Oskaloosa–Five seniors from last fall’s Statesmen football team were honored on another national academic scene as the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame announced its 2016 NFF Hampshire Honor Society. Kalob Gist (Oskaloosa, Iowa, Business Management), Connor Menown (Springfield, Mo., Physical Education), Kramer Patterson (Ozark, Mo., Secondary Education), Nathan Tvedt (Oskaloosa, Iowa, […]
May 2 2016 | Posted in
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GRINNELL, Iowa – One week ago, the Grinnell College baseball team jumped into the national rankings for the first time in program history. Since then, the Pioneers have rattled off five consecutive wins to push their way up the rankings ladder. Grinnell, 30th in last week’s Collegiate Baseball/ABCA NCAA Division III poll, is now up […]
May 2 2016 | Posted in
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GRINNELL, Iowa – Four Grinnell College football players have been named members of the 2016 National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society. Those earning the honor were Jacob Beecher ’16, Ed Hardman ’16, Sam Poulos ’16 and Greg Ruzich ’16. The society is comprised of college football players from all divisions of play who maintained a […]
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Editors Note: The views and opinions expressed in this editorial are not necessarily the views or opinions of Oskaloosa News. My name is Holly Brink. My husband and I grew up around Mahaska County and after college we moved back to live on our family farm north of Oskaloosa. We love our community and that’s […]
May 2 2016 | Posted in
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WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – May 2, 2016– A two day professional development workshop for teachers will be offered in Oskaloosa and Eddyville, Iowa by the Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundation, Keokuk Co. Farm Bureau, Mahaska Co. Farm Bureau, and Monroe Co. Farm Bureau. The workshop will help teachers apply the newly adopted Next Generation Science […]
May 2 2016 | Posted in
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Moravia–The William Penn men’s golf team concluded its regular season with a Ryder Cup-style event, defeating Iowa Wesleyan in the Preserve Shootout Monday. The Statesmen knocked off the Tigers 11.5 – 4.5 in action that was held at The Preserve Golf Course. The competition included Better Ball and Alternate Shot formats. WPU was even at […]
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Editors Note: The views and opinions expressed in this editorial are not necessarily the views or opinions of Oskaloosa News. Now the (decision makers) want to build a $24,000,000 new “YMCA” rec center & swimming pool along with a early child hood center. You may not know it, but the city (that’s you & me) […]
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Oskaloosa–Derek Seddon (Jr., Knoxville, Iowa, Physical Education) capped off the Heart of America Athletic Conference Track and Field Athlete of the Week campaign with one more win Monday. Seddon earned his fourth Field award (all this year) by recording personal bests in three separate events at the Truman Twilight. The junior, who had already qualified […]
May 2 2016 | Posted in
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PELLA—Central College football standout Taylor Cox (Pella) has been awarded an NCAA postgraduate scholarship for his academic and athletics excellence. Cox, a biology major with minors in chemistry, Spanish, and psychology, carries a 4.0 grade point average. He will receive $7,500 for postgraduate study and is one of just 29 male scholarship recipients for the […]
May 2 2016 | Posted in
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Betty Joyce Woods January 23, 1936 – April 30, 2016 Fremont, Iowa | Age 80 Betty Joyce Woods, 80, of Fremont passed peacefully Saturday, April 30, 2016, at MHP Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. She was born Thursday, January 23, 1936, near Downing, Missouri, the daughter of James Oral and Tilda Edith Staten Laws. Betty […]
May 1 2016 | Posted in
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