A Knoxville Police Department Press Release At about 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 7, 2015, Knoxville Police Officers were requested at a residence on E. South Street in Knoxville. Officers arrived and learned that a male had entered the residence and assaulted the 65-year old female resident. While at the residence officers were provided information […]
Dear friends in District 80, the last two weeks at the Peoples’ House has been very hectic. Bills and subcommittees have been assigned & attended. We’ve had numerous presentations from: citizens and lobbyists, the Economic Development Authority, the DNR, the University of Northern Iowa , the Air Quality Bureau, and Iowa National Guard. Also, Patrick […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The internet and its delivery has been the subject of President Obama and Governor Branstad this past month. Obama made a stop in Cedar Falls, Iowa to showcase the community’s status as the first gigabit community in the State of Iowa. “Your network is as fast as some of the best networks […]
Albert Van Kooten January 4, 1920 – February 7, 2015 Greenwood, Arkansas (Oskaloosa) | Age 95 Albert Van Kooten, 95, of Greenwood, Arkansas and formerly of Pella and Oskaloosa, went to his Heavenly home on Saturday, February 7, 2015, while being cared for at Mercy Hospice in Fort Smith Arkansas. He was born January 4, […]
Norma Lee Smith September 18, 1926 – February 7, 2015 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 88 Norma Lee Smith, 88, of Oskaloosa passed away Saturday, February 7, 2015, at the Mahaska Health Partnership Hospice Services Serenity House. Norma Lee Smith, daughter of Harold Leonard and Bernice (Whitehead) Phillips, was born September 18, 1926, in New Sharon, […]
WAVERLY — A record-breaking day for the Central College track and field teams continued with three additional records being set as the women took fourth and the men fifth in the team standings at the Wartburg Select. Competing at less than full-strength the men’s team finished in fifth place with 86 points. The host Wartburg […]
PELLA — Forward Colby Taylor (sophomore, Creston) corralled a career-high 21 rebounds as the Central College men’s basketball team stifled Simpson College Saturday, 60-46. Taylor’s boards matched the second-most in school history and are the most in nearly 45 years, when former NFL star defensive end Vern Den Herder hauled in 29 in 1970. Virgil […]
PELLA — The Central College women’s basketball team struggled to make shots in a 68-41 loss to Simpson College Saturday. The Dutch (9-12 overall, 9-10 Iowa Conference) shot just 17.6 percent from the field and Simpson turned 24 Central turnovers into 17 points. “We had a lot of open looks and ultimately didn’t connect on […]
LINCOLN, NEB. — Central College’s two-time national champion Eric Larson (senior, Waverly, Waverly-Shell Rock HS) finished in first place with a school-record score of 5,399 points at the men’s indoor track and field heptathlon at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational hosted by the University of Nebraska. Larson was the only Division III athlete in the […]
Cheryl Renee (Hayes) Phillips March 24, 1965 – February 6, 2015 Rose Hill, Iowa | Age 49 Cheryl Renee Phillips, 49, of Rose Hill, died Friday, February 6, 2015, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. She was born March 24, 1965, in Oskaloosa, Iowa, the daughter of Otto and Ruth Langstraat Hayes. Cheryl […]
