Oskaloosa, SEPTEMBER 12, 2013 – The Mahaska County YMCA is set to release the brand new choreography for one of its most successful group exercise classes, BODYPUMP, on Saturday, October 5, 2013. Quarterly, the YMCA’s Fitness Instructor team receives an updated, new release from Les Mills, the creators of the BODYPUMP class, containing brand new […]
Oskaloosa–Despite not playing one of its best games, the William Penn men’s soccer team still dropped St. Mary (Kan.) 2-1 in non-conference play Wednesday. The Statesmen (5-2), off to their best seven-game start since being 4-1-2 in 2008, went up 1-0 at the 7:32 mark when Francis Koroma (Fr., Brooklyn Park, Minn., General Accounting) found […]
Oskaloosa–The Statesmen defense matched an impressive offensive showing in a 3-0 defeat of non-conference foe St. Mary (Kan.) in women’s soccer action Wednesday. William Penn (3-4), winners of three straight for the first time since September 2009, outshot the Spires 20-6. Kirsty Fraser (Sr., Perth, Australia, Elementary Education) put her team on the board in […]
Robert Earl Allender November 21, 1925 – September 10, 2013 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 87 Rob passed away Tuesday evening at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics as a result of injuries he sustained in a car accident on August 28th, 2013. Robert Earl Allender, son of Earl Edwin and Dora Lula Vander Linden […]
Pella–The Statesmen volleyball team looked primed to close out its host early, but was forced to play an epic fifth set to drop Central in non-conference action Tuesday. William Penn (6-7) won 3-2 by scores of 25-22, 25-18, 18-25, 22-25, 15-13. The navy and gold were outhit .164-.037, but made up the difference at the […]
The Oskaloosa Sweet Heat team hosted a two-day girls softball tournament, the “Lacey Fall Smash”, over the weekend at the Lacey Recreation Complex with over 30 teams participating. Several Oskaloosa teams signed up as well as teams from Adel, Albia, Ankeny, Central Iowa, Des Moines, Fairfield, Grinnell, Indianola, Knoxville, Lynville, Montezuma, Ottumwa, Pella, Pleasantville, Sigourney, […]
The Golden Ages Group, from Calvary CRC, came to Oskaloosa on Monday to tour the Mahaska Community Recreation Trail on the trail trams. 15 eager passengers loaded up on the 1931 Model T, 1937 Ford and the 1934 Ford Military tram. Once all the passengers were buckled in the drivers hit the trail so everyone […]
DES MOINES, Iowa – September 10, 2013 – Governor Terry Branstad and Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds are calling on fellow Iowans to join in a one-kilometer Healthiest State Walk on Wednesday, October 9, as one part of the effort to become the healthiest state in the nation. “Iowans have turned out in extraordinary numbers for […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Those stepping into the Hawkeye Real Estate office on the north side of the square will be greeted by Hawkeye’s new office secretary Annette Leraaen. Leraaen began her duties on August 26 which include supporting the real estate agents and marketing coordination responsibilities Leraaen and her husband, David, moved to Oskaloosa from […]
Oskaloosa–Maggie Yang (Jr., Chino, Calif., Biology) was much more than just ‘par for the course’ Saturday as her new school record earned her Midwest Collegiate Conference Women’s Golfer of the Week honors Monday. Yang, now a five-time career award recipient, notched her first laurel of the season by shooting even-par 72 at the Concordia (Minn.) […]
