Rachel Elizabeth Lamberson January 18, 1952 – July 21, 2015 New Sharon, Iowa | Age 63 Rachel Lamberson, 63 of New Sharon, passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Rachel Elizabeth Lamberson, the daughter of John R. and Elizabeth (Clevenger) Williams, was born on January 18, 1952 in Oskaloosa, […]
Starting in the fall, Statesmen student-athletes and coaches will be dressed for success as a contract with the world’s most recognizable sports brand comes in at #2 story on the 2014-2015 list. A four-year contract with Nike will allow William Penn to exclusively wear the Swoosh in all practice and competition apparel. WPU signed the […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The conversation on the East side of Oskaloosa has centered around the potential sale of a portion of 2nd Avenue East, between South 7th Street and South 8th Street, to the Central Reformed Church. On Monday night, interested parties to the sale, both for and against, shared their opinions with the council […]
The Oskaloosa City Band will perform on the bandstand Thursday evening at 8 p.m. This week’s concert includes: “Over the Rainbow” featuring a saxophone solo, “Stranger on the Shore” featuring the clarinets, and “Seventy-Six Trombones” featuring the trombone section. The band will perform hits from the 1970’s including: “Dancing Queen” and “The Best of the […]
Julie Bak, who oversees the current mental health region for Marion and Mahaska Counties, said that there is no further information available in regards to the State mandate that the two counties join other existing regions. Mahaska and Marion Counties were previously granted a waiver to have a two county region, but the state now […]
CEDAR RAPIDS —The Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) will expand to nine member institutions as league officials announced Monday (July 20) Nebraska Wesleyan University has accepted an invitation to join the conference beginning with the 2016-17 academic year. The invitation was approved by Nebraska Wesleyan’s Board of Governors and accepted by IIAC presidents on July […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Iowa’s Freshman Senator Joni Ernst stopped by Smokey Row Coffee on Saturday afternoon to host a town-hall style meeting. Ernst was introduced by Iowa Senator Ken Rozenboom. Rozenboom was a colleague of Ernst when she was a member of the Iowa Senate. Rozenboom continues to serve Mahaska County residents in the Iowa […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Nearly a year ago, plans were being put in place to have a ‘Freedom Rock’ placed and painted in Mahaska County. Ray “Bubba” Sorensen II had a desire to give something back to Veterans on Memorial Day and got the idea of painting the first ‘Freedom Rock’ after watching the movie ‘Saving […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The middle of summer vacation is at hand. With school not in session some kids, for various reasons, may not be getting a much needed meal. The Oskaloosa Summer Lunch Program hopes to reach and help as many children as they can during this time. Martha Comfort, Director of the Oskaloosa Summer […]
Championship leader Montoya suffers first DNF since Iowa 2014 NEWTON, Iowa (July 18, 2015) – Andretti Autosport driver Ryan Hunter-Reay raced his way to Casey’s General Stores Victory Lane for the third time in four years Saturday night in the Iowa Corn 300. Hunter-Reay held off the field on a late restart to give Andretti […]
