Gun control, Medicaid and the federal budget deficit were some of the topics Sen. Chuck Grassley addressed in his town-hall meeting at Smokey Row on Tuesday. Grassley fielded questions for an hour from a crowd of around 85 people.

An effort to fix one road in Oskaloosa could affect your daily commute. The South 7th Street Rehabilitation Project will soon close the street from the intersections of A Avenue to 6th Avenue. The project was approved by the City Council on Monday. It is set to begin sometime this month.

Mahaska Health Partnership wants to add two deputy medical examiners to the county medical examiners' list, as well as three medical examiner investigators. The deputy examiners are physicians in MHP's emergency room and will help the county medical examiner with duties such as determining a cause of death. Medical Investigators have a different purpose.

An informational meeting about a regional airport project has been scheduled for the middle of April. That was decided as area residents had a chance to ask questions of the South Central Regional Airport Agency on Tuesday. Supporters say the nearly $30 million project is vital for keeping jobs and strong commerce in the area.

William Penn University's indoor practice field looked a little more colorful the week, and had a special visitor.

William Penn hosted its Annual Easter Egg Hunt on Wednesday. The Penn Activity Center, or PAC, turf was covered with 1500 easter eggs, each filled with one to three pieces of candy.

Members of Oskaloosa's RAGBRI Committee are busy gearing up for the statewide cycling event. RAGBRAI stands for the Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa. Tuesday RAGBRI officials from Des Moines stopped through Oskaloosa to discuss specifics

William Penn University faculty and students learned this week that when it comes to Evangelism, you should always "show and tell." That was the message from Jim Le Shana on Tuesday as he delivered his speech titled "The Forgotten Quaker Distinctive.” He did that as part of the fourth annual Ercil and Maxine Beane lecture series held at the university.

This week, students enrolled in Oskaloosa schools took the Iowa Assessments test. That test replaced the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills starting last year. The test is used to collect data on how well students are learning and for the schools themselves to be graded by the federal government as required by the No Child Left Behind law.

Oskaloosa High School received a visit from a famous artist on Wednesday. Artist Ben Victor is working on a sculpture of Iowan Norman Borlaug. Borlaug won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for his work to end world hunger by creating new strains of drought resistant wheat. Victor was chosen by the Borlaug Statue Committee to create the sculpture that will be displayed in Washington DC

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