Ruth Arlene Newell February 25, 1924 – July 20, 2014 Oskaloosa (Rose Hill), Iowa | Age 90 Ruth Arlene Newell, 90, of Oskaloosa and formerly of Rose Hill, died Sunday, July 20, 2014, at the MHP Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. She was born February 25, 1924, in Mahaska County the daughter of Liston and […]
A year after getting to the national title game, the Statesmen men’s basketball team’s incredible and improbable quarterfinal run was named the #1 story from 2013-2014. After going 34-2 with what many referred to as a ‘Dream Team’, WPU was hoping to just be in the mix with a lovable band of misfits that included […]
Mahaska Hospice Auxiliary’s “Chair Affair,” set for Oct. 25. The Mahaska Hospice Auxiliary is gearing up to host the “Chair Affair,” on Sat., Oct. 25. The event will be held at the William Penn Musco Technology Center. Hors d’oeuvres and the silent auction will begin at 6 pm. The live auction will start at 7 […]
by Matt Saville The Osky boys baseball team was looking for a fresh start, as the last couple weeks of the regular season were a disappointment. They kept coming up on the short end of the contest during those games, but they were hoping that the state tournament would wake them up. It did just […]
by Matt Saville For the Osky girls softball team, the last two weeks of the regular season were something they would just as soon forget. Well, that’s exactly what they did as they began the State Playoff’s Monday night, at home, against longtime rival Pella. The girls came away with a 5-2 victory to advance […]
Breaking through for its first league title in school history, the William Penn women’s golf team claims stake to the #2 story from 2013-2014. A program reinstated in the fall of 2008, the Statesmen improved season after season until finally raising their first-ever conference hardware on April 29. After finishing second to rival Grand View […]
By Jeremy Fox Oskaloosa, Iowa (July 16th, 2014) – Night Number Two of racing during the 2014 Southern Iowa Fair on Wednesday Night was just as exciting as it was on Tuesday. The night was sponsored by KBOE Radio and Pepsi Cola Mahaska Bottling Company which also saw the inaugural class be inducted into the […]
The Vanguard Cadets Drum & Bugle Corps from Santa Clara, CA are the defending Drum Corps International (DCI) Open Class World Champions. They are the junior organization to the Santa Clara Vanguard who stayed on the WPU campus and rehearsed at the Lacey complex last year. The Vanguard Cadets, made up of some of the […]
Glen Miner January 3, 1923 – July 17, 2014 Rose Hill, Iowa | age 91 Served with Honor ~ United States Military Veteran Glen Miner, 91, of Rose Hill, died Wednesday, July 16, 2014, at his home in Rose Hill. He was born January 3, 1923, in Deep River, Iowa, the son of Benjamin Clarkson […]
Dust off your boots and saddle up the horses—it’s time for a visit to the Wild, Wild West at this year’s Navy and Gold Gala. Hosted by the William Penn Athletic Booster Club, this fundraising event is sure to be a fun-filled evening with silent and live auctions, dinner, contests, photo booth, shooting gallery, and […]
