1905: The first half of February was intensely cold with many stations across Iowa recording temperatures below zero for days at a time. The 13th was particularly frigid with morning low temperatures of -33 F at Allerton and Greenfield, -34 F at Grundy Center and Newton, -35 F at Plover and Zearing, and -37 F […]
Estes Park, CO.. Lynn Van Weelden Olsen Renner of Estes Park, Colorado, and formerly of Oskaloosa, died at home Saturday February 12, 2011. She was 61 years old. Lynn Van Weelden was born May 30, 1949 in Oskaloosa, the daughter of Richard & Joyce (Van Roekel) Van Weelden. She graduated from the Oskaloosa High School […]
2010 record: 44-13 (16-6 MCC, 2nd) Starters returning/lost: 4/5 (1/1 pitchers) Letterwinners returning/lost: 13/9 Notable returners: Hannah Lugar Jr. Kalona (First-team all-MCC, 22-7, 1.99 ERA, 186 IP, 149 K, 32 BB) Khyia Lewis Jr. Ottumwa (First-team all-MCC, .387 BA, 3 HR, 34 R, 30 RBI) Ashley Stream Jr. Chariton (Honorable-mention all-MCC, .316 BA, 4 HR, […]
Central’s balanced effort clinches women’s road win MOUNT VERNON—Three players scored in double digits and the Central College women’s basketball team held off Cornell College’s second-half offensive attacks to capture a 68-64 win Saturday in Mount Vernon. Scoring in spurts of six, the Dutch jumped out to a 6-0 lead nearly five minutes in while […]
PELLA — Artist James Petran will hold an exhibition titled “Still Works: Recent Watercolors by James Petran” in Mills Gallery in the Lubbers Center for Visual Arts starting Wednesday, Feb. 16, and running through Friday, March 11. The event is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 […]
PELLA — Central College sophomore Kelly Spavin, an acoustic guitarist and vocalist, will perform a coffeehouse-style concert Saturday, Feb. 19, in Cox-Snow Recital Hall at 8 p.m. The recital is free and open to the public. Spavin, an English major with a music minor from Bettendorf, will perform covers of Melissa Etheridge, Catie Curtis, Stevie […]
OSKALOOSA – In recognition of February as American Heart Month, Mahaska Health Partnership encourages you to know your cholesterol. “Too much cholesterol in the blood can lead to heart disease and stroke,” MHP Registered Dietitian Lea Rice said. “Half of American adults have cholesterol levels that are too high.” The danger associated with high cholesterol […]
GRINNELL—Central College’s Ethan Miller (junior, Seymour) posted the top pentathlon score of the season in the NCAA Division III, shattering the school record with 3,876 points at the Darren Young Classic indoor track and field meet at Grinnell College Friday. Teammate Kurtis Brondyke (senior, Clinton) followed with 3,759 points. Both totals topped the automatic qualifying […]
Thomas Moran, Painter February 12 marks the birth of painter Thomas Moran (1837-1926).* His depictions of Western landscapes inspired Americans to conserve and cherish spectacular wilderness areas as part of their national heritage. In the summer of 1871, Moran joined the U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories. Headed by Ferdinand V. Hayden, this scientific exploration […]
1990: Strong southerly winds ahead of a cold front pushed temperatures into the 70s across portions of southern and central Iowa with seven stations reporting record highs for the date. The temperature reached 70 F at Des Moines making this the earliest date of the year on which such a reading has ever been recorded […]
