Christian Opportunity Center (COC) program coordinator Ruth Ann Triplett is giving life this holiday season through PROFNAIT, a collaborative project aiming to develop a safe, new treatment that prevents excessive bleeding in fetuses and newborns. PROFNAIT is developing a prophylactic drug from human plasma, but the plasma needs to contain certain antibodies present in women […]
Dec 28 2014 | Posted in
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MAHASKA COUNTY – Mahaska Health Partnership has named Family Practice Physician Stephen Mineart, MD, the 2014 MHP MVP (Most Valuable Provider). Each year, members of the Provider Satisfaction Team help select the MVP Provider Award recipient based on several factors, including patient care, employee relations, leadership and hospital engagement. MHP CEO Jay Christensen said we […]
Dec 28 2014 | Posted in
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Ernest Louwsma September 16, 1933 – December 26, 2014 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 81 Served With Honor ~ United States Military Veteran Ernest Louwsma, 81, of Oskaloosa, died Friday, December 26, 2014, at the MHP Hospital in Oskaloosa. He was born September 16, 1933, in Leighton, Iowa, the son of Cy and Anna Vande Wall […]
Dec 27 2014 | Posted in
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Denise Diane Ridley November 4, 1961 – December 25, 2014 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 53 Denise Ridley, 53, of Oskaloosa passed away Thursday, December 25, 2014, at her home in Oskaloosa after a brief illness. Denise Diane Ridley, daughter of Hoy and Bonnie (Verwers) Modlin, was born November 4, 1961, in Pella, Iowa. Denise was […]
Dec 26 2014 | Posted in
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Las Vegas, Nev.–The Statesmen women’s bowling team gave two strong performances as it competed in its final pre-holiday events of the year this week. William Penn opened the week by placing tenth out of 17 teams at the Glenn Carlson Las Vegas Invitational on Saturday and Sunday with 7,884 pins in nine regular games. Wichita […]
Dec 25 2014 | Posted in
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Las Vegas, Nev.–The William Penn men’s bowling team had a pair of solid efforts competing out west this week. The Statesmen were 18th out of 36 teams at the Glenn Carlson Las Vegas Invitational on Saturday and Sunday with 8,459 pins in nine regular games. Wichita State (Kan.) headed qualifying with 9,720 pins, while #3 […]
Dec 25 2014 | Posted in
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Oskaloosa–The Statesmen football team will enter its offseason conditioning schedule 19th as the NAIA released its postseason top-25 poll Monday. William Penn (7-4, 3-2 MWL) remained in the same position from the final rating, holding at #19 with 84 points. Southern Oregon is #1 after defeating Marian (Ind.) 55-31 in the national championship game. Marian […]
Dec 25 2014 | Posted in
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Dwight Morrow November 20, 1920 – December 24, 2014 Sigourney, Iowa | Age 94 Dwight Thomas Morrow, 94, of Sigourney, died Wednesday, December 24, 2014 at the Sigourney Health Care Center where he had resided since February 2011. He was born Saturday, November 20, 1920, to Oren and Nellie Warrick Morrow on the farm south […]
Dec 25 2014 | Posted in
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Oskaloosa, Iowa – From the book Proud Mahaska 1843-1900 by Semira A. Phillips. Available freely at the Internet Archive. 1852– Mr. White’s next attempt at taming a wild animal for the solid pleasure of its society was with a badger. The badger was not a success; boys would come around and poke sticks at it, […]
Dec 24 2014 | Posted in
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ST. LOUIS, MO. — The Central College men’s basketball team hit three 3-pointers in the final minute but could not catch Webster (Mo.) in a 70-65 road loss Friday. Webster (7-3) led by seven with 1:08 to play before guard Kyle Smith (freshman, Ionia, New Hampton HS), guard Austin Hauser (junior, Marshalltown) and guard Nile […]
Dec 21 2014 | Posted in
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