November 30, 1923 – December 18, 2016 What Cheer, Iowa | Age 93 Served With Honor ~ United States Military Veteran Harlan E. Middlekauff, 93, of What Cheer, died Sunday, December 18, 2016, at Northern Mahaska Specialty Care in Oskaloosa. He was born November 30, 1923 near Deep River, IA, the son of Charles W. […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The feeling of Christmas cheer was defeating the cold wind of winter as Oskaloosa Rotary members and Oskaloosa Middle School student council members prepared over 500 Christmas dinner boxes. That huge number of boxes are custom filled, sized to match the number of recipients! Smaller boxes for families of 1 or 2, […]
MEXICALI, MEXICO — A fourth-quarter kick return touchdown by Central College’s Zack Martinelli (senior, Elburn, Ill., Kaneland HS) was too little too late for the American squad as they fell 51-26 against a Mexican all-star squad in the Tazon de Estrellas Saturday. A dynamic passing attack by the Mexican squad was the difference in the […]
PELLA — Despite a subpar shooting night, Sophomore forward Claire Marburger (Perry) scored 25 points and collected nine rebounds in the Central College 81-59 loss to Augustana College (Ill.) Saturday. Central (7-2) opened the game fast scoring the first four points. The Vikings took the lead with 2:07 remaining in the first quarter and never […]
Winter weather has created some hazardous conditions in and around Mahaska County. Cancellations and delays as reported to us will be shared here. You can email your announcements to info@oskynews.org or text them to us at 641.295.8455 St. Paul Congregational United Church of Christ has canceled its worship service for Dec. 18 The City of […]
ROCK ISLAND, ILL — The momentum hit a bump in the road. The Central men’s basketball team fell to No. 24-ranked Augustana College (Ill.) 88-73 Friday night in Rock Island, Ill. Central (7-2) had built momentum heading into the matchup Friday after crucial victories over last season’s Iowa Conference champion University of Dubuque last Wednesday […]
PELLA — A stellar season by Central College wide receiver Sam Markham was punctuated Friday night with a spot on the D3football.com all-America squad’s third team. Markham is the 36th all-American in program history and the first since free safety Jacob Edleman was bestowed with the honors in 2014. He’s the first offensive All-American for […]
The Oskaloosa Middle School Mat-Men traveled to another warrior nation on Thursday to battle numerous teams in a one hundred forty five match competition. Norwalk hosted Ames, South East Warren, Indianola, North Polk and Oskaloosa in battle of guts. Those Indians winning matches for Oskaloosa were Riley Siroky with 2, Zach Beebe with 2, and […]
Ottumwa, Iowa December 16, 2016 – Sieda Community Action is seeking candidates to serve as low-income representatives for their board of directors. Sieda’s Board of Directors is the governing body of the nonprofit corporation and is responsible for establishing corporate policy, including matters related to the establishment of the agency goals and objectives, the agency’s […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Change is difficult at times, and it often comes with tough decisions about how things have been done, but it also comes with many great new opportunities. At KBOE/KMZN in Oskaloosa, change has been the name of the game after General Manager Rick Watts took the helm in mid-2016. Many are aware […]
