Join the Conversation: City Encouraging Community Input on Comprehensive Plan 2045

JOIN THE CONVERSATION! The City of Osceola is embarking on the input and discovery phase in their comprehensive planning strategy. City leadership, business owners, and stakeholders across the city are looking to gather insights, information, and suggestions from the community to help focus the 2045 comprehensive plan via an online portal.
The City provided detailed information on how the community can come together to participate in the plan. Click through to read more and get involved…

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Updated Strategies to Increase Osceola Water Quality and Savings

Osceola Water Works recently changed out the carbon filter material in the water treatment plant in hopes of improving water quality and to increase savings on future treatment for the community.
Click through to the latest feature to read more about the updates and how they could impact your water bill…

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SPECIAL EVENT: Digital Services Town Hall Meeting to be Held at SWCC

How’s your internet speed? What could the State of Iowa do to help make it better? There will be an event Tuesday evening where you and others from the community can discuss just that!
The Iowa OCIO is holding a town hall style meeting to get feedback from the Osceola community on digital services, including broadband and more. Click through to the latest post to learn more….

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Spring has Sprung, but Osceola Water Works Warns of Usage Restrictions

Spring means greener grass and blooming flowers, but until some upcoming evaluations at West Lake are made (or a considerable amount of rain is received), the community is still under the Osceola Water Works Conservation Plan: Section 2. Osceola Water Works is asking to keep casual water usage to a minimum, which means things like watering lawns and washing cars is prohibited.
Click through to read more on the conservation plan and how you can help.

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SPECIAL EVENT – Grow Your Community’s Tree Canopy

With the recent storms and Spring on the way, it’s really time to start thinking about your trees and, if damaged or in danger of pest infections, how to strengthen the community tree canopy. Osceola Master Gardeners recently reached out to Trees Forever to coordinate a special event to discuss exactly that.

Click through to learn more about the special April 10th event and how you can participate…

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Osceola’s Chief Duffus Takes Helm as President Of Iowa Peace Officers Association

After years as Iowa Peace Officers Association Vice President, Osceola’s Chief Duffus was nominated and recently took the helm as the organization’s President. In the new role, Duffus is looking to increase law enforcement education and safety efforts throughout the community he’s served for decades.– Click the link to read more about this new position what it means to the community…

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Excitement Grows as Osceola Hotel Sees New Life

It’s been a fixture on the Osceola square since the late 1800’s. From elegant hotel to community gathering place and host of a number of local businesses, the larger-than-life building that dominates the southwest corner of Osceola’s city square is starting to see new life – life

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Arbor Valley Lake at 20 – Celebrating Lake Life and a Focus on the Future

Arbor Valley Lake celebrates 20-years this year! the team that dreamed of the wonders of “Lake Life” in Osceola, Iowa came together to help celebrate and tell the story of the lake’s development and what it means to the community. —> click through to read the full story!

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Join Osceola Chamber Main Street In “Light Up Osceola!” Special Event

It’s the HOLIDAYS! And what would be a better way to celebrate than to gather on the square this Thursday at 5pm for Osceola Chamber Main Street’s “Light Up Osceola” event! The Osceola courtyard is the initial phase to a big lighting program by OCMS and Thursday, OCMS, Santa (did we say SANTA?!? YES!!!), and the entire community will be on hand to flip the switch on the new courtyard lighting!
You can read more about the event and the plans for lighting up Osceola through the link…

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