1972: Severe thunderstorms struck western and southwestern Iowa for the third consecutive day producing a tornado that damaged farms near Beebeetown, golf ball sized hail around Logan, and winds up to 90 mph that resulted in severe damage at Sac City. The three days of storms from September 10-12 also produced tremendous amounts of rainfall […]
May 14, 1945 – September 11, 2010 Roy “Duke” Danner, 65, of What Cheer, died September 11, 2010 at the Veterans Home in Marshalltown. Funeral services will begin at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, September 15 at the Harden Funeral Chapel in What Cheer. Burial will be in the Garrett Cemetery near Delta. Visitation will be […]
Eddyville-Blakesburg volleyball team participated in the Chariton Tournament earning a 4th place finish with a 2-3 record at the event. EB vs. East Union 16-21 9-21 EB vs. North Mahaska 18-21 21-9 15-11 EB vs. Albia 21-8 21-19 EB vs. Chariton 22-25 22-25 EB vs. Davis County 23-25 25-18 14-16 STATS Caitlin Reed: 45/53 7 […]
Melvin Orle Silvers October 11, 1920 – September 8, 2010 Forsyth, Missouri (formerly Oskaloosa) | Age 89 Served With Honor ~ United States Military Veteran Melvin Silvers passed away September 8, 2010 in Springfield, Missouri. Melvin Orle Silvers, son of Herman and Ina Mae Lundy Silvers, was born at home on a farm near Oskaloosa […]
The president has been shot. He’s been rushed to the hospital. Some of us think of JFK and where we were at that moment in time, some like me think more of Reagan. We remember what things smelled like, exactly what was around us, where we were, and what we did afterwords until the day […]
1917: An early killing frost visited portions of about the eastern third of Iowa, with several stations recording an early freeze including lows of 32 F at Fairfield, Iowa Falls, and Waterloo, 31 F at Belle Plaine, Decorah, Keosauqua, and Maquoketa, and 30 F at Fayette. At Waterloo this remains the earliest freeze on record. […]
Tonight’s scores as they are called in and or posted. Oskaloosa – Delayed until Saturday Knoxville 14 ADM (Adel) 34 Pella 42 Chariton 0 Pella Christian 25 Bondurant-Farrar 34 Lynnville-Sully 6 H-L-V (Victor) 33 Eddyville-Blakesburg Grinnell 31 Washington 28 Ottumwa – Postponed B-G-M 30 Montezuma 7 North Mahaska 8 Iowa Valley 43 Twin Cedars 38 […]
Channel 13’s RV-TV made its fourth stop of the week in Oskaloosa Thursday. The Channel 13 sports team occupied the east side of the city square. By 5 pm last night, a large crowd of Hawkeye and Cyclone fans had gathered all of whom were hoping to be put on TV. By 6:30 pm, the […]
For over a week we ran an early unscientific poll asking people to let their vote speak early for their choices on the upcoming November election. From the numbers it appears that the Republican’s are holding most races with the exception of Sone Scott the incumbent for Mahaska County Treasurer. The lead in that race […]
Leighton. Norma Simons, 90, of Pella and formerly of Leighton, died Wednesday, September 8, 2010, at Jefferson Place in Pella. She was born on October 24, 1919, in the Richland Township of Mahaska County, the daughter of Engle and Marie DeReus Van Steenis. She was baptized on July 4, 1920, by Reverend J. Wesselink, she […]
