by Wade Steinlage Lake Ozark, Mo.–It was a dominating performance from start to finish as the William Penn women’s golf team kept the title streak alive at the Heart of America Athletic Conference Championships Tuesday through Thursday. #16 WPU finished first out of 10 teams with a three-round score of 934 (313-310-311) at the par-72 […]
by Coach Betsy Luck The team competed in the Pella Tulip Time Relays on Thursday night. 5 new personal records were set and 1 individual champion was crowned. Savannah Wiltse won the gold in the long jump with a season best of 15-4.25. Personal records were set by: Addi Carter in the 3000 and a […]
Join the Mahaska County Master Gardeners for a presentation from Keith Becker, International Carnivorous Plant Society member. Carnivorous plants are plants which derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming insects (typically). Venus Fly trap, Pitcher plants, and sundews are the more commonly known carnivorous plants. Learn about the distinct growing conditions […]
Florence K. Sterk December 05, 1936 – April 25, 2019 Montezuma, Iowa | Age 82 Florence Sterk, 82 of Montezuma passed away Thursday morning, April 25, 2019 at Windsor Manor in Grinnell. Florence K. Sterk, the daughter of Floris and Henrietta (Van Der Pol) Dunnick, was born on December 5, 1936 in Lynnville, Iowa. Florence […]
by Rep. Dustin Hite Another debate filled week has passed in the Iowa House and we are winding down. We still have some important tax and budget legislation to pass, but we are committing to staying in Des Moines until it gets done. One of my biggest responsibilities this session was being the floor manager […]
By Randy Paulson and Zoe Seiler The town of Humeston, Iowa, straddles Highway 65 in the northwestern corner of Wayne County, less than a 30-minute drive from the Missouri border. Its population peaked in the 1920s at 1,214 people. Today, the southern Iowa town has only 494 people. “A lot of kids, when they graduate, […]
PELLA — In the first event of what will be a busy weekend at the Drake Relays for the Central College track and field team, men’s 800-meter runner Kyle Pape (senior, Dubuque, Wahlert Catholic HS) finished 16th Thursday night. Pape crossed the line 1:54.15 to place 16th out of 27 runners in the field. His […]
by Coach Bret Foster Quite the day at The Preserve today. The weather started off as perfect, and Osky played well, probably the best stretch of play we’ve had all year. Then the wind hit and our scores suffered. It was possibly the windiest conditions I’ve seen at a high school meet. The players battled […]
Andrew Brouwer was among the first to golf for the 2019 season at Oskaloosa Public Golf. The official opening day for the season was Monday, April 1st with League Play scheduled to start in May. The warmer days this month brought several golfers to the course, single, group, and families! A great start for the […]
by Wade Steinlage Dubuque–The Statesmen softball team tallied 29 hits Wednesday as it split a pair of Heart of America Athletic Conference matchups with Clarke. WPU (21-31, 12-20 Heart) won the opener 11-8 in nine innings, but dropped the nightcap 2-1. The visitors scored first with one in the third and then added three more […]
