PELLA—For the fourth consecutive week, the Central College men’s and women’s track and field squads have an athlete cited for Iowa Conference performer of the week honors. Sophomore Felicia Coleman (Houston, Texas, J. Frank Dobie HS) is the women’s track events athlete of the week while junior Kyle Wood (Newton) is the men’s track athlete. […]
The Oskaloosa City Council discussed the issue of allowing golf carts on the recreation trail again at last night’s meeting. In what appeared to be near record attendance, the council chambers became standing room only as many residents got up to speak on the issue. After nearly an hour of public comment, all but a […]
Oskaloosa– Arriving to Osky after dining with some supporters, Roy Moore was unusually late. Supporters had caught up with Moore, during what had been planned as a private lunch, after hearing his announcement, earlier in the day on WHO Radio, about him creating a presidential exploratory committee and his ambitions to run for President for […]
DES MOINES, IOWA – The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose slightly to 6.1 percent in March from a revised February rate of 6.0 percent. The comparable rate for one year ago was also 6.1 percent. The U.S. unemployment rate for March edged down to 8.8 percent from 8.9 percent in February, which represented a […]
DES MOINES – The Iowa DNR will hold an auction on May 21, at the Learning Center Building on the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Pre-registration starts at 7 a.m., the doors will open at 8 a.m., when the public may view the items for sale and the auction will begin at 9 a.m. There will not […]
The bragg’n board is as much of a part of the fishing culture as bait and bobbers and a new program from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources will take the bragg’n beyond the photo on the wall in the local bait shop. The new Iowa master angler award replaces the big fish award that […]
PELLA, Iowa — A leader in sustainability, Central College is adding a global sustainability minor to its curriculum starting this fall. “This was our way to take the next step in infusing sustainability education across the curriculum,” said Jim Zaffiro, professor of political science and director of the Center for Global Sustainability. “We needed to […]
This story was written by Oskaloosa Elementary School 5th Grade student Candace Allsup. Yesterday at the Oskaloosa Elementary School it was the first day of Peace Week/Earth Week. Students wore peace signs or tie-dye for the first day. Today they are to wear their grade colors (5th grade- purple and so on). Yesterday, as a […]
With so many activities fighting mother nature on Saturday, it is amazing how many young people braved the cold wind in order to race across an open field in the quest for the most eggs. Bank Iowa started their hunt at 10:30, with the age groups being broken up into two sections. Bank Iowa has […]
Oskaloosa–Royce Clay (Sr., Miami, Fla., Booker T. Washington HS) performed well last weekend amidst poor conditions and for his efforts he was named Midwest Collegiate Conference Men’s Field Athlete of the Week. Competing at the Jim Duncan Invitational Saturday, Clay finished fourth in the triple jump at a season-best distance of 45-5.25 and seventh in […]
