Oskaloosa, Iowa – It was a sweet time inside the always busy Penn Central Mall on Saturday, as area Girl Scouts hosted their annual dessert auction. Now in its 5th year, the auction continues to grow, says Sandi Tucker-Stanbro, Girl Scouts volunteer. The first year of the auction generated approximately $2,000. This year, the hope […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The annual fall event of Kidtoberfest that was held inside Penn Central Mall for the past 8 years, has morphed into a spring-time event, now called STEAM-fest. In Iowa, the STEM initiative has taken hold, championed by Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds. STEM is an acronym for referring […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Legislative session continues in Des Moines, but the 2015 version of Eggs & Issues has come to a close. Iowa House Representatives Larry Sheets (R) and Guy Vander Linden (R) were joined by Iowa Senator Ken Rozenboom (R) to once again field questions from the public about issues concerning them. The […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa City Council held a study session with the Oskaloosa Blue Zones leadership to go over progress of the project to this point. The leadership team then looked to get insight from the council as to the sustainability of the project into the future. Before the meeting got completely underway Monday […]
Oskaloosa–A win in its spring season opener has propelled the William Penn women’s golf team up the rankings as the NAIA’s second top-25 poll was released Friday. The Statesmen improved two positions to #21 with 178 points. League rival Grand View is unofficially 33rd with three points. Northwood (Fla.) remains #1 with 484 points and […]
Oskaloosa–On a day when one of their starters returned to the diamond, the William Penn baseball team went 1-1 against Clarke in Midwest Collegiate Conference action Saturday. WPU (13-11, 3-1 MCC) won the opener 9-6, but fell in the nightcap 5-4. Originally figured to be lost for the season with a broken jaw suffered on […]
Maryville, Mo.–The Statesmen men’s golf team put a scare into one of the better teams in the NAIA as it finished high at the Graceland Spring Invitational Friday and Saturday. William Penn was second out of 10 programs with a two-day score of 600 (298-302) at the par-72 Mozingo Golf Course. AIB, unofficially #33 in […]
PELLA — It was another step back and step forward for the Central College softball team Saturday. After a sluggish start, the No. 19 Dutch (17-6) showed some seventh-inning spark, only to have the potential tying run thrown out at the plate in a 2-1 setback against St. Benedict (Minn.), but then overwhelmed St. Norbert […]
WAVERLY — The Central College baseball team was out hit on the road at Wartburg Saturday in losing both ends of an Iowa Conference doubleheader 14-3 and 11-8. Central (5-9) was able to connect on 18 hits to score 11 runs, but the Knights (17-2) pounded out 24 hits for 25 runs. The Dutch aided […]
The Iowa Legislature continues to do a lot of committee and floor work as we get ready for the second funnel deadline. Bills that are not passed out of one chamber and out of committee in the other chamber by April 3 will not be eligible for consideration this year. Tax and appropriations bills are […]
