LINCOLN, NEB. — A back-and-forth game between the Central College men’s basketball team and Iowa Conference foe Nebraska Wesleyan turned into a 101-80 blowout loss for the Dutch. Central (11-9 overall, 5-6 conference) held a 47-46 advantage with 16:53 remaining in the second half when the Prairie Wolves went on a 55-33 run to close […]
LINCOLN, NEB. — After holding a 27-24 halftime lead, the Central College women’s basketball team faltered down the stretching losing 67-58 to Iowa Conference foe Nebraska Wesleyan Wednesday night. Junior guard Emily Dine (Oldsmar, Fla., East Lake HS), the Central College all-time 3-point leader, broke the single-season record after draining her second trifecta of the […]
The Oskaloosa Indians traveled to Newton once again to swim at their YMCA pool for the North Central Swim Conference Championships. If you follow the times you will see that they are all a little longer as they have a 25 meter pool which is longer than all other 25 yard pools. Teams competing here […]
by Doug DeKock The Oskaloosa boys’ basketball team has had a terrible run of bad luck in recent weeks having lost 4 games by a total of 8 points. It all came unraveled Tuesday night in Newton as the Indians faced the red hot Cardinals. Newton came into the game with 3 consecutive impressive wins […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The north hallway at Penn Central Mall was a place of inspiration and creation as young people joined together to create Valentines cards for individuals who are on active duty in the United States Military. American Legion Post Commander Darrin Alderson said that Penn Central Mall approached him about the project, Valentines […]
by Doug DeKock Newton, Iowa – When you are 0-10 in conference play there are not many legitimate chances to pick up wins. Tuesday night in Newton was a chance and the Indians could not capitalize losing 58-42. Oskaloosa had been playing well the 2 previous games against highly ranked opponents but was pretty much […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – For the new Mahaska County Sheriff, Russell Van Renterghem, transitioning from a lieutenant for the Oskaloosa Police Department to the office of Sheriff has been an interesting one. Van Renterghem says that the transition is going “very well,” but he understood and could see the uncertainty that employees in the office had […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Emergency Management Board held their budget hearing on January 31, 2017. There was no one from the public to speak about the proposed 2017-18 budget, nor were there any written comments. The current line item for a health insurance increase in the budget is $33,481. The Mahaska County Board […]
Oskaloosa–Katie Burnett refuses to give up on her dream, and last Saturday morning in The Golden State, she saw the fruits of her labor pay off as she became a race walk national champion with a pair of records to boot. Burnett, a 2011 graduate of William Penn with a degree in Biology, became a […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn women’s basketball team is on the threshold of breaking through, but just not yet as the NAIA released its fourth Division I top-25 poll Tuesday. The Statesmen (13-8, 11-6 Heart), who knocked off then-#13 Central Methodist and whose only loss was to #10 Baker during the last rating period, improved five position […]
