CRI Weekly News for January 3, 2014

Watch CRI’s Weekly Newscast MCDG Board Talks Upcoming Year Schrock Discusses 2014 City Plans Bell Ringing Season Not Over Yet Former Statesmen Professional Career Continues Oskaloosan’s Resolutions for 2014

Watch CRI’s Weekly Newscast MCDG Board Talks Upcoming Year Schrock Discusses 2014 City Plans Bell Ringing Season Not Over Yet Former Statesmen Professional Career Continues Oskaloosan’s Resolutions for 2014

(Urbin) Dale Grace July 3, 1925 – January 4, 2014 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 88 (Urbin) Dale Grace, 88, of Oskaloosa died Saturday, January 4, 2014, at the MHP Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. Dale was born July 3, 1925, at Rose Hill, Iowa, the son of Emery and Mildred Simpkins Grace. He graduated from […]

Esther Edna Burbank November 29, 1915 – January 3, 2014 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 98 Esther passed away Friday morning at the Oskaloosa Care Center at the age of 98 years, 1 month and 4 days. Esther Edna Burbank, daughter of Worth Nelson and Mabel Faye (Longaker) Burbank, was born, November 29, 1915, near Montezuma, […]

Nina Vande Weerdhof November 25, 1955 – January 3, 2014 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 58 Nina Vande Weerdhof, 58, of Oskaloosa died Friday, January 3, 2014 at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City. Nina was born Friday, November 25, 1955 in Hugo, Oklahoma. She married Richard Vande Weerdhof and they later divorced. Nina […]

Shirley “Short” Drost October 9, 1927 – January 2, 2014 Republic, Missouri | Age 86 Loving Husband and Father Mr. Shirley James “Short” Drost, age 86, of Republic, Missouri, passed away on Thursday, January 2, 2014, in his home, with family at his side. Short was born on October 9, 1927, in Mahaska County, Iowa, […]

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE…THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A STRONG SOUTH WIND AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO BETWEEN ONE AND TWO MILES. ADDITIONALLY…AS THE SNOW BLOWS OVER UNTREATED AND […]

The William Penn softball program will be hosting a pitching clinic on Sunday, January 19 (1-4 p.m.) and a hitting clinic on Sunday, January 26 (1-4 p.m.). The clinics will be held on campus in the Penn Activity Center with each clinic costing $40 ($70 for both). The clinics are for girls in grades 1-12. […]

Oskaloosa–Three Statesmen football players were honored for their excellence in the classroom as they were named 2013 Daktronics-NAIA Football Scholar-Athletes. Brock Peery (Sr., Payson, Utah, Secondary Education), Evan Ressler (Jr., Cascade, Iowa, Biology), and Justin Lewis (Jr., Florence, Ala., Sociology) were among a list of 259 football players from within the NAIA ranks to be […]

Oskaloosa–Joao Vicente (So., East Providence, R.I., Secondary Education) continues to impress nationally as the NAIA’s third regular season wrestling poll was released Wednesday. Vicente improved one spot to fourth at 133 pounds. As a team, William Penn is still unofficially tied with Embry-Riddle (Fla.) for 23rd with 13 points. Grand View has extended its lead […]

Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa Student Council will be hosting their annual Spaghetti Supper Tuesday, January 7th before the Indians face off against Grinnell. The meal of the evening will include a plate full of hot spaghetti and garlic bread with a tall glass of either lemonade or water so come hungry. The Council will […]