The Oskaloosa Herald

The Oskaloosa Herald
TypeSemi-weekly newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)CNHI
PublisherDeb Van Engelenhoven
EditorKyle Ocker
Founded1850
Headquarters219 High Avenue East, Oskaloosa, Iowa 52577 United States
Circulation1,679 (as of April 2023)[1]
Sister newspapersIowa:
Websitewww.oskaloosa.com Edit this at Wikidata

The Oskaloosa Herald is a semi-weekly newspaper published in Oskaloosa, Iowa, and covering Mahaska County, Iowa and Marion County, Iowa. The newspaper publishes semi-weekly on Tuesday and Friday, and also publishes the Oskaloosa Shopper.[2] It is owned by CNHI.[3]

History

The paper was founded by John R. Needham and Hugh McNelley in 1850.[4][5] Tri-Cities Newspapers acquired the paper in 1970.[6] Boone Newspapers took over ownership in 1975.[7][8] Donrey Media Group sold the paper to Community Newspaper Holdings (later shortened to CNHI) in 1998.[9]

In May 2020, the CNHI publications Journal-Express and Pella Chronicle were discontinued and merged with The Oskaloosa Herald; these were two of the 16 publications shut down by owner CNHI due to business losses associated with the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.[10]

In June 2023, the Herald closed its building on A Avenue West and moved to 219 High Avenue East, near Oskaloosa's town square.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Find Iowa Newspaper". Iowa Newspaper Association. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  2. ^ "About us". 2020-06-07.
  3. ^ https://www.cnhi.com/locations/
  4. ^ Annals of Iowa, p. 544 (January 1923)
  5. ^ Portrait and Biographical Album of Mahaska County, Iowa, pp. 517-19 (1887)
  6. ^ (2 April 1970). Iowa Paper Purchased, The Times Tri-Cities Daily
  7. ^ "The Nevada Daily Mail - Google News Archive Search".
  8. ^ "The Tuscaloosa News - Google News Archive Search".
  9. ^ (20 July 1998). Donrey Unloads 28 Smaller Papers, Arkansas Business
  10. ^ Hare, Kristen (2021-12-02). "More than 100 local newsrooms closed during the coronavirus pandemic". Poynter. Archived from the original on 2021-12-02. Retrieved 2023-08-02. Sixteen on this list are from CNHI.
  11. ^ (9 June 2023). [1], Oskaloosa Herald


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