
DUBUQUE — Central College grabbed a 4-3 victory against Loras College Saturday, rallying after a 10-3 setback and capturing the three-game Iowa Conference baseball series at Dubuque. The Dutch, improving to 15-4 overall and 5-1 in the league, won the nine-inning matchup Friday night, 5-0. Shortstop Mike Furlong (senior, Davenport, Assumption HS) sparked the offense […]
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DECORAH — No. 5 Luther College’s big bats couldn’t be contained as the No. 7 Central College softball team saw sixth-inning leads disappear twice and was swept 4-2 and 5-4 Saturday in an Iowa Conference-opening twinbill. The Dutch (17-5 overall, 0-2 conference) took a 2-0 advantage into the sixth inning of the opener behind the […]
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Oskaloosa–The ever-improving Lady Statesmen golf team took another step forward as it moved into the latest NAIA Women’s Golf Top 25 poll today. William Penn is 25th with 73 points, gaining five positions and 60 points from the first rating two weeks ago. The squad, which is ranked for the first time in its history, […]
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ST. LOUIS, MO.—A partial squad for the Central College men’s and women’s track and field programs completed their first day of competition in the decathlon and heptathlon at the Washington University (Mo.) Invitational Friday. Senior Breighen Powell (Wellman, Mid-Prairie HS) is in third after five decathlon events with 2,907 points, while Eric Larson (freshman, Waverly, […]
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DUBUQUE — Senior Joel Pulliam (Des Moines, Lincoln HS) struck out 12 batters and gave up just four hits for the Central College baseball in a 5-0 complete game shutout of Iowa Conference foe Loras College Friday night. “Joel was on top of his game tonight,” said coach Adam Stevens. “He had everything working. It […]
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PELLA — Central College has named Carl Coleman and former Dutch defensive lineman Nick Mulder as assistant football coaches. Dutch coach Jeff McMartin said Coleman will likely work in the defensive backfield while Mulder will coach in the defensive line. “We’re really excited to have both of them,” McMartin said. Coleman is a 2009 graduate […]
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Oskaloosa is taking the initiative to promote a healthier city. With assistance from Area 15 Regional Planning Commission, the City of Oskaloosa recently obtained a $10,000 grant through the Iowa Department of Public Health’s Healthy Iowans Initiative. The City was one of six communities in the State of Iowa to receive this award, which was […]
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During the month of March the chapel theme for the 4th grade class at Oskaloosa Christian School was “Heroes Save the Day.” At the end of the chapel, 4th graders challenged the school to be heroes for a day and do some form of community service. On March 29th chapel groups, ranging from K-8th grade […]
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Doris Kathleen Curtis March 24, 2012 – April 01, 2012 Richland, Iowa Visitation: 10:00 A.M. until the time of service at 11:00 A.M. April 05, 2012 at Fremont Funeral Chapel Funeral Service: 11:00 A.M. April 05, 2012 at Fremont Funeral Chapel Interment: Memorial Lawn Cemetery near Ottumwa, Iowa. Doris Kathleen Curtis, 87, of Richland died […]
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Ray Abbott, 83, of Oskaloosa, died Sunday April 1, 2012 at his home in Casa Grande, Arizona. He was born May 02, 1928, in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of Frank and Ida Berger Abbott. On June 15th 1945 was united in marriage to Kathleen Lewis in Ottumwa, Iowa, after the wedding he picked his […]
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