Oskaloosa–The Lady Statesmen cagers were upset last week and, as would be expected, the loss unfortunately made an impact on the program’s national ranking as the ninth NAIA Division II poll was released yesterday. Courtesy of its setback to Grand View last Wednesday, Penn (20-9, 11-4 MCC) dropped three slots to from #25 to #28 […]
Grinnell College’s Sarah Burnell ’14 (pictured) has been named the Midwest Conference Women’s Track Performer of the Week. Burnell raced to victory in the mile run at Grinnell College’s own Darren Young Classic over the weekend. She toured the oval in 5:15.52 to beat her nearest competitor by a second-and-a-half. Her time is the second-fastest […]
Following her landmark address on January 21, 2010, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered a second major foreign policy speech on Internet freedom on February 15, 2011 at George Washington University. Last year, Secretary Clinton called on the global community to protect freedom of expression, association, and assembly in the online world. Taken together, these […]
PELLA—Central College junior pentathlete Ethan Miller (Seymour) has been named the Iowa Conference male athlete of the week. Meanwhile senior pentathlete Jill Ziskovsky (Dallas Center, Dallas Center-Grimes HS) was tabbed as the field athlete of the week for women’s indoor track and field. Miller, who also earned field athlete of the week honors last week, […]
PELLA — The 2011 Central College High School Stringfest will feature students from five high schools across the state. The orchestra will perform at an evening concert Friday, Feb. 25, at 6:30 p.m. in Douwstra Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. The High School Honor Orchestra, under the direction of Central’s […]
Thank you all very much and good afternoon. It is a pleasure, once again, to be back on the campus of the George Washington University, a place that I have spent quite a bit of time in all different settings over the last now nearly 20 years. I’d like especially to thank President Knapp and […]
May 8, 1923 – February 15, 2011 Bernice McClune, 87, formerly of Keswick, died Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at the Mahaska Health Partnership in Oskaloosa. Funeral services will begin at 1:00 PM on Saturday, February 19, 2011 at the Harden Funeral Chapel in What Cheer. Visitation will begin at 10:00 AM Saturday morning and last […]
March 31, 1916 – January 15, 2011 Minnie Wassink was born March 31, 1916, the second of five children born to John Henry and Cornelia (Vande Keift) Wassink. She was born near Holland, Michigan. Minnie moved with her family by train to a farm near Bussey, Iowa, in February 1918 during World War I. Minnie […]
January 14, 1917 – February 15, 2011 Dorothy Mae (Bandstra) Zuidema, the daughter of Bart and Mary (Vande Voort) Bandstra, was born on January 14, 1917, at the home of her parents near the little town of Evans, Iowa. She was the fourth of ten children. She loved her parents and brother and sisters dearly. […]
University Park. Paul Virgil DeBruin, 86, of University Park, died Tuesday, February 15, 2011, at the Mahaska Hospital in Oskaloosa. He was born November 29, 1924, in Marion County, the son of M.C. and Anna Klyn DeBruin. When he was school age his family lived near Beacon and he attended Brush Street School. They later […]
