Oskaloosa, Iowa – Carriker Ford, located on Highway 23 South in Oskaloosa is sponsoring a fundraiser for the Oskaloosa Indian Booster Club on Saturday April 28th from 9 am to 4 pm. Test drive a vehicle on that day and Carriker’s will make a ten dollar donation to the booster club and a five hundred […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The City of Oskaloosa is proactively utilizing “pavement preservation strategies” to preserve its pavement infrastructure. The City will start pavement preservation activity in the downtown area. Due to unexpected weather conditions the activity is rescheduled for May 1st, May 21st, and May 22nd of this year. GEE Asphalt Systems, Inc. is the […]
Oskaloosa. Junior A. Winegardner, 91, of Oskaloosa, and formerly of the Union Mills neighborhood, died Saturday, April 21, 2012, at the Crystal Heights Care Center in Oskaloosa. He was born September 21, 1920, at Rose Hill, the son of Loyd and Mary Chilcote Winegardner. Junior grew up on farms near Tracy, Iowa. He graduated from […]
Bourbonnais, Ill.–The William Penn softball team faced off against Olivet Nazarene for the second and third times of the year, but unfortunately just like back in March, the Tigers got the better of the Lady Statesmen Friday. William Penn (37-14) was swept in the non-conference twinbill by scores of 8-2 and 8-0 (6 innings). It […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa (April 20, 2012)- The Oskaloosa Boys Golf Team hosted a Triangular. The event had been rescheduled from earlier in the week, and pitting Osky against Norwalk and Knoxville at Edmundson Golf Course in Oskaloosa. Clay Tucker lead the way for the varsity squad shooting a 40, while Andrew Shaffer for the JV with […]
PELLA — Second place Coe College put the pressure on in the top of the ninth inning, but the Iowa Conference-leading Central College baseball team held on for a 6-5 win in the first of a three-game conference series Friday. After two quick outs and the Dutch holding a 6-4 advantage to start the ninth, […]
Oskaloosa. Diane Marie Broerman, 55, of Oskaloosa passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, at her home near Oskaloosa, on Friday, April 20, 2012. Diane’s life began in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on November 22, 1956, the daughter of Howard and JoAnn Wray Mottet. She graduated from the Oskaloosa High School with the class of 1975; […]
DES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 5.2 percent in March from 5.3 percent in February. The state’s jobless rate was reported at 5.9 percent one year ago. Meanwhile, the U.S. unemployment rate for March edged down to 8.2 percent from 8.3 percent in February. “The state’s economic recovery has gained […]
Oskaloosa–Sean Rangel (Jr., Omaha, Neb., Bellevue East HS) was one of the most consistent high rollers in the nation this year and he was rewarded for that success with a Second-Team All-America laurel. The National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association named its All-America team and Rangel was placed on the second team for the first time […]
Lincoln, Neb.–The William Penn women’s bowling team was not bothered by the bright lights of the national scene during qualifying, but unfortunately that high level could not be maintained in match play as it was eliminated early at the USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships Thursday. The Lady Statesmen opened the event with a productive qualifying session, […]
