmundson Park Thursday morning to commemorate Domestic Violence Awareness Month this month.....more>>
Diane Brand, of New Sharon, says she is undecided for this presidential election. Brand joins others across the country as part of an effort by Community Newspaper Holding Incorporated, the Herald’s parent company, to gauge undecided voters.
Oskaloosa Police Department Lt. Troy Boston Wednesday afternoon stands in front of 113 N. Fourth St. were Jay D. Mitchell, of Oskaloosa, had positioned himself on the roof and was refusing to come down.
Nancy Jones, Oskaloosa Public Library assistant, holds the same ax, make, model and date of manufacture that was used to murder eight people in Villisca in 1912. The original ax was taken from the crime scene is at the State Historical Society building in Des Moines. "Mahaska County Reads, 2008," is now in its fifth year. Last year the book, "Timeline," by Michael Crichton, was the featured read.