It was your typical Wednesday. Employees of Medicap Pharmacy in Oskaloosa went about their work helping the residents of Oskaloosa with their prescription needs when a woman in her 20s wearing large sunglasses changed not only their day, but their lives. Oskaloosa’s Medicap Pharmacy owned by Michelle Heidebrink was taken by surprise when a woman […]
You can make a difference this April 30th as MCG invites Mahaska County residents to bring in their old electronics to be recycled in an environmentally safe and secure manner. All items will be professionally processed by Midwest Electronic Recovery of Walford, Iowa. The eCycle event will be held from 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. […]
PELLA—The Central College women’s track and field team climbed two spots to No. 5 in the Division III U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Association outdoor power rankings. The men’s squad dropped to No. 5 after being tabbed at No. 2 last week. The women’s team broke a school record in the 4×400-meter relay […]
On Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at approximately 1:00 pm, a white female entered the Medicap Pharmacy, located at 504 A Avenue West in Oskaloosa, Iowa and demanded schedule two controlled substances. At the time of making the request, the female displayed a black semi-automatic hand gun. Store employees advised that they did not have what she was […]
Shortly after 1 p.m. April 20th, 2011, a white female approximately 5 foot 8 inches tall and appearing to be in her 20s with reddish brown dark hair attempted to rob the Oskaloosa Medicap Pharmacy. The female was wearing big dark sunglasses and wearing designer blue jeans with her hair pulled back in a pony-tail. […]
“We Believe In Miracles”, a team with the March of Dimes, was on hand Monday evening at Pizza Ranch in Oskaloosa to raise money by busing tables for tips. The fundraiser was to help premature babies and to promote healthy babies. The team came into existence when Rosella Chambers’ nephew was born premature at 26 […]
Three William Penn University students and a faculty sponsor represented the Iowa Beta chapter at the national convention of Alpha Chi, the national college honor society, March 31-April 2, 2011 in San Diego, California. The students–Jean Bikomeye of Rwanda’s eastern province, Ngoma, Jordan Riggenbach, of Ottumwa, and Melisa Wink of Brookfield, Illinois—presented papers at the […]
Education students from the Human Relations class at William Penn University volunteered for Habitat for Humanity on April 12, 2011. Director, Blaine Vos, came to speak to the class earlier in the semester about Ruby Payne’s book Bridges Out of Poverty. Throughout the year, the class has looked at multiple subcultures that are present within […]
On Tuesday April 12th, the Eddyville-Blakesburg High School Jazz Band I competed in class 2A competition at the Iowa Jazz Championships in Des Moines. This is the twenty-fifth year in a row that the E.B.H.S. Jazz Band has qualified for the Iowa Jazz Championships. Five students were honored by the judges with Outstanding Soloist Awards: […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn football team enters this summer as one of the hottest gridiron programs in the NAIA as the Association’s spring top 25 poll was released today. The Statesmen, who were 10-1 last fall and shared the Midwest League title at 6-1, jump four spots from the last poll to #8 in the NAIA […]
