Oskaloosa, Iowa – Two Oskaloosa Middle School students were honored recently by the Oskaloosa Optimist Club as Optimist Students of the Trimester. Jack Moore and Sienna DeJong earned the honor for the second trimester. Middle school principal and Student of the Trimester chair Andy Hotek made the announcement and presented the students with their plaques. […]
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds this morning announced they will be coordinating a parade they are calling “A Salute to our Veterans and Service Members Parade.” The parade will be held on Saturday, June 30 in downtown Des Moines. The parade will kick off at the state Capitol complex […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Girl Scouts donate blankets to MHP Emergency Department – Girl Scouts Troop 183 recently donated fleece blankets they made to Mahaska Health Partnership Emergency Services. According to Troop Leader Theresa Graheck, Oskaloosa Girls Inc. gave $250 donation to each of the girl scout troops in Oskaloosa and challenged them to do a […]
Aspiring writers and illustrators! Meet Jason Brommel of Myriad Book Publishing Wednesday, April 25 6:00-8:00PM Book Vault Book Vault invites you to meet publisher Jason Brommel, founder of Myriad Book Publishing of Des Moines along with multiple Oskaloosa-connected authors including Artis Reis, Mark Smith, and Chad Michael Cox. They will discuss their collaboration on the […]
Cedar Rapids–One run in both the eighth and ninth innings helped the William Penn baseball team to a huge 7-6 victory over Mount Mercy in Midwest Collegiate Conference play Sunday. The Statesmen (17-23, 10-10 MCC) are now currently tied for fifth in the league. With their tiebreaker over Iowa Wesleyan, if the season ended today, […]
PELLA — Pitcher Rhianna Fleetwood (junior, Sycamore, Ill.) notched her career-high 11th win with a three-hitter and the No. 6 Central College softball team subdued Cornell College 4-2 and 4-1 Sunday. Fleetwood, 11-2 after going 10-0 last season, yielded an unearned run in the first inining of the nightcap following a leadoff triple, then limited […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – A dozen noon Kiwanis members met on Saturday to clean a portion of the Lacey Recreation Trail. Eric Palmer contacted MCRF to let them know that the Kiwanis club would like to adopt a mile. The club organized a clean up day and cleaned from the snow dump to the 92 underpass, […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Kena Veldhuizen qualified for the Drake Relays in the 100 meter dash, and will be running in Heat 1, Lane 8. Also qualifying is the girls 4×100 of Kirsti Edwards, Taylor Richardson, Whitney Newman and Kena Veldhuizen. They will be running in Heat 6, Lane 1. Both events will be run on […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Soccer Club began youth recreation and league soccer this past weekend a the Lacey Recreation Complex. Over 500 spectators came to watch league on Saturday and over 300 came for the recreation games on Friday evening. “This year is starting out exciting” said one mom watching her 6 year […]
Pella–A load of Statesmen and Lady Statesmen track and field athletes placed high at the Central Open Saturday. Sade Myers (Fr., Honolulu, Hawaii, Radford HS) and Audre Harris (So., Junction City, Kan., Allen CC) were winners on the women’s side, while Gabriel Green (Jr., Anniston, Ala., Anniston HS) claimed a crown for the men. Myers […]
