Oskaloosa. Wayne Glen Hasselman, 67, of Oskaloosa, died Friday, August 5, 2011, at Crystal Heights Care Center in Oskaloosa. Wayne was born September 28, 1943, at Oskaloosa, the son of Gerrit and Wilma Van Haaften Hasselman. He graduated from the Oskaloosa High School with the class of 1961, and served as president of the FFA […]
I have been with Osky News for almost a year now. When Ken told me that he started a news website I thought that was pretty cool, but I didn’t think there would be enough news from around the Oskaloosa area to actually report much. Boy was I wrong. It seems to be non-stop at […]
One year ago when I was mowing a lawn for a friend, we came up with the idea to start Osky News. Starting out, I never really expected it it to take off like it has in the past year. I was excited to be writing the news, as I liked to write. I just […]
Washington D.C. – After releasing a report on July 14th outlining why the U.S. was on CreditWatch Negative, it went on to state several factors in determining if to downgrade the creditworthiness of the United States. In this release, the S&P outlined that lawmakers needed to “agree on a plan to deal with the federal […]
On August 15-17, President Obama will travel to the Midwest on a three-day bus tour. As part of the bus tour, on August 16th, the President and members of his Cabinet will host the White House Rural Economic Forum at Northeast Iowa Community College in Peosta, Iowa. The Forum will bring together small business owners, […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa- Five candidates have filed to run for Oskaloosa school board according to the Oskaloosa Community School District Board Secretary. Those candidates and the district they have filed to run from are as follows: Nik Rule- Director District 1, Laurie Palmer- Director District 3, Charlie Comfort- Director District 4, Donald Patterson- Director District 4, […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa — Sebastian Stobart (Sr., Harare, Zimbabwe, St. Georges College) has played his fair share of golf in Oskaloosa over the past few years, but nothing compares to his performance on Thursday afternoon. The soon-to-be senior, playing with teammate Adriaan de Villiers (Jr., Akasia, South Africa, Akasia HS), tied a course record with a […]
PELLA—Central College’s Kurtis Brondyke (Clinton) and Tyler Crouse (senior, Hedrick, Pekin HS) were named to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division III All-Academic track and field team. The NCAA indoor pentathlon champion, Brondyke compiled a 3.33 (4.0 scale) cumulative grade point average majoring in exercise science/health promotion. The recent […]
PELLA—Three star athletes who went on to careers of distinction in collegiate teaching and coaching are the newest inductees in the Central College Athletics Hall of Honor. Initiated in 2002, the hall will expand to 39 members with the induction of football fullback Rich Kacmarynski ’92, women’s tennis competitor Shannan Mattiace ’90 and football and […]
(DES MOINES) –Governor Branstad was notified late yesterday by Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Craig Fugate that Iowa’s request for activation of the Federal Individual Assistance Program for Fremont, Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie, and Woodbury Counties has been denied. “Obviously I am disappointed for the citizens in the impacted counties that my request was denied,” said […]
