
by Sergio Carro Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton neck and neck after Iowa Caucuses 103 people turned out to caucus at Oskaloosa High School to vote, with results split almost entirely down the middle of Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. Three voters came to support Martin O’Malley but were soon disbanded once caucusing began, convinced […]

Oskaloosa–A top-25 road loss was not too damaging after all for the William Penn men’s basketball team as the NAIA released its sixth Division I rating Tuesday. The Statesmen (18-4, 11-3 Heart), who fell to now-#17 Peru State (Neb.) last Saturday, are now #7 with 199 points. MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) jumps up to #20, while […]
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PELLA — The Central College women’s and men’s track and field squads made small shifts in opposite direction in this week’s USTFCCA National Team Computer Rankings. Ranked No. 10 in the preseason poll, the women fell one spot this week to No. 13. The Dutch finished third in their home Dutch Athletics Classic behind two […]
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Marilyn D. McCain September 8, 1927 – February 1, 2016 New Sharon, Iowa | Age 88 Marilyn McCain, 88 of New Sharon passed away February 1, 2016. Marilyn D. McCain was born in the fall of 1927 in Montezuma, Iowa to Paul and Janet Gregson. Marilyn graduated from New Sharon High School in 1944. In […]
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Rita L. Slycord July 30, 1919 – February 1, 2016 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 96 Rita L. Slycord, 96, of Oskaloosa, passed away February 1, 2016, at the Crystal Heights Care Facility. Rita Louise Slycord, daughter of George William and Margaret Reed Hughes, was born July 30, 1919 in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Rita was a 1938 […]
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Wayne Lee McFarling June 1, 1934 – January 31, 2016 Ottumwa (Hedrick), Iowa | Age 81 Wayne Lee McFarling, 81, of Ottumwa and formerly of Hedrick, died Sunday, January 31, 2016 at Ridgewood Specialty Care in Ottumwa. Wayne was born Friday, June 1, 1934, in Ottumwa, the son of Harold A. and Marie E. Smith […]
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Patricia D Kirk July 23, 1944 – February 2, 2016 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 71 Patricia D. Kirk, 71, of Oskaloosa, died Tuesday, February 2, 2016, at the MHP Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. Patricia was born July 23, 1944, in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of George and Lorraine Luzadder Sirovy. On July 23, 1960, […]
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Norma Jean Farrington November 12, 1931 – February 1, 2016 Montezuma, Iowa | Age 84 Norma Jean Farrington, 84, of Montezuma passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at the Grinnell Regional Medical Center Monday evening, February 1, 2016. Funeral services are currently pending.
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Leland Warner Winegarden February 15, 1924 – February 1, 2016 Deep River, Iowa | Age 91 Leland Winegarden, 91, of Deep River passed away peacefully Monday morning, February 1, 2016, at the Montezuma Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Leland Warner Winegarden, the son of Phillip and Helen (Warner) Winegarden, was born on February 15, 1924 on […]
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Oskaloosa, Iowa – People across Iowa met in small meeting rooms, county shops and school lunch rooms in order to make the nation’s first official vote in the race for the White House in 2016. Surrogates for each candidate took the opportunity to talk about their candidate of choice. Neighbors spoke about their choices in […]