A familiar building at the intersection of Oskaloosa's busiest intersection may soon see some new life. Officials with Mainstreet Oskaloosa are going after a grant to redevelop the Old Post Office building at A Avenue and Market into a seven unit apartment complex.

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• The city council hears a presentation from the city manager on the budget.
• The drought in 2012 could impact the consumer's wallet.
• Mahaska County Outreachs shows that they care for the community.
• A new store in beacon is excited for RAGBRAI to come through.

It's tough to think of this with the snow we've received, but officials say Iowa still needs to be concerned about drought. The head of Iowa State Extension calls the current drought "a super slow-motion disaster".

Supporters of a local scholarship fund in Oskaloosa want the school board and you to know how to help grow the fund. The Oskaloosa High class of 1977 created a scholarship fund for qualified Oskaloosa Seniors wanting to continue their education. It's called 52577. The fund has one-hundred thirty-thousand dollars in contributions, but the people in charge of it want the scholarship to grow.

The school districts board of education met last night and approved fees for the 2013-2014 school year, among other things. Fees associated with the pre-school, elementary, middle, and high schools were all mostly kept the same with the exception of one fee at the high school.

The following is a news release from the William Penn Sports Information Office.

Oskaloosa--Midwest Collegiate Conference regular season title. Check. MCC Tournament title. Check. NAIA Division II national title. TBD…but after a 104-81 Statesmen victory over #10 Mount Mercy in Sunday's league tourney finals, William Penn's chances are improving exponentially by the day.

It's one of the largest jobs for the Oskaloosa City Council every year - how to spend your taxpayer dollars. During Tuesday's city council meeting, city manager Michael Schrock presented the budget for fiscal year 2014 which starts in July.

The word "outreach" simply means to reach out, and in the case of the local non-profit agency Mahaska County Outreach, that means helping needy citizens in Mahaska County. But that's been difficult to do because the agency's thrift store has been unable to bring in any profits over the past two years. However, after some modifications to the store, including new management, that's changed.

The Iowa House of Representatives passed an education reform measure Wednesday morning that includes setting a school funding amount. The Oskaloosa School District has been waiting to see what lawmakers will do for funding. The bill calls for that funding known as "allowable growth" to be set at 2%. The measure now goes to the Iowa Senate. During this time of the year, school superintendents are busy working on next year's budget. By law, local school boards are required to certify their budgets by April 15th. But that's after it's first presented to the public in the middle of March. In order to complete a budget, districts need to know how much money they have to work with, but right now, that's still up in the air.

For the first time in school history, the Statesmen basketball team has the entire nation in its rearview as the ninth NAIA Division II men's basketball poll was released Tuesday.