Penn Pounds Waldorf 58-10 Forest City–The Statesmen football team took care of business early and cruised to a 58-10 victory over Waldorf in Midwest League play Saturday. One week after setting all sorts of game and season records, #14 Penn (9-1, 5-1 MWL) added to those numbers. The visitors rushed for 516 yards en route […]
Oskaloosa. Louise Englehoven, 48, of Oskaloosa, died Saturday, November 6, 2010, at her home in Oskaloosa. She was born on December 11, 1961, the daughter of Carl and Wilda VanPolen Collister. Louise graduated from the Oskaloosa High School with the class of 1980. She furthered her education at Indian Hills Community College by completing C.N.A. […]
Oskaloosa. Rita Garman, 76, of Oskaloosa, died Saturday, November 6, 2010, at her home in Oskaloosa. She was born on July 23, 1934, at Oskaloosa, the daughter of Chester Harold Donald and Margaret Sisco Dingman. Early in her working life, she worked in the fall of the year at McCurdy Seed in Fremont. On July […]
There were bands, displays, lazer tag, coloring, and that sense of community in the square. The Penn Central Mall has 145,393 square feet of retail space. JC Penney, Dollar General and Hy-Vee are current anchor stores with several other smaller shops ranging from clothing to hobby occupy many of the other locations. You can get […]
Oskaloosa–Fans first taking their seats in Penn Gymnasium Friday night were probably wondering who all the new faces were in the navy and gold, but by game’s end they were happily welcoming them into the fold as the Penn men’s basketball team defeated Crossroads (Minn.) 87-52 in non-conference play Friday. The Statesmen (1-0) only returned […]
Oskaloosa. Opal Irene Mattix, 83, of Oskaloosa, died of cancer, Friday, November 5, 2010, surrounded by her family while being cared for at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. She was born on October 11, 1927 at Truax, Iowa, the middle child of eleven born to Zachariah and Bertha Mae Davis Newell. Early on she […]
April 24, 1921 – November 05, 2010 Memorial Service: 11:00 a.m., Saturday morning, November 20, 2010 at Crossroads Covenant Church in Forest Lake, Minnesota with Reverend Patty Schardin officiating. Visitation: following the memorial service, the family will greet friends and relatives for a time of lunch and fellowship in the church fellowship hall , at […]
Jefferson Davis Elected On November 6, 1861, Jefferson Davis, who had been elected president of the Provisional Government on February 9, 1861—as a compromise between moderates and radicals—was confirmed by the voters for a full six-year term. By the time of his inauguration as full president on February 22, 1862, the confederate capital, which had […]
1990: Snow moved into western Iowa in the morning and spread across central and east central Iowa during the day. Snowfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches were common in a 60 mile wide band extending from Sioux City to Cedar Rapids with the highest reported accumulation of 8.5 inches falling at Little Sioux. The […]
Oskaloosa residents came to pay their final respects to local resident and historian Chuck Russell today. Chuck was a major activist of historical preservation. Chuck was instrumental in the renovation of several local landmarks including the bandstand as well as the Chief Mahaska Statue. As a member of the historical preservation commission, Chuck loved historical […]
