Oskaloosa–The William Penn softball team only needed one win Monday night to claim the Midwest Collegiate Conference title outright, but picked up the second for good measure as it begins to prepare for postseason play. The Lady Statesmen (35-12, 18-2 MCC) dropped Iowa Wesleyan by scores of 3-0 and 8-1. The opening-game win gave the […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – USSSA boys scrimmaged double headers on Sunday April 15th at the Lacey Recreation Complex. Six teams competed in the scrimmages including Osky Lightning vs Albia and Knoxville vs Fairfield in 12U divison and Eddville vs Fairfield in 9U. “The wind is strong but the sun is shining and it is a great […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Kids of all ages flooded the Lacey Recreation Complex this past weekend. On Saturday, boys 10 & under from Oskaloosa and Fairfield participated in the Spring League Tournament held at the Lacey 5-plex. The competitive games kept the crowd entertained, but that wasn’t the only competition taking place at the complex. William […]
by Charlie Comfort Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa City Council met in regular session Monday evening with Mayor Dave Krutzfeldt presiding. The biggest item up for discussion was that of the reconsideration of the approval of an encroachment agreement with the Oskaloosa Optimist Club for purposes of their avenue of flags project. At the March […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The prosecution and defense were once again before Judge Paul Miller over a motion by the defense for a new trial or to have an arrest of judgement. VanWeelden’s attorney Matt Moore filed the paperwork back at the end of March. (Story HERE) Much of the defense testimony Monday is found in […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – In their second meeting of the month, the Mahaska County Board of Supervisors tackled an agenda filled with reports from local agencies. After some normal housekeeping items, the supervisors heard from County Sanitarian Eric Dursky. During his monthly report, he outlined the recent letter sent out to residents along Carbonado Road. He […]
PELLA — Central College’s Morgan Darrow (Newell, Storm Lake HS) and the men’s 4×100-meter relay team have been named Iowa Conference outdoor track and field performers of the week. Darrow was recognized in women’s field events while the relay squad of Trevor Veach (senior, Grinnell), Logan Danko (junior, Centerville), Kyle Wood (senior, Newton) and Allen […]
PELLA — Theatre Central will host four performances of Eric Coble’s satirical comedy “Natural Selection” April 25-28 in Central College’s Kruidenier Center. All shows begin at 7:30 p.m. Set in in the near future, “Natural Selection” depicts a North America where technology rules supreme and the artificial has replaced the natural. The script follows Henry […]
(DES MOINES) – Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today led the administration’s weekly news conference with an announcement that blends the administration’s transparency goals with their commitment to the creation of 200,000 new jobs in Iowa through a new initiative called StartupIowa. StartupIowa is bringing the open-data movement to Iowa with the OpenIowa competition, April 27-29. […]
April 11, 2012 – Oskaloosa, IA – The United Way of Mahaska County is holding their fourth annual Live United 5K Run & Family Day on Saturday April 28th at the Penn Activity Center on the William Penn University campus. Race day registration for the 5K Run/Walk begins at 8:00 a.m. Pre-registration for the race […]
