PELLA — The Central College football team will get a quick read on its standing in the Iowa Conference race Saturday, opening league play at preseason favorite Wartburg College. Game time is 1:30 p.m. at Walston-Hoover Stadium in Waverly. Defending league champ Wartburg, at 3-0, is ranked No. 6 in this week’s D3football.com poll while […]
Fairy Mae Patterson October 8, 1925 – September 27, 2015 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 89 Fairy Patterson, 89, of Oskaloosa passed away, Sunday, September 27, 2015, at Oakwood Nursing and Rehab Center in Albia. Fairy Mae Patterson, daughter of W. R. and Mary Hazel (Adams) Padgett, was born October 8, 1925, at her parents’ rural […]
Grinnell–The Statesmen women’s golf team showed just how deep its program is at the Grinnell Invitational Sunday. William Penn placed third out of four teams with a one-day tally of 328 at the par-72 Grinnell Country Club. Host Grinnell won the crown at 324, but the big story was WPU’s varsity reserve squad finishing second […]
Oskaloosa–As part of the NAIA’s Champions of Character initiative, scores of Statesmen student-athletes participated in Oskaloosa Elementary School’s Reading Night Thursday. A handful of members from every athletics team on campus helped during the night, either from directly reading to the younger students to painting faces and playing games with the older youth. The night […]
by Keith Fisher Have you ever looked up at the night sky and thought, “Wow. The moon is freaking huge.”? Tonight will be a special treat. Tonight marks a rare occasion as the Sun, Earth, and Moon align in a way that will cause the Earth’s shadow to blanket the moon. This is called a […]
Springfield, Mo.–The Statesmen football team had shown early on this fall that it is a second-half squad, but the team could not keep that reputation in tact Saturday in falling 19-14 to Evangel in a Heart of America Athletic Conference North South Crossover game. #12 WPU (3-2) trailed 16-14 at intermission, but for the first […]
As Oskaloosa Rides enters its second year, organizers of the fixed route bus service are looking for ways to make improvements. “We’re listening to a lot of feedback from community members and riders, as well as the bus driver, to find ways to make Oskaloosa Rides the best service possible,” said Amy Meyer, director of […]
William Carroll Burbank April 12, 1920 – September 25, 2015 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 95 William “Bill” Burbank, 95, of Oskaloosa passed away Friday morning, September 25, 2015, at the MHP Hospice Services Serenity House. William Carroll Burbank, son of Worth Nelson and Mabel Faye Longaker Burbank, was born, April 12, 1920, in Searsboro, Iowa. […]
Doug Stanton June 18, 1941 – September 25, 2015 New Sharon, Iowa | Age 74 Doug Stanton, 74 of New Sharon passed away Friday evening, September 25, 2015 at the Unity Point Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Melvin Doug Stanton, the son of Carl and Mary (Huckleberry) Stanton, was born on June 18, […]
The 7th grade girls’ volleyball team was in action last night against Pella. The A-team lost a close battle 2-3 to bring their record to 3-1. The scores were 11-15, 17-15, 12-15, 15-10, 12-15. The team was led by Sophia Dykstra with 10 aces, Makenna Schaffner with 6, Hayle Hacker with 4, Abby Braundmeier with […]
