DES MOINES, Iowa – The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved Gov. Branstad’s request for disaster designation in six Iowa counties affected by the Missouri River flooding. The letter, which was received today by The Office of Gov. Terry E. Branstad, gives disaster designation to Freemont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie and Woodbury counties. […]
PELLA, Iowa —Central College’s Molli O’Brien (Clarion, Clarion-Goldfield) and Kaurie Kincaid (junior, Knoxville) have been selected to the National Golf Coaches Association Division III All-America Scholar team. To qualify for the honor, a player must maintain a 3.5 or better cumulative grade point average (4.0 scale), compete in 66 percent of the team’s competitive rounds […]
PELLA, Iowa —Central College graduate Jill Ziskovsky Halcomb (Dallas Center, Dallas Center-Grimes) has been tabbed the Iowa Conference’s nominee for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award. The award recognizes senior student-athletes that have excelled in academics, athletics, community service and leadership throughout their college careers. A three-time team MVP and two-year captain for Central’s […]
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry Branstad has ordered all flags in Iowa be flown at half-staff beginning at 5 p.m. on Friday, July 8, 2011 until 8 a.m. on Monday, July 11, 2011 in honor of United States Army Captain Matthew Nielson, 27, formerly of Jefferson, Iowa. Capt. Nielson was killed in action on Contingency […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The smell of fresh popcorn, the cool refreshing snow cone or ice tea accompany the sound of birds as they swoop through the sky. Thursday nights from June until August, starting around 8:00 p.m. the Oskaloosa City Band continues the tradition started back in 1864. Today, the horns still sound bright and […]
Cedar, Iowa – Erika Linsley went home to heaven, surrounded by her loving family on July 8, 2011, while being cared for at the Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa at the age of 71 years old. She was born June 5, 1940, in Germany, the youngest daughter of Jean and Julia Hofmann. Erika grew up […]
Blakesburg, Iowa – “I woke up and then I heard a huge boom.” is how Mitzy Solis, age 12, describes being woke up this morning in Blakesburg. From there young Mitzy went and knocked on her grandma’s door, “and she wasn’t there”, so Mitzy then knocked on another neighbors house. When she looked around, they […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – This weekend will be one of your last chances to see Cars 2. Also playing this weekend is Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon. Cars 2 -G and plays nightly at 7:10 p.m. and again at 9:15 p.m. Matinee showing is at 2:00 p.m. Transformers 3 – Dark of the Moon -PG-13 […]
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced the launch of a series of town hall meetings focusing on education in Iowa. The series of seven town hall meetings will be held over two weeks prior to the administration’s Iowa Education Summit, which will take place July 25-26, 2011 […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Graffiti has been showing up in Oskaloosa in, what some call, an ever increasing frequency. From smiley faces painted on the back of buildings to, what appear to be, initials being painted on various objects. I asked Oskaloosa Police Chief John “Jake” McGee if graffiti is becoming a growing concern in Oskaloosa. […]
