Johnston — The Boor family of Osceola will be featured in an upcoming episode of Iowa PBS’s Iowa Life, a magazine-style series uncovering the diverse tapestry of Iowa’s people, cultures and stories.

Clarke County has held elections since its founding. In August 1851, eighty people resided in the county. Thirty seven were eligible to vote. There were just enough residents to divide the offices ...

OST photo by AMY HANSEN Jovee Blakely, 4, of Osceola stands by the pet food and supplies she helped to donate to Clarke County Animal Shelter Thursday, Nov. 20. Hibernating — that’s what the animals ...

Edward Hockensmith passed away May 5, 2023 at the age of 87, at Bethesda Gardens in Loveland. Ed was born in Weldon, Iowa to Lowell and Dorothy Hockensmith. He graduated from high school in Weldon, ...

The Osceola City Council approved 4-0 a bid from TK Concrete of Pella for the upcoming central business district streetscape project at their Nov. 12 meeting; councilman Jose Vargas was absent.

Since 2017, the Clarke Community Schools Food Pantry has been supplying food and necessary every-day items for families across the district and our community. With recent price hikes in meat and ...

DES MOINES — The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) on Nov. 6 awarded $930,808 in Main Street Iowa Challenge Grants to 10 communities around the state. The grants help redevelop or ...

Twelve fall Clarke Athletes were named to the South Central Conference all-conference and all-district across cross country, football and volleyball. Cross country runners DeVante Caldwell, Izzy Hay ...

The Toys for Christmas program began in 1969, when Larry Van Werden presented the idea for such a program to the Osceola Chamber board. Van Werden had seen such programs in Nebraska, and wanted to see ...

SBA’s Season of Small Business will continue through December and encourages consumers to support small businesses throughout the holiday season. During the Biden-Harris Administration, the U.S. has ...