
OTTUMWA – Indian Hills Community College, effective at season’s end, will be searching for a new softball coach with today’s announcement that Laura North will be stepping down at the end of the 2017-18 campaign. After serving one year as an assistant coach, North has piloted the Warrior program for four successful seasons, as her […]
Apr 19 2018 | Posted in
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by Jodi Steinlage The Oskaloosa girls’ soccer team was able to shake off some tiredness from Prom weekend and dealing with a chilly night to earn a 6-0 victory against the Ottumwa Bulldogs. The win moves the Indians to 3-1 on the season. The girls would get on the board first with a Penalty Kick […]

Williamsburg MS Track meet results for 7th boys team 1. Williamsburg 200 2. Vinton-Shellsburg 88 3. Clear Creeek-Amana 82.33 4. Oskaloosa 82 5. Grinnell 61.67 6. Sigourney 35 1st Place Shuttle Hurdle Relay (Tatum Westercamp, Logan Hoskinson, Tucker DeJong, Braxton Voss) 1:20.91 2nd Place 4X800 Relay (Elliot Adam, Andrew Otto, Waylon Bollibaugh, Colton Eaton) 11:12.85 […]

by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa—The Statesmen (13-24, 6-16 Heart) hosted the Baker University Wildcats (16-28, 9-14 Heart) in a conference doubleheader Tuesday. William Penn headed into the matchup looking to keep their playoff aspirations alive. The home team would settle for a split after a game one victory by the score of 1-0 and a game […]
Apr 19 2018 | Posted in
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by Wade Steinlage Kansas City, Mo.–The Statesmen men’s golf team hopes all of its poor rounds are now out of the way after experiencing a disappointing performance at the Virginia McCoy Intercollegiate hosted by Park Monday and Tuesday. #24 William Penn finished fifth out of 10 teams with a two-day score of 627 (309-318) at […]
Apr 19 2018 | Posted in
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Rick Dean Koch January 1, 1952 – April 18, 2018 Deep River, Iowa | Age 66 Ricky D. Koch, 66, of Deep River passed away on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at his Deep River home. Ricky Dean Koch was born on January 1, 1952 at Oskaloosa, Iowa, the son of James Harold Koch and Donna […]
Apr 19 2018 | Posted in
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5th Grade Music Program Bunnell, Chapman, VanDyne, VanWaardhuizen Tuesday, April 17 at 2pm, OES Fifty Nifty United States – Ray Charles Feel it Still – Portugal the Man Bunnell, Bucket Drumming Count on Me – Bruno Mars Chapman, Ukulele Can’t Stop the Feeling – Justin Timberlake, VanDyne, Bucket Drumming, VanWaardhuizen, Ukulele Mahna Mahna – The […]

The boys’ track and field team pulled off the parkas for a day to run at Mid Prairie Wellman HS with 17 other boys teams tonight. Highlights on the night were 10 new PR bests and 1 new season best relay, the Distance Medley team of Jaden VanRoekel, Casey Hill, Talon Munger, and Carter Huyser […]

Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa City Council met in regular session on Monday evening, with Mayor Pro tempore Doug Yates presiding. The council heard from Oskaloosa Fire Chief Mark Neff in regards to code enforcement for the first quarter of 2018. Neff said that there was a total of 61 violations in the first quarter. […]
Apr 18 2018 | Posted in
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Oskaloosa Head Coach Betsy Luck wrote about the teams performance at the Mid-Prairie meet. “The weather started warm and got cooler as the night grew on but the girls kept the heat going on the track. With 6 personal records and 1 season best relay, the girls ended up second in the team standings behind […]