Local residents got the enjoyment of watching a Spaghetti Eating Contest and then participating in the all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner in the center court of Penn Central Mall. Stacy Bandy, Russ Reiter, Lt. Craig Alexander, Matt Dunsburgen, Matt Mich and Andy Hotek squared off in the contest with Bandy cleaning up the competition devouring 6 plates […]
November 14, 1932 – April 07, 2011 Grinnell, Iowa Visitation: 1:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., with the family present to greet friends from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m., Monday, April 11, 2011 at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell Funeral Service: 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell Interment: following the […]
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad has ordered all flags in Iowa be flown at half-staff from Noon on Friday, April 8, 2011, until 8 a.m. on Monday, April 11, 2011 in honor of Sergeant Eric Stein, who was killed in the line of duty serving the Keokuk County Sheriff Department on Monday, April […]
February 6, 1920 – April 6, 2011 Dorothy De Jong, 91 of Oskaloosa and formerly of New Sharon passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at the Crystal Heights Care Center in Oskaloosa. Funeral services will begin at 2:00 pm on Sunday, April 10, 2011 at the New Sharon First Christian Church with Pastor Phil DeBoef […]
April 05, 1933 – April 06, 2011 Oskaloosa, Iowa Visitation: will begin at 11:00 a.m., Friday morning, April 08, 2011 at Garland-Van Arkel-Langkamp Funeral Chapel. The family will be at the funeral chapel from 5 – 7 p.m. to greet visitors. Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m., Saturday morning, April 09, 2011 at First Christian Church with […]
Members of William Penn’s Football Team spent just over an hour Tuesday helping to clean up the streets and lots on the East side of Oskaloosa. The team worked along highway 23 from Casey’s, at University Park, all the way down to Family Restaurant. They then turned West going towards Wiggs. From there they went […]
During the Severe Weather Awareness Week, Wednesday was designated as the day to practice and check procedures for tornado watches and warnings. Mahaska County Emergency Manager Jamey Robinson was on hand with the Fremont Elementary to help them further refine their tornado procedure after visiting with them last fall, on this very subject. The watch […]
It was a sweet day at Penn Central Mall! The Oskaloosa Girl Scouts held a Just Dessert Auction to help raise funds to defray the cost of summer camp for several girls. Each girl had the opportunity to make a cake and enter it into one of five categories. The creativity that was shown was […]
Crisis Intervention Services is holding their annual Purple Ribbon Auction on Saturday, April 9th at the Pepper Tree Restaurant in Oskaloosa. We are pleased to announce that we have received a football signed by the 2010 Super Bowl champions, the Green Bay Packers, that we will be auctioning off at this time along with numerous […]
April 5, 2011 – Oskaloosa, IA – The United Way of Mahaska County is holding their third annual Live United 5K Run & Family Day on April 30th at the Penn Activity Center on the William Penn University campus. Race day registration for the 5K Run/Walk begins at 8:00 a.m. Race day registration is $25. […]
