Archive for: January, 2019

Three Qualify at Doane Meet

William Penn University Athletics

by Wade Steinlage Crete, Neb.–A trio of William Penn men’s track and field athletes will compete for national crowns as they hit qualifying marks at the Doane Ward Haylett Invitational Saturday. Tristen Elmore (Jr., Ovied, Fla., Physical Education) and Mofiyinfoluwa Alade (So., Hoffman Estates, Ill.) both qualified in the high jump, while Sage Ehresman (Jr., […]

Oskaloosa Bowling Boys Team Win At Home

OSKALOOSA BOWLING RESULTS Oskaloosa, Knoxville Girls Team Results Place School Total Pins 1st Newton 2500 2nd Oskaloosa 2111 3rd Davis County 1956 4th Sigourney 1917 Girls High Game Place School/Player Total Pins 1st Andrea Mitterer (Osky) 220 2nd Andrea Mitterer (Osky) 144 3rd Rylee Witt (Osky) 138 4th Nikki Parlet(Osky) 136 5th Nikki Parlet(Osky) 133 […]

Comeback! McKnight jumper wins it for Central men’s basketball squad

Central Dutch Athletics

DECORAH—Guard Jamel McKnight’s (senior, Austin, Texas, Hendrickson HS) step-back jumper with 3 seconds left capped a furious second-half comeback for an 83-81 Central College men’s basketball victory at Luther College Saturday. The Dutch (6-9 overall, 3-3 American Rivers Conference) trailed 69-57 with 9 minutes remaining before going on an 11-0 run to cut the gap […]

Central stymied in women’s basketball loss at Luther

Central Dutch Athletics

DECORAH—Luther College put the clamps on the Central College women’s basketball team 66-40 Saturday. It was a day of offensive frustration for the young Dutch (6-9 overall, 2-4 American Rivers Conference) who hit just 10 of 59 shots from the floor. League co-leader Luther (6-7 overall, 5-1 conference) shot 38.2 percent. “Luther’s got a lot […]

Brink Preparing For Legislative Session

Holly Brink (submitted photo)

Oskaloosa, Iowa – Holly Brink was elected to represent Iowa House District 80 in November of 2018. A week before that, her son was diagnosed with a serious medical condition while she finished her push to the Iowa state house. Brink’s duties this year will include being the Vice-chair of the Economic Growth Committee for […]

Eggs And Issues Begins At The Local Level

Mahaska County Supervisor Mark Groenendyk speaks at Eggs and Issues on Saturday morning.

Oskaloosa, Iowa – Eggs and Issues kicked off its 2019 season inside the warm confines of Smokey Row Coffee on the square in Oskaloosa. Despite the snow storm making its presence known, dozens of people filled in to hear about, and ask questions about issues concerning them at the city and county level. Oskaloosa Mayor […]

Rozenboom Bringing Experience To Statehouse

Sen Ken Rozenboom talks about budgets and tax reform during Saturday's Egg's and Issues.

Oskaloosa, Iowa – Monday morning the gavel will drop on the 2019 Iowa Legislature, bringing to order this year’s session. Rozenboom has been spending a significant amount of time listening to various groups of individuals, constituents across his district. “November and December are full of a lot of meetings with constituents that would like to […]

Early Childhood Development And Rec Center Moving Forward

A proposed early childhood development and recreation center would be located near the Lacey Complex and Oskaloosa Elementary School.

Oskaloosa, Iowa – In 2014 it became apparent that the Mahaska County YMCA was going to need a boost from the community in order to continue playing a role in the Oskaloosa and Mahaska County area after they approached the Oskaloosa City Council for financial assistance. In early 2015, Mahaska County Development Group, or MCDG, […]

Winter Returns To The Mahaska County Area

Plow operators were working non-stop this weekend to help clear the roads. This Iowa DOT plow truck was seen making it's way south on 63 through Oskaloosa on Saturday morning.

Winter Storm Gia is the second named winter storm to impact the area this year. Oskaloosa, Iowa – The snow was coming down at a steady pace on Saturday morning. You could hear the wind pushing snow into drifts, the crunching sound of tires on snow, and the random beeper as a plow vehicle was […]

Indians Down Eagles Upset Hopes

Tyler Hafner lines up another 3-point shot against Pella Christian on Friday night.

by Jamie Brockman The Oskaloosa Boys picked up where they left off a week ago with another Little Hawkeye Conference win, beating Pella Christian 67-44 Friday night. Noah Van Veldhuizen started things off with a quick, and Austin Hafner poured in four long-range bombs throughout the first half, as Osky took control early and never […]

           

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