November 12, 1926 – November 12, 2010 LaVerne Fry, 84, of Keswick, died Friday, November 12, 2010. Funeral services will begin at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at the Harden Funeral Chapel in What Cheer. Visitation will be held Tuesday, with the family present from 4:00 to 8:00 PM. Burial will be in […]
The Capture of Montreal General Richard Montgomery led American troops in the capture of Montreal on November 13, 1775. The American presence in Canada proved short-lived. Just weeks later, British victory at Quebec forced a hasty retreat to New York. After joining Benedict Arnold, who had led American troops through the Maine wilderness to Canada, […]
1999: Unseasonably warm weather brought the temperature all the way up to 85 F at Glenwood setting the all-time Iowa November record. Other reported high temperatures included 83 F at Oakland, Shenandoah, and Sidney, 82 F at Clarinda, Indianola, Logan, and Red Oak, and 81 F at Des Moines and several other locations. The National […]
It’s tough to be in the news business this time of year I am finding out. The election is over, so those easy to come by stories are not so easy now. People seem to be marking time until the Holiday’s kick into full swing. I spent the afternoon visiting around Penn Central Mall, and […]
The Board of Directors at United Way of Mahaska County is opening $30,000 in special grant funding. Any non-profit, 501(c)3 human services organization can apply for these special grants. “Opening Special Grants at this time of year gives agencies an opportunity to secure funding at a time when they may be running low. Our regular […]
Oskaloosa –Jayne Fitzgerald of Oskaloosa was recently named “Volunteer of the Year” for Mahaska Hospice, a service of Mahaska Health Partnership in Oskaloosa. She received this honor at a Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon during the Hospice & Palliative Care Association of Iowa’s Fall Conference in Ames on Nov. 2. Fitzgerald has been a patient care volunteer […]
Oskaloosa. Retha Abrams, 98, of Oskaloosa, died Thursday, November 11, 2010, at the Mahaska Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. She was born February 9, 1912, in Rose Hill, Iowa, the daughter of Ralph Waldo and Mary Lisk Sarver. She graduated from the Rose Hill High School with the class of 1929, and then attended Iowa […]
Oskaloosa. Larry Simmons, 59, of Oskaloosa, died on Thursday, November 11, 2010, at his home in Oskaloosa. He was born Sunday, May 6, 1951, in Ottumwa, Iowa, the son of Joseph Charles and Louella Gladys Buck Simmons. Following school he held various jobs including: doing concrete work, Hormel, Orkin, Oskaloosa Street Department, Pella Corporation, and […]
Veterans were honored by the orchestra of the Oskaloosa Elementary and Sixth Grade last night. The Fourth Grade Orchestra played 3 songs: Dutch Dance, Parisian Night and Black Sheep, White Sheep. Next to play was the Sixth Grade Orchestra. There were some students who had recently switched to different string instruments adding some extra depth to […]
Oskaloosa–Conference title hopes and playoff aspirations will live or die Saturday as Penn and St. Francis (Ill.) square off in Midwest League play. The #13 nationally-ranked Statesmen (9-1, 5-1 MWL) host the #21 nationally-ranked Fighting Saints (7-3, 5-1 MWL) in Oskaloosa Community Stadium at 1 p.m. The game is also Fill the Stadium Day. STATESMEN […]
