by Wade Steinlage Canton, Mo.–The William Penn women’s basketball team overcame a slow start to eclipse a major mark as it defeated Culver-Stockton 75-68 in Heart of America Athletic Conference action Wednesday. WPU (20-5, 14-2 Heart), which is ranked 30th in the NAIA, won its seventh game in a row to remain tied with Central […]
by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–The William Penn University Athletics Booster Club has announced the recipients of the January Player of the Month awards. Senior men’s basketball player JC Washington (Houston, Texas, Sociology) earned the Male award, while junior women’s basketball player Vashti Nwagbaraocha (Milwaukee, Wis., Exercise Science) took home the Female honor. The accolade is the […]
LINCOLN, NEB. — A high-scoring affair broke out Wednesday night in Lincoln, Neb. when Iowa Conference champion Nebraska Wesleyan University defeated the Central College men’s basketball team 104-80. Central (10-14, 7-8 conference play) faced a 49-30 halftime deficit but cut the Prairie Wolves (22-3, 13-3 conference play) to 10 points three minutes after the break. […]
LINCOLN, NEB. — A down-to-the-wire contest went against the Central College women’s basketball team Wednesday night, losing 76-73 to Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, Neb. Central (7-17, 2-13 Iowa Conference) had a chance to tie the game in the closing seconds but a 3-pointer from the school’s all-time leader in trifectas Emily Dine (Oldsmar, Fla., […]
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA — With just one competition remaining before the Iowa Conference Indoor Championships, the Central College women’s track team went backwards to No. 10 in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Central Region poll. Rankings are based off placement in the National Descending Order Lists. Those lists are organized […]
Editors Note: The views and opinions expressed in this editorial are not necessarily the views or opinions of Oskaloosa News. February 13, 2018 “I will not support any sort of tax increase. Period.” This was basically the response I got Monday from Representative Guy Vander Linden (R, District 79) when I asked whether he’d be […]
The deadline for entering Iowa Poetry Association’s (IPA) 73rd Annual “Lyrical Iowa” is February 28, 2018 for interested area poetry writers, said Pam Blomgren, IPA’s representative for Mahaska County. “Lyrical Iowa” is an annual anthology comprised of poems written by Iowa writers of all ages. Each year, top-ranking poems are awarded cash prizes in each […]
by Joe Milledge Beginning Thursday February 15th, the 98th annual Iowa High School state wrestling tournament will begin in Des Moines. Wrestlers from every corner of the state – 672 to be exact- will compete for one of 8 medals in each weight class. The tournament doesn’t just bring in 284 schools, it brings in […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa Indians returned home on Tuesday night after suffering their third loss of the season. The Indians came up short against Indianola on Monday night, falling 52-61, and settling for conference co-champions with Norwalk. Tuesday night, the Chariton Chargers were the victim of a team trying to let everyone know they […]
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered all state flags in Iowa to be lowered to half-staff effective immediately until sunset on Monday, February 19, 2018, to honor the murdered and injured in Wednesday’s tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The governor’s order is issued in conjunction with President Donald Trump’s […]
