PELLA—Another top-10 clash, another extra-inning battle, another painful result for the Central College softball team. Yet the No. 5 Dutch came away from Saturday’s 2-1, nine-inning NCAA Division III tournament setback against No. 7 Coe not just disappointed, but determined, coach George Wares said. The Kohawks had escaped Central 8-7 in 14 innings at the […]
CEDAR RAPIDS—Second baseman Adam Ariola (freshman, Bloomington, Ill., Normal HS) drove in three Central College runs but the Dutch struggled to keep pace with the Luther College offense, suffering a season-ending 14-4 defeat Friday in the Iowa Conference baseball tournament. Central came out firing with a leadoff double from shortstop Mike Furlong (junior, Davenport, Assumption […]
PELLA—Four Central College softball players received NFCA Division III All-Midwest Region honors, including three first-team pick. First baseman Katie Tenboer (senior, Morrison, Ill.), second baseman Angela Davis (junior, West Des Moines, Valley HS), and pitcher/designated player Kiley Lythberg (senior, Mount Prospect, Ill., Prospect HS) were all first-team selections and designated player Rachael Everingham (junior, Georgetown, […]
Jamestown On May 14, 1607, English settlers arriving under the authority of the Virginia Company of London chartered by King James I established the first permanent British settlement in North America at a place they named Jamestown, Virginia.”We landed all our men,” George Percy wrote in his account of the event, “which were set to […]
1997: May was unusually cool across Iowa with many stations recording one of their coldest Mays on record. On the 13th-15th many areas of the state experienced freezing or near-freezing temperatures. The coldest temperatures in this stretch were reported across northern Iowa on the morning of the 14th including readings of 28 F at Fort […]
Last week we asked residents if you were worried about the continued rising costs of food and gas? 67 residents responded with 60 residents (90%) saying Yes, 5 residents (7%) saying No, and 2 residents (3%) saying Unsure. The question of the week poll is unscientific and does not reflect the views of Osky News. […]
November 07, 1942 – May 13, 2011 Visitation: 4:00 to 6:00 Thursday with a prayer service at 4:30 May 19, 2011 at Smith Funeral Home, Grinnell Kathleen Koenig Steele passed away peacefully on Friday, May 13, 2011, at Grinnell Regional Medical Center. A wake with will be held from 4:00-6:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 19, […]
March 23, 1949 – May 13, 2011 Dennis Hartwig, 62, of What Cheer died Friday, May 13, 2011. Funeral services will begin at 10:00 AM on Monday, May 16, 2011 at the Harden Funeral Chapel in What Cheer. Burial will be in the Garrett Cemetery near Delta. Military honors will be conducted by the James […]
Thor – PG-13, playing nightly at 7:00 and 9:30 p.m. The powerful but arrogant warrior Thor is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard and sent to live amongst humans on Earth, where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders. Soul Surfer –PG, playing nightly at 7:10 and 9:10 p.m. A teenage surfer […]
You might be familiar with the famous children’s fable titled, “The Boy Who Cried Wolf.” In that story, a boy with a flock of sheep repeatedly tricks his fellow villagers into believing a wolf is attacking his animals. After being fooled time and again, the villagers stop believing the boy because they just assume he […]
