PELLA—Central College’s Ethan Miller (junior, Seymour) is the Iowa Conference field event athlete of the week for men’s indoor track and field. Miller topped the automatic qualifying mark for the NCAA Division III Championships on his first jump of the year in the long jump, leaping 23 feet, 11.5 inches at the Wartburg Select meet […]
Lady Statesmen make one of their final home appearances tomorrow night. Game starts at 5:30, come and show your support! Oskaloosa–The Penn women’s basketball team split a pair of contests last week to remain inside the national ranking as the eighth NAIA Division II poll was released today. Penn (19-8, 10-3 MCC) fell nine positions […]
Mahaska County Supervisors met, at 9:00 a.m. February 7, in regular session in the 3rd floor conference room. The first order of business was to approve the minutes from the January 10th, 12th, 13th, 17th, 18th and 25th meetings. The next was approval of bills for January 2011 Jay Christensen of Mahaska Health Partnership brought […]
Oskaloosa. James Lee Fleming, 87, of Oskaloosa, died Monday, February 7, 2011, at Northern Mahaska Nursing and Rehab. in Oskaloosa. He was born October 15, 1923, at Taintor, Iowa, the son of Chanley and Lucille Sheesley Fleming. He graduated from the Oskaloosa High School with the class of 1942. He served his country in WWII […]
May 23, 1937 – February 07, 2011 Visitation: 1:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., with the family present to greet friends from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Thursday, February 10, 2011 at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m., Friday, February 11, 2011 at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell Interment: following her service on […]
Des Moines–Eric Burgey (Fr., Easton, Pa., Easton HS) made easy work of winning the 149-pound weight class at the DuHawk Open hosted by Loras Saturday. Burgey, who is now 26-1 and has won 26 matches in a row, won by fall in his first and second competitions before dropping Drew Salzman of Loras 8-2 to […]
WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Grassley this week introduced the Justice for Survivors of Sexual Assault Act of 2011, along with Senator Al Franken of Minn., to help clear the backlog of untested rape kits around the country. Senators Dianne Feinstein of Calif., Michael Bennet of Colo., Richard Burr of N.C., Bernie Sanders of Vt., and […]
Des Moines, IA — Congressman Leonard Boswell announced today that Julie Stauch will join his district office as the Iowa Chief of Staff. Stauch will be responsible for overseeing the 3rd congressional district office which is located in Des Moines, including developing and implementing policy objectives, strategies, and operating plans for the district. “Julie Stauch […]
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Steve King (IA-5) released the following statement after returning from a trip to the United States border with Mexico in which he reviewed and assessed the infrastructure and technologies being employed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to combat illegal immigration. Congressmen Phil Gingrey (GA-11), Ed Royce (CA-40) and Steve Pearce […]
Two years after starting to produce talking books on digital cartridges, the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), Library of Congress, has completed its analog-to-digital transition. Since 1931, NLS has administered a free library service that provides talking books and braille books to U.S. residents and American citizens abroad with low […]
