Hello friends! According to the calendar, this is the last week of session. Don’t believe everything you read, as we may be here a few more weeks until everything gets done. A couple weeks ago, I signed on to cosponsor an amendment proposed by Representative Alons. This amendment proposes that if the Supreme Court Justices […]
GRINNELL– Grinnell is challenging those in rival school districts, betting that no other town can get even half as many Grinnell Games participants as Grinnell can. And there’s $500 at stake for the winning school. Everyone who signs up for a Grinnell Games event is asked to list the high school they support in the […]
Food plot seed is still available at the Russell Wildlife Area. The following seed is available: Round-Up Ready Corn, Sorghum, Soybeans and Winter Survival Mix. Please call the Mahaska County Conservation Board at (641)673-9327 to make arrangements for pick up. The Russell Wildlife Area is located 4 miles north of Oskaloosa on Hwy. 63 and […]
Waterloo–Stan Simmons (Jr., Brooklyn, N.Y., Physical Education) left the park for the second time this year, but his roundtripper was not enough to lift the William Penn baseball team into the championship bracket of the Midwest Collegiate Conference Tournament Tuesday. The top-seeded Statesmen (22-17) were upset by #6 seed Mount Mercy 13-6 and will now […]
Davenport–The Statesmen softball team will go into postseason play in a bit of a slump after being swept by eventual league champion St. Ambrose in a Midwest Collegiate Conference doubleheader Tuesday. William Penn (32-20, 12-8 MCC) lost by scores of 10-2 (5 innings) and 4-3. With its sweep and help from other MCC foes beating […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa- Professor Robert (Bob) Barnes joined the chemistry department at William Penn University (then William Penn College) over 50 years ago, in the fall of 1961. As an Associate Professor of Chemistry and Physics, Barnes has taught General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Quantitative Analysis, Physical Science, Intro to Algebra, Statistics, and most recently, Intro to […]
Oskaloosa Middle School 7/8th grade band hosted composer Andrew Glover at their rehearsal on Thursday. Glover is Chief Operating Officer of C.L. Barnhouse Company. Glover worked with the Oskaloosa students on a recent composition of his entitled Roller Coaster, giving the students insight into the compositional process of an active/living composer. The band is preparing […]
Simmons, Patricia Irene February 28, 1950 – May 01, 2013 Ottumwa, Iowa Visitation: 10:00 AM until the time of service at 11:00 AM May 06, 2013 at Fremont Funeral Chapel Funeral Service: 11:00 AM May 06, 2013 at Fremont Funeral Chapel Interment: Cedar Township Memorial Cemetery Patricia Irene Simmons, 53, of Ottumwa died Wednesday, May […]
The Stadium at the Lacey Recreation Complex was the place to be on Tuesday evening. With the rare high temperature on the final day of April many spectators gathered in the stands and along the fence to cheer on track teams from Oskaloosa, Pella, Newton, Ottumwa, Grinnell and Knoxville at the Girl’s McCormick Middle School […]
PELLA—Central College sophomore Eric Larson (Waverly, Waverly-Shell Rock HS) is the Iowa Conference male athlete of the week. Meanwhile, Central’s distance medley relay squad is the men’s track events performer of the week. Senior Dirk Lindaman (senior, Ankeny) and sophomore Mallory Schulenberg (Kansas City, Mo., St. Pius X HS) are the pitchers of the week […]
