The William Penn Alumni Association is looking for volunteers for their annual green dress project. Volunteers are needed to help with advertising, dress inventory, organizing the fashion show, modeling in the fashion show, working the fashion show and working store hours. According to Amanda Hudnut, Vice President of volunteerism at William Penn, the green dress […]
Chelsea (Evans) Doak, local resident will be holding classes on sign language starting tomorrow at Smokey Row in Oskaloosa. Chelsea was born deaf, but it wasn’t discovered until she was 1 year of age. Her parents learned sign language and starting using it with Chelsea right away. Chelsea graduate from Oskaloosa High School with the […]
Oskaloosa. Bonita Ann Williams, 72, of Oskaloosa died Sunday, September 19, 2010, at her home in Oskaloosa. She was born on March 2, 1938, at Rock Island, Illinois, the daughter of William F. and Evelyn Roselle Barnett. She graduated from Rock Island High School with the class of 1956. Following high school she was united […]
The Oskaloosa Public Library’s teen advisory board conducted their annual cemetery walk today. The weather conditions were cold and foggy but that only added to the excitement. The cemetery walk is an annual event in which high school youth take biographies of certain deceased historical residents of Osky and create a theatrical presentation to present […]
The Eddyville Blakesburg volleyball team competed Saturday at the Ottumwa Tourney. The team won 2 of 3 against Fairfield, 2 of 2 against Centerville, 0 of 2 against Burlington, 0 of 2 against Ottumwa. Coach Gladys Genscow comment on the tournament “We started off strong in the first match against Fairfield passing well and executing […]
Last week we asked you if RV-TV went well and you have overwhelmingly voted no. 37 residents (76%) voted no, 8 residents (16%) voted unsure and 4 residents (8%) voted yes. The question of the week poll is unscientific and does not reflect the views of Oskaloosa News. This week we shift our focus to […]
Victory at Saratoga After a series of discouraging military defeats, on September 19, 1777, continental soldiers fighting under American General Horatio Gates defeated the British at Saratoga, New York. Within weeks, Gates joined forces with American General Benedict Arnold to vanquish the redcoats again at the Second Battle of Saratoga. On October 17, British General […]
1994: A severe thunderstorm dropped very large hail as it cut a swath from around Osage and Charles City east southeast through Dubuque during the afternoon hours. Hail as large as 4.5 inches in diameter was reported in Dubuque resulting in millions of dollars in damage. 1912: Thunderstorms produced heavy rain across portions of northeastern […]
Police and rescue were called to the scene of an accident on Highway 23, 1/4 mile south of 3rd Avenue East in Oskaloosa at nearly 4 yesterday afternoon. A semi-truck driven by Kenneth Armstrong of Alberta, Canada was heading north on Highway 23 when it’s rear trailer tires dropped off the edge of the road […]
It was just as bright and sunny on Friday the 17th of September for the centennial of Keokuk’s Courthouse as it was the day it was dedicated. Courthouse workers and volunteers helped make this a success. Period costumes helped to add to the to festivities. The recent edition of the Sigourney News-Review has some excellent […]
