Robert Eugene West April 21, 1937 – January 13, 2013 Oskaloosa, Iowa Served with Honor – United States Military Veteran Bob Passed away Sunday afternoon at Mahaska Health Partnership in Oskaloosa at the age of 75 years, 8 months and 22 days. As was his wish, cremation has been accorded and no funeral services will […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – After reading many parade questionnaires with many great ideas, a decision has been made for the December 5, 2013 Main Street Lighted Christmas Parade. The parade will again be held one night only and the theme will be “Candy Cane Christmas”. The committee envisions floats and entries with candy, gumball machines, candy […]
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today released an education reform package that will bring Iowa closer to its goal of providing a world-class education to all children, no matter where they live. The package presented for the 2013 legislative session focuses on providing great teaching in every classroom to […]
(DES MOINES)— Rep. Guy Vander Linden (R-Oskaloosa) is seen here signing his oath of office in the Iowa House chamber as the 85th General Assembly kicked off Monday at the Capitol. During the session, Vander Linden can be reached at guy.vander.linden@legis.iowa.gov or through the House switchboard at (515) 281-3221. The swearing in ceremony of all […]
Mahaska County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections, Susan L. Brown, is asking that eligible voters in Mahaska County who have not yet registered or changed their Mahaska County address with her office consider doing so before the early voter registration deadline of Friday, January 18, 2013 by 5 PM. In January 2008, Iowa law was […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Eggs and Issues is an Oskaloosa tradition that returned for the 2013 year. The first such meeting has always been local leaders placed on the hot-seat so to speak, and Oskaloosa Mayor Dave Krutzfeldt and Mahaska County Supervisor Greg Gordy each represented their respective branches of government. Krutzfeldt touched on the topic […]
Oskaloosa–A great second-half start allowed the William Penn men’s basketball team to pull away from Clarke in a 93-57 Midwest Collegiate Conference victory Saturday. The fourth-ranked Statesmen (19-1, 3-0 MCC), who won their fifth game in a row, outshot the Crusaders (7-10, 1-3 MCC) by a margin of 49.3%-34.4%. The visitors scored the game’s first […]
Oskaloosa–The Lady Statesmen cagers hit nearly two-thirds of their field goals prior to halftime en route to an 80-56 victory against Clarke in Midwest Collegiate Conference play Saturday. William Penn (11-7, 2-1 MCC) moved to four games over .500 for the first time this season, in large part due to 64.7% shooting in the first […]
Cedar Falls–Paced by a record-breaking and national-qualifying showing by Meghan Foster (Fr., Centerville, Iowa), the William Penn women’s indoor track and field team fared well in its first post-holiday break action at the UNI Panther Open Saturday. Foster was the squad’s top placer overall, taking fourth in the shot put with a toss of 41-7.25. […]
Oskaloosa–Two members of the William Penn wrestling team were the best among their peers at the Central Invitational Saturday. In an event in which no team scores were kept, the Statesmen likely would have placed high as 133-pounder Joao Vicente (Fr., East Providence, R.I., Secondary Education) and 197-pounder Kyle Soderblom (So., Newton, Iowa, Biology) were […]
