OSKALOOSA — The Oskaloosa Community School District Board of Directors recently learned about how student success is measured.

OSKALOOSA — The Oskaloosa Lions Club hosted a Diabetes Health Fair over the weekend to raise awareness about how to manage, prevent, and live with diabetes.

EDDYVILLE — The Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont drama department isn’t pulling any punches with its upcoming production of ‘Ghost, the Musical.’

OSKALOOSA — With the Iowa Caucus three months away, Oskaloosa and many other rural towns in Iowa have seen visits from several of the presidential candidates.

Holiday Cards for Veterans

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Editor’s note: During an exclusive post town-hall interview on Monday with former Vice President Joe Biden, the Herald had the opportunity to ask a few other questions regarding his veteran’s policies and a few other topics.

OSKALOOSA — Color guard is both an art form and a sport, according to performers and instructors.

OSKALOOSA — While many people were off work on Monday, Former Vice President Joe Biden was hard at work holding a town hall in Oskaloosa discussing his policy for veterans and their families.

OSKALOOSA — Arthur S. Rogers, 23, of 1111 First Ave. W., Oskaloosa, was the last man alive of his machine gun crew at the Battle of the Marne.

OSKALOOSA — “You don’t need a uniform to serve.”

OSKALOOSA — Temperatures have begun to drop and most farmer’s markets, like the Oskaloosa Vendor and Farmers Market, are closing shop until next summer when the weather warms up, but not in Oskaloosa.

OSKALOOSA — Oskaloosa Main Street was one of five communities chosen to show off their designated downtown areas to a group of local Missouri Main Street Program Directors.

OSKALOOSA – William Penn University has a lot of students from warmer climates that may not be prepared for winter in Iowa and Residence Life is aiming to change that with the help of the community.

MAHASKA COUNTY — Mahaska County’s rural roads, bridges and culverts are in poor shape.

OSKALOOSA — Several students from Oskaloosa High School attended the 39th annual Iowa Student Leadership Conference – “Shine the Light” XXXIX, at Iowa Events Center, Des Moines.

OSKALOOSA — On Monday, Nov. 11, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden will travel to the William Penn University campus for a Veterans Day town hall.

Mahaska Hospice Auxiliary donates $65,000

MAHASKA COUNTY — The polls are closed and the unofficial results are in for this year’s city and school elections.

IOWA ‚ From the looks of the old photo, nobody has ever enjoyed a birthday cake more than the one Shirley Dean received on the day she turned 12, back in 1950. There she is in her party dress, beaming at the frosted cake and its candles.

OSKALOOSA — Over 100 trees were planted in Oskaloosa on Saturday.

After an effort to create a viral gender reveal video resulted in an explosion near Knoxville that killed a grandmother-to-be, an Internet blogger believed to be the beginning of gender reveal parties regrets what the trend has become.

OSKALOOSA — The Oskaloosa Herald welcomes Tiffany McDaniel, the latest addition to the Herald’s newsroom.

Sports breakfast

Parents and their children showed up in their best costumes for treats, fun and games at the Mahaska Drug Autumn Fest Thursday evening. Look for expanded coverage of the event in this coming Tuesday's Herald.

A truck hauling hogs collided with a driver and her passenger in a car at the intersection of Market Street and A Avenue Thursday afternoon. There were no injuries reported and the accident is still under investigation.

OSKALOOSA — The tale of Dracula gets a comedic twist in the Oskaloosa High School production of ‘Dracula: A Comic Thriller starring Shirley Holmes and Jennie Watson.’

OSKALOOSA — Cheryl Ferree returns year after year to witness the mayor sign the annual poppy proclamation.

OSKALOOSA — The Iowa Mason’s Benevolent Society Building, on the northeast corner of the square, is actually two buildings in one.