The AHEAD Regional Housing Trust Fund (RHTF) provided funds to Mahaska County Habitat for Humanity (HfH) to assist in the completion of its 16th housing unit. This housing unit is the first “Green Building” project for Mahaska County Habitat for Humanity as well as the first “Green Building” home in all of Mahaska County. Blane […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Keeping Oskaloosa clean and pretty was the thought behind these local Girl Scout volunteers. On May 5th, Girl Scout Troop #286 and their leader Elaine Fontana helped out with Oskaloosa clean and green by completing one more project. From left to right is: Caitlyn Fontana, Brianna Hunt, Morgan Ford, Lauren Tarbell, Hannah […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Many times those who selflessly serve others end up going unnoticed. Mahaska County United Way takes steps every year to ensure that the volunteers who make all of the programs possible are recognized. This year the group gathered at Central United Methodist Church where a dessert bar was prepared. Richelle Holle with […]
Oskaloosa. Melvin Kelderman, 85, of Oskaloosa, died Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at the Mahaska Health Partnership in Oskaloosa. He was born on Thursday, September 30, 1926, at Hammond, Indiana, the son of Pete and Gerarda Huge Kelderman. He served in the United States Army during WWII. On August 12, 1949, he was united in marriage […]
Washington D.C. – The U.S. Postal Service announced a new strategy today that could keep the nation’s smallest Post Offices open for business, while providing a framework to achieve significant cost savings as part of the plan to return the organization to financial stability. The plan would keep the existing Post Office in place, but […]
Oskaloosa–The pairings have been released and the William Penn softball team will face one very familiar foe and two it has never seen on the field at the 32nd Annual NAIA Softball National Championships. The 32-team tournament will be held at the Gulf Shores Sportsplex in Gulf Shores, Ala., from May 17-23. For the second-straight […]
Oskaloosa–William Penn women’s linksters Maggie Yang (Fr., Chino, Calif., Diamond Bar HS) and Courtney Kronmuller (Jr., Fountain Valley, Calif., Fullerton CC) were rewarded for record-breaking seasons as the 2011-2012 all-Midwest Collegiate Conference women’s golf teams were announced today. Yang was named to the five-person first-team squad, while Kronmuller was one of eight players to receive […]
Oskaloosa–Statesmen golfer Shane Goldsmith (Fr., Benoni, South Africa, St. Dunstans College) made a big splash in his first collegiate season and was rewarded for his low scores as the 2011-2012 all-Midwest Collegiate Conference men’s golf teams were announced today. Goldsmith was named to the honorable-mention squad, this year consisting of eight players. The league’s top […]
Sarcone tabbed as conference softball position player of the year PELLA — Central College pitcher Rhianna Fleetwood (junior, Sycamore, Ill.) has been named the NFCA Division III softball player of the week while shortstop Annie Sarcone (sophomore, Des Moines, Dowling Catholic HS) is the Iowa Conference position player of the year. Fleetwood threw 21 scoreless […]
Dear EarthTalk: The oil industry is planning what some call a dangerous strategy of drilling for oil on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Arctic Ocean. What’s going on? — Vera Bailey, New Hope, PA In November 2011 the Obama administration began lifting the moratorium on off-shore drilling that had been imposed in the wake […]
