Atchison, Kan.–The Statesmen women’s basketball team entered having already won three times against top-25 programs, but Wednesday’s fourth victory was arguably its biggest as William Penn knocked off #11 Benedictine 73-69 in Heart of America Athletic Conference action. Led by 26 points from Sarah Hansen (Jr., Kewanee, Ill., Psychology and Human Services), WPU (17-12, 15-10 […]
A Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office Press Release As part of an on-going burglary/theft investigation being conducted by the Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office (see original press release dated February 3rd, 2017), criminal charges have been filed against several individuals. 38-year-old Steven Joseph Johnson of 1213 River Road, Leighton, Iowa was charged with Theft in the 1st […]
INDIANOLA — This time they held on. After dropping four straight matchups against Simpson College while holding a lead in the second half, the Central College men’s basketball team closed out the Storm in a 76-66 win in the opening round of the Iowa Conference tournament Tuesday evening. Central (15-11 overall) led 32-31 at halftime […]
Oskaloosa–Torren Jones (Sr., Chandler, Ariz., Sociology) was not only the best player in his league last week, but the best cager in all of NAIA Division I as he was named the Men’s Basketball National Player of the Week Tuesday. Jones is the program’s first NAIA POW winner since Brandon Beasley was tabbed for the […]
The 2016-17 Oskaloosa Boys Swim Team finished their season as they wrapped it all up with their banquet. Coach Bolibaugh led the night off by talking about the season on what went great and on what areas there were still improvement needed. After that he started going through the awards, broken records and handing out […]
By Hailey Brown Oskaloosa, Iowa – Discussion continued Tuesday morning as the Mahaska County Supervisors hashed out ideas for fresh legal counsel pertaining to the 28E Agreement to build a regional airport with the cities of Oskaloosa and Pella. The original agreement was drafted back in 2012, in cooperation with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). […]
Larry Lee Morrow April 16, 1938 – February 20, 2017 Victor, Iowa | Age 78 Larry Morrow, 78 of rural Victor passed away Monday morning, February 20, 2017 surrounded by his family at home. Larry Lee Morrow, the son of Lee Morrow and Edith (Roland) Mouchka was born on April 16, 1938 in Montezuma, Iowa. […]
by Doug DeKock The Oskaloosa boys basketball team did some things that had not been done for quite a while Monday night in district play at Oskaloosa against Washington. First off, they are hosting districts by being the #2 seed in the substate, secondly, they won a district game beating Washington badly 81-46. The Indians […]
Oskaloosa–Jamal Boma (Sr., Des Moines, Iowa, Business Management and Physical Education) proved over the weekend that he is not just an incredible cross country runner, but is also quite adept on the track as he was named Heart of America Athletic Conference Men’s Track Athlete of the Week Monday. Boma won his first track honor […]
Oskaloosa–It took just two weeks in a Statesmen uniform for Felipe Hernandez (Jr., North Hollywood, Calif., Sociology) to collect a big honor as he was named Heart of America Athletic Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Week Monday. Hernandez won his first weekly laurel by tossing a no-hitter against William Woods Friday. The junior transfer struck […]
