The Oskaloosa Herald

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The Oskaloosa Herald
Type Weekly newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) CNHI
PublisherKyle Ocker
EditorKyle Ocker
Founded1850
Headquarters219 High Avenue East, Oskaloosa, Iowa 52577 United States
Circulation 1,679(as of April 2023) [1]
Sister newspapersIowa:
Website www.oskaloosa.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

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

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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]

In March 2025, the Herald announced it would cease its Tuesday publication and become a weekly newspaper publishing on Saturdays, citing the rising costs of producing and distributing a printed newspaper. [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Find Iowa Newspaper". Iowa Newspaper Association. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  2. ↑ "About us". The Oskaloosa Herald. June 7, 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Newspapers". CNHI. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  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 (December 2, 2021). "More than 100 local newsrooms closed during the coronavirus pandemic". Poynter . Archived from the original on December 2, 2021. Retrieved August 2, 2023. Sixteen on this list are from CNHI.
  11. ↑ (9 June 2023). , Oskaloosa Herald
  12. ↑ "Herald to reduce print publication frequency in March". Oskaloosa Herald. February 22, 2025. Retrieved June 3, 2025.


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