Black bands covered the badges of Oakdale Police personnel on Friday as the department mourned the loss of their colleague and friend.
Black bands covered the badges of Oakdale Police personnel on Friday as the department mourned the loss of their colleague and friend.
Black bands covered the badges of Oakdale Police personnel on Friday as the department mourned the loss of their colleague and friend.
Black bands covered the badges of Oakdale Police personnel on Friday as the department mourned the loss of their colleague and friend.
Black bands covered the badges of Oakdale Police personnel on Friday as the department mourned the loss of their colleague and friend.
Black bands covered the badges of Oakdale Police personnel on Friday as the department mourned the loss of their colleague and friend.
Black bands covered the badges of Oakdale Police personnel on Friday as the department mourned the loss of their colleague and friend.
Black bands covered the badges of Oakdale Police personnel on Friday as the department mourned the loss of their colleague and friend.
Black bands covered the badges of Oakdale Police personnel on Friday as the department mourned the loss of their colleague and friend.
Black bands covered the badges of Oakdale Police personnel on Friday as the department mourned the loss of their colleague and friend.
Black bands covered the badges of Oakdale Police personnel on Friday as the department mourned the loss of their colleague and friend.
Black bands covered the badges of Oakdale Police personnel on Friday as the department mourned the loss of their colleague and friend.
Black bands covered the badges of Oakdale Police personnel on Friday as the department mourned the loss of their colleague and friend.
Black bands covered the badges of Oakdale Police personnel on Friday as the department mourned the loss of their colleague and friend.
Black bands covered the badges of Oakdale Police personnel on Friday as the department mourned the loss of their colleague and friend.
With just one area operating above budget, the overall figures from the initial six months of city funds gathered from the Measure O sales tax initiative are spent below budgeted expectations, according to figures presented by Oakdale City Manager Bryan Whitemyer at a Measure O Oversight Committee meeting on March 21.
In a move it is referring to as an "advisement," but taken as "extortion" by one city official, a Modesto Latino organization is recommending that the smaller-sized six-square-mile town of Oakdale implement district elections for its city council and school board elected offices.
It's time for the annual Kiwanis Club of Oakdale and City of Oakdale Kids Spring Fest and Safety Day, set for Saturday, March 30.
Work crews have been out in force around Oakdale the last couple of weeks as part of a wide-ranging water line replacement project. Monday morning, the crews had part of West G Street blocked off as they continued the work, prompting a detour around the project area. The brief road closures have been scattered all around the downtown area and motorists are advised to be prepared for the occasional detours and traffic tie ups as the water line work continues.
The Oakdale High School Academic Decathlon team captured a second place spot in Division II and were ranked 11th overall, with a team score of 46,680.6 points, at the California Academic Decathlon State Finals in Sacramento, March 14-17.
The project boards have been removed, as the annual Oakdale Joint Unified School District Science Fair recently finished, but now some projects are ready to move on to the county level.
In a document released by the Oakdale City Manager's Office on city salaries, the City of Oakdale paid over $415,000 to just three employees who were initially designated as temporary, part-time, hourly employees, hired to guide the city to solvency during the absence or after the removal of certain upper-management employees.
The operation of the City of Oakdale's public swimming pool has been rescued again this year due to the 4-0 approval of a $72,500 donation from the Oakdale Irrigation District Board of Directors at the March 19 regular meeting. Director Al Bairos was absent.
The Knights Ferry Civil War Days event, put on by the American Civil War Association, takes place on Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, March 24 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Knights Ferry covered bridge area. Battle times on Saturday are at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Battle times on Sunday are at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.