The Oskaloosa Friday after Five committee has been preparing since last year for the 2011 season and they have a great line up of entertainment scheduled. The event takes place each Friday from 5 – 8 pm on the east side of the Oskaloosa square. Food and drinks are available. The cost to get into […]
Oskaloosa–Christine Gamble (Jr., Pahrump, Nev., Pahrump Valley HS) was honored for her excellence in the classroom as she was named a 2011 Daktronics-NAIA Softball Scholar-Athlete. Entering this spring, Gamble owned a 3.79 Grade Point Average in bio-chemistry. The NAIA announced that 326 softball players were awarded the laurel. To be eligible for the award, athletes […]
PELLA—Central College senior Dan Bowser (Fort Dodge) has been named to the Iowa Conference men’s tennis team. He received recognition in both singles and doubles play. Bowser competed at No. 1 singles and doubles for the Dutch this spring, compiling a 9-11 singles record and a 10-12 doubles mark with partner Seth Harris (junior, Waverly, […]
March 04, 1912 – May 25, 2011 Oskaloosa, Iowa and formerly of Chicago, Illinois Visitation: will begin at 9:00 a.m., Saturday morning, May 28, 2011 at Garland-Van Arkel Langkamp Funeral Chapel; the family will be present from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. to greet friends and relatives. Graveside Service: 11:00 a.m., Saturday morning, May 28, 2011 […]
February 07, 1930 – May 25, 2011 Grinnell, Iowa Visitation: 6 pm to 8 pm on Monday May 30, 2011 at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell, Iowa Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m., Tuesday May 31, 2011 at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell, Iowa Interment: following the funeral service. May 31, 2011 at Hazelwood Cemetery in Grinnell, […]
Severe weather is a fact of life in this part of the country. With Saturday night’s storms came some damaging winds to portions of Mahaska County and Oskaloosa. At around 10:15 p.m. storm spotters in Beacon reported damage to mobile homes, and then shortly after that, reports of an aluminum outbuilding damaged were also reported […]
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Leonard Boswell will urge his colleagues to vote for his amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act which would commission a study on the incidence of breast cancer in members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and analyze contributing factors. The amendment will be considered by the House this afternoon. […]
GRINNELL, Iowa – Already enjoying a season full of well-deserved accolades, Grinnell College’s Mike Nodzenski ’12 has added to that list. Nodzenski, a catcher from Naperville, Ill. (Naperville North), became the second Pioneer baseball player to earn All-America honors when he was named to the D3baseball.com Third Team for the 2011 campaign. Jake Chavez was […]
I would like to thank Mahaska Health Partnership Public Health Coordinator Patty Malloy for taking the time to answer some questions about the measles, and how you can get help if you think you have been infected. Yesterday, the Iowa Department of Public Health stated: “A confirmed case of measles has occurred in a Dallas […]
1903: Several tornadoes struck southwestern, southern, and central Iowa during the late afternoon and evening hours. One storm produced a tornado that moved northward across southern sections of Des Moines before turning toward the northwest near the junction of the Des Moines and Racoon rivers. There may have been a second tornado about a mile […]
