PELLA—For the third straight season, Central College junior Ethan Miller (Seymour) and associate head coach Guy Mosher received regional honors from the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Miller was tabbed the Division III Central Region men’s indoor field athlete of the year, while Mosher was named the Central Region men’s assistant […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn University soccer teams will be hosting the Statesmen Spring Break Soccer Camp from March 14-16. The camp, for grades Pre K-8, will be held in the Penn Activity Center (PAC) from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Attendees will receive personalized attention from collegiate coaches and players and will be taught proper mechanics and techniques. The […]
GRINNELL, Iowa – For the second time in three weeks, Grinnell College has the Midwest Conference Men’s Tennis Performer of the Week. Dmitriy Glumov ’11, from Tampa, Fla., was a perfect 4-for-4 over the weekend, winning a pair of matches at No. 2 singles and teaming with Juan Carlos Perez to win twice at No. […]
PELLA—Central College freshman Kalen Greiner (Keota) will get one more chance to shake things up on the wrestling mat this Friday and Saturday at the NCAA Division III Championships in La Crosse, Wis. Greiner knocked off two nationally ranked wrestlers in back-to-back overtime wins at the Iowa Conference championships Feb. 25, earning a fourth-place finish […]
GRINNELL, Iowa – Grinnell College’s Kelly Bruce ’12, from Middleton, Wis., has joined teammates Imelda Wistey ’14 and Michael Brus ’14, as a qualifier for the 2011 NCAA Division III National Swimming and Diving Championships. Bruce set school records this year in both one- and three-meter diving with scores of 483.85 and 498.75, respectively. She […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Discovery and its six-astronaut crew ended a 13-day journey of more than five million miles and concluded the spacecraft’s illustrious 27-year career with an 11:57 a.m. EST landing Wednesday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. STS-133 was the last mission for the longest-serving veteran of NASA’s space shuttle fleet. […]
Grants available to help schools purchase locally grown fruits and vegetables DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today invited Iowa schools to participate in the “Wrap Your Own-Iowa Grown” initiative that is being offered through the Iowa Farm to School Program. The initiative will promote the purchase of locally-grown vegetables and products […]
Ottumwa, IA – IowaWORKS Southern Iowa office in Ottumwa and New Iowan Center will hold the 2011 Job Fair on Thursday, March 31. Free to the public, the job fair will be held from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm and will be held at the National Guard Armory located at 2858 North Court Street in […]
Monday, November 18th, 1918 to Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 Obituary: Sylvia May Beers was born November 18, 1918 in Bixby, Missouri the daughter of Ransom and Nellie (Martin) Beers. She was raised in the Viburnum, Missouri area. In February of 1937 Sylvia was united in marriage to Hubert Nash. The couple made their home outside […]
Students from Oskaloosa Middle School competed in this years science fair. With 38 students participating with 20 different projects, Chad Farner of OMS stated, “The 2011 OMS Science Fair was a great success.” Christian Flatt made a hovercraft from a plastic plate, a computer fan and 2 nine volt batteries. She said of the science […]
