Storm Lake–Playing for the second night in a row may have been too much for the Lady Statesmen volleyball squad as it fell in a five-set thriller to non-conference foe Buena Vista Wednesday. William Penn (11-11) lost by scores of 26-24, 16-25, 25-22, 22-25, 7-15. Highlighted by a season-high 20 kills from Lacey Taylor (Jr., […]
Have you heard about the Iowa Healthy State Initiative? An exciting component of this initiative is the vision to transform 10 Iowa communities into Blue Zones Communities. What are Blue Zones®? They are the healthiest, happiest, longest-living cultures on earth. Did you know that there are people right here in our community working towards this […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa- The Oskaloosa Board of Adjustment met in regular session on Tuesday with Chairman Brian Johnson presiding. The first item on the agenda was a request from Jeff McNulty for a variance of section 17.24.030 of the city code which requires that all accessory buildings have a maximum height of 12 feet. McNulty was […]
The academic school year is well underway for William Penn University and the coaches have been hard at work with their athletic teams. Mike Christner, William Penn head softball coach, has 31 girls out this year between the Varsity and JV teams. Christner had them out at the Lacey Recreation Complex at the end of […]
The Oskaloosa cross country teams competed in the Knoxville Invitational on Tuesday. Brooke VanHouweling had another strong performance finishing in 2nd place with a time of 16:05. She was followed by Paige Walter in 22nd (17:42), Lesley Roquet 25th (17:53), Riley Berg 31st (18:31) and Meghan Toubekis 39th (19:20). Alina Nettesheim rounded out the varsity […]
Maple Ridge Assisted Living in Oskaloosa, IA welcomes Brian Hanson for a CD Release Concert on Thursday evening, September 29, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. Brian’s new CD “The Brian Hanson Show” will be available at this live performance where he will be “officially” releasing the new recording. Friends and family of Maple Ridge, and all […]
PELLA—Central College peppered Coe College early but the Kohawks responded with an overwhelming offensive charge, dealing the Dutch their first Iowa Conference volleyball loss 13-25, 25-19, 18-25, 25-18, 15-8 Tuesday night. The Dutch (12-4 overall, 3-1 conference) raced to an opening-set victory, scoring 13 straight unanswered points and limiting the Kohawks to a -.02 team […]
Des Moines–It has been a tough inaugural season of competition for the AIB volleyball team and William Penn did not make it any better Tuesday with an easy 3-0 win in Midwest Collegiate Conference action. William Penn (11-10, 2-2 MCC) won by scores of 25-6, 25-17, 25-11. The visitors, who had 19 different players see […]
Albia came out ready to play and we came out too over excited for the match. We made error after error and nothing was going our way. Albia took advantage of us sitting back on our heels and we sat wandering what was happening. After the 1st game I told the girls to start over […]
The Oskaloosa Community Theatre presents “All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten” September 29th & 30 and October 1st at 8:00 p.m. at George Daily Auditorium. Tickets are $10.00 Adults, $8.00 Seniors, $5.00 Children. Presented by special arrangement with the Dramatic Publishing Co. Woodstock, Illinois.
