''The Oskaloosa Herald'' is a

semi-weekly newspaper A weekly newspaper is a general-news or Current affairs (news format), current affairs publication that is issued once or twice a week in a wide variety broadsheet, magazine, and electronic publishing, digital formats. Similarly, a biweekly new ...

published in

Oskaloosa, Iowa Oskaloosa is a city in, and the county seat of, Mahaska County, Iowa, United States. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Oskaloosa was a national center of bituminous coal mining. The population was 11,558 in the 2020 U.S. Cens ...

, and covering

Mahaska County, Iowa Mahaska County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,190. The county seat is Oskaloosa. Mahaska County comprises the Oskaloosa, IA Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Mahaska County ...

and

Marion County, Iowa Marion County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,414. The county seat is Knoxville. It is named for Francis Marion, a brigadier general from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War. G ...

. The newspaper publishes semi-weekly on Tuesday and Friday, and also publishes the Oskaloosa Shopper. It is owned by

CNHI CNHI, LLC (formerly Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc.) is an American publisher of newspapers and advertising-related publications throughout the United States. The company was formed in 1997 by Ralph Martin,

History

The paper was founded by John R. Needham and Hugh McNelley in 1850.Annals of Iowa
p. 544 (January 1923)Portrait and Biographical Album of Mahaska County, Iowa
pp. 517-19 (1887) Tri-Cities Newspapers acquired the paper in 1970.(2 April 1970)
Iowa Paper Purchased
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'' Boone Newspapers took over ownership in 1975. Donrey Media Group sold the paper to Community Newspaper Holdings (later shortened to

) in 1998.(20 July 1998)
Donrey Unloads 28 Smaller Papers
''Arkansas Business'' In May 2020, the CNHI publications ''

Journal-Express The ''Journal-Express'' was a weekly newspaper in Knoxville, Iowa. Its publication was discontinued in May 2020, when it was merged with ''The Oskaloosa Herald'', making it one of 16 publications shut down by owner CNHI due to business losses ...

'' 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

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. In June 2023, the Herald closed its building on A Avenue West and moved to 219 High Avenue East, near Oskaloosa's town square.(9 June 2023)

''Oskaloosa Herald''

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* Newspapers published in Iowa Oskaloosa, Iowa Newspapers established in 1850 {{Iowa-newspaper-stub