Oskaloosa Police Department To Participate in Six-State Drug Impaired Driving Enforcement Campaign

“Driving High? Kiss Your License Goodbye!” Like drunk driving, drugged driving is impaired driving, which means it is illegal in all 50 States Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. Whether the drug is obtained legally or illegally, driving while drug-impaired poses a threat to the driver, vehicle passengers and other road users. Between April 20 and […]

Vander Linden – Capitol Update: April 12, 2018

by Guy Vander Linden Sales Tax Exemption on Textbooks Clears House Committee House Study Bill 683 provides a sales tax exemption for college textbooks starting this July. The bill exempts instructional materials and requires that those materials be required for a class at a post-secondary institution located in Iowa. The bill defines instructional materials as […]

Loebsack to Bring “Coffee with Your Congressman” Tour to Oskaloosa

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Dave Loebsack will continue his Coffee with Your Congressman tour on SATURDAY, April 21st, with stops in Washington, Sigourney, Oskaloosa and Knoxville. At each stop, Loebsack will mingle with local patrons at diners and coffee shops to chat one-on-one and hear directly from Iowans. So far this Congress, Dave has held […]

MHP named a 2018 Top 100 Critical Access Hospital

MAHASKA COUNTY – Mahaska Health Partnership in Oskaloosa was recently named one of the Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals in the United States, according to The Chartis Center for Rural Health. “This achievement is very gratifying and validates our daily commitment to providing the best healthcare possible to our community, while maintaining an efficient and […]

Local competitive skeet shooter earns All American honors

Emma Van Donselaar of Oskaloosa has been named to the NSSA/SCTP All American Skeet Team. Van Donselaar averaged a target hit percentage of 92.6 for registered NSSA competitive targets in the 2017 season. Emma is a 2017 graduate of Pella Christian High School and has competed on the PC Eagles Clay Target Team since she […]

Austin Czerwinski Signs With William Penn Men’s Bowling

Central opens golf season at Simpson men’s invitational

INDIANOLA — Mother nature finally allowed the Central College men’s golf team a chance to begin its season Wednesday morning, the team traveled to Indianola for the Simpson College spring invitational. The tournament host Simpson College took the crown, firing an 18-hole combined score of 302. Central’s white team tied for second with a combined […]

Central softball defense comes up big in sweep

PELLA—The time-tested formula of pitching, defense and aggressive baserunning translated into an Iowa Conference sweep for the Central College softball team over Loras College Wednesday, 7-2 and 1-0. Pitcher Annie DeVries (senior, Eldridge, North Scott HS) followed up her two-hit shutout of Simpson College Saturday with a four-hit whitewashing in the nightcap. Center fielder Sara […]

Indian Hills Community College’s Presents “The Taming of the Shrew”

OTTUMWA — What happens when the wealthy father of two daughters won’t let the beautiful and sweet younger sister marry until the older and more volatile sister is settled in matrimonial bliss, and the older sister wants no part of any potential suitors? Find out in Indian Hills Community College’s production of The Taming of […]

Virtual Reality Being Utilized in Classes at WPU

(OSKALOOSA, Iowa) – In the age of technology, teaching material solely from a textbook can pose some difficulties for professors. But a handful of William Penn University faculty members have taken the opportunity to utilize virtual reality to teach beyond the textbook, while still in a classroom environment. Stephen Henderson, Assistant Professor of Education, has […]