Oskaloosa, Iowa –The National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators (NCBDE) announced that Mahaska Health Partnership Diabetes Educator Sharon Ferguson achieved Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) status by successfully completing the Certification Examination for Diabetes Educators. To be certified by the NCBDE, candidates must meet rigorous eligibility requirements to be able to take the Examination. Achieving certification […]
Jul 17 2011 | Posted in
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Lamoni, Iowa – U.S. Congressman and his family are only suffering from some scrapes and bruises, after an attempted home invasion at the home of his daughter in Lamoni, Iowa. At approximately 10:45 p.m. Saturday night, a man with a gun entered the front door of the farm house and assaulted his daughter Cindy Brown, […]
May 31, 1916 – July 16, 2011 Oskaloosa, Iowa Visitation: will be held from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at Garland-Van Arkel-Langkamp Funeral Chapel. Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m., Wednesday morning, July 20, 2011 at Garland-Van Arkel-Langkamp Funeral Chapel with Rev. Donald DeGlopper of the Central Reformed Church officiating. Interment: Forest Cemetery. […]
Jul 17 2011 | Posted in
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February 15, 1929 – July 16, 2011 Hedrick, Iowa Visitation: 9:00 – 11:00 AM July 20, 2011 at Fremont Funeral Chapel Funeral Service: 11:30 AM July 20, 2011 at Graveside services at Brooks Cemetery Interment: Brooks Cemetery LaRayne Ebelsheiser, 82, of Hedrick died Saturday, July 16, 2011, at the Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. She […]
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Pella, Iowa – Michele Bachmann’s bus rounded the corner onto Pella’s historic shopping district Saturday afternoon, amidst the withering heat of an Iowa afternoon. The town has recently become accustomed to visits by presidential candidates and/or those considering a run for the Office. Sarah Palin was recently in Pella for her movie premier and Newt […]
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PELLA, Iowa —The Central College men’s tennis squad has been named a Division III all-academic team by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). Meanwhile Bryn Boswell (junior, Pella), Dan Bowser (May grad, Fort Dodge), Kyle Freischlag (sophomore, Downers Grove, Ill., Downers Grove South HS), John Seier (sophomore, Lincoln, Neb., Waverly HS) and Ryan Shuey (sophomore, Corning) […]
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Oskaloosa, Iowa – During July and August, purple coneflowers and prairie blazing star add touches of lavender to Iowa road ditches planted in native prairie plants. Clusters of bright orange butterfly milkweed, compass plants extending large yellow, daisy-like flowers high above yellow seas of gray-headed coneflowers create mid-summer interest along roadways and prairie areas. Iowans […]
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PELLA, Iowa — Central College completed its last orientation session of the summer this week. A total of 419 first-year and transfer students, many accompanied by parents, visited campus during five sessions throughout June and July. Orientation is meant to prepare incoming students to jump into academic and campus life when the semester begins in […]
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Oskaloosa, Iowa – Mahaska Health Partnership will host the Zimmer Mobile Learning Center, a traveling orthopaedic facility, on Wednesday, July 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the north parking lot between the Hospice Serenity House and the Medical Specialty Center on its campus in Oskaloosa. The Zimmer Mobile Learning Center is a 45-foot, […]
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Oskaloosa, Iowa – In a one night special appearance, the Windjammers Unlimited helped to recreate the Iowa Brigade Band of 1899 that was led by C.L. Barnhouse. Today, we know the Iowa Brigade Band as The Oskaloosa Municipal Band. The Oskaloosa Municipal Band can trace it’s past not only to the Iowa Brigade Band, but […]
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