Pella, Iowa — A much different storyline came out of their second meeting against the best team in the league, but unfortunately another loss was posted as the Pella Knights lost 31-14 to the Des Moines Blaze in Midwest Football Alliance action Saturday night. Just as it did in the first contest, Pella (3-3) fell […]
EDDYVILLE RACEWAY PARK RACE RESULTS June 8-9, 2012 Friday June 8, 2012 High School Winner: Dustin Shepherd, Altoona, 10.53 dial-in, 10.571 elapsed time, 64.69 mph, .122 reaction time. Runner-up: Patrick Lind, Agency, 10.78 dial-in, 10.823 elapsed time, 64.86 mph, .128 reaction time. Semi-Finalists: Ashley Wickett, Indianola, 7.87 dial-in, 8.039 elapsed time, 90.09 mph, .070 reaction […]
Oskaloosa–The Midwest Collegiate Conference announced its academic all-conference honors for the 2011-2012 year. A total of 890 student-athletes were honored in 15 sports, including a number of student-athletes participating in and receiving academic honors in multiple sports. William Penn had 75 student-athletes earn the honor, led by ten from both the softball and volleyball teams. […]
PELLA, IOWA — Tim Tripp announced today that he plans to run for the Iowa State Senate in District 40, which includes Appanoose, Monroe and Mahaska counties; northwest Wapello County, including the towns of Blakesburg, Chillicothe, Eddyville and Kirkville; and northeast Marion County, including the city of Pella. Tripp resides in Pella with his wife, […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The restaurant business runs through Ristem ‘Joe’ Dika’s blood. He’s now opened up several restaurants in the state of Iowa, and looks to add another soon in Ames. Back in the middle of May, we first ran into ‘Joe’ and talked to him about his restaurant. At that point, he asked us […]
EarthTalk® E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: How do I learn about what pesticides may be on the food I eat? — Beatrice Olson, Cleveland, OH Along with the rise in the popularity of organic food has come an increased awareness about the dangers lurking on so-called “conventionally produced” (that is, with chemical pesticides […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Running an online news source means that life behind a keyboard, a camera lens or voice recorder is the normal. We take thousands and thousands of photos every year in the journey that is Osky News, and recently that massive undertaking became painfully obvious. The main computer we have used to produce […]
Harold Petersma Oskaloosa. Harold J. Petersma, 76, of Oskaloosa, died Saturday, June 9, 2012 at Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines. On January 27, 1936, he was born at Iowa City, the son of John and Katie Slycord Petersma. He worked at Pella Corp for over 45 years before retiring in 1997. On March […]
Danny L. Beason, 64 of Iowa City died Thursday, June 7, 2012, at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City. He was born Sunday, July 6, 1947 in Oskaloosa, Iowa the son of Kenneth and Henrietta Hite Beason. Following school he worked various places doing construction. He then drove semi for Lynn Trucking Company […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Oskaloosa Mayhem Girls have been tearing up the track lately, boasting a 4 and 1 record. The team has recently added four new players, and they can look forward to not warming a bench. Lisa Alderson said the team will be playing its next bout on the 16th in Waterloo, with their […]
