by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–A 60-plus point spring season helped the Statesmen athletics department stay in the top 100 as the final Learfield IMG Sports NAIA Directors’ Cup Standings were released Thursday. William Penn ended the 2018-2019 campaign in 93rd place with 165 points; nearly 250 institutions are in the NAIA. It marks the seventh-straight season […]
James See July 3, 1965 – June 7, 2019 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 53 James “Jim” Marion See, 53, of Oskaloosa, died Friday, June 7, 2019, at his home in Oskaloosa. He was born Saturday, July 3, 1965, in Grinnell, the son of Marion and Juanita Fields See. Jim graduated from the Grinnell High School […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa: Racing action resumed at the Musco Lighting Southern Iowa Speedway on Wednesday night with Casey’s General Stores Night at the races. Racing action was held for only the fourth time in nine tries on the Mahaska County Monster ½ mile. Despite the extremely wet weather the area has received the track was in […]
Oskaloosa Community Development Foundation and Spiral for the Foundation are happy to announce the following distributions. These distributions amounting to $71,404 were made possible due to the dissolution of the foundation due to inactivity and overlap of other foundations. The foundation was created in 1984 with four main goals in mind: to encourage community funding […]
by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–William Penn Director of Lacrosse Luke Christiansen is excited to announce the women’s lacrosse program’s inaugural recruiting class. William Penn has inked a total of 19 players from 14 states and two countries. The class is thought to be the second-largest inaugural group in NAIA women’s lacrosse history and also eclipses the […]
John Wesley Weir September 24, 1931 – June 6, 2019 Albia, Iowa | Age 87 John Wesley Weir, age 87, of Albia passed away on Thursday, June 6, 2019, at the Monroe Care Center in Albia. John was born on September 24, 1931, in Ottumwa, IA, to John E. and Ruth (Snyder) Weir. John attended […]
(Lenexa, Kan., June 5, 2019) – Today, the city of Oskaloosa, Iowa, was selected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to receive $300,000 in EPA Brownfields funding through the Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC) Grant program. The city will use its $300,000 assessment grant to conduct 16 Phase I and eight Phase II environmental […]
by Jamie Brockman The Oskaloosa Softball team split a doubleheader at DC-G Wednesday night winning game one 8-0 while dropping the nightcap 5-2 to improve to 7-2 on the season and 1-1 in LHC play. In the opening game, Oskaloosa scored eight runs on 13 hits and committed no errors while holding DC-G to 0 […]
by Jamie Brockman The Oskaloosa Baseball team hit the road Wednesday for a twin bill at Dallas Center-Grimes and earned a split dropping a close first game 2-1 but came back to win 9-0 in the nightcap, and also snapped a three-game losing streak. In the first game, Oskaloosa jumped to a 1-0 lead in […]
OSKALOOSA, IA— Alongside the George Daily Youth Theatre’s twentieth anniversary comes our largest education staff ever! Joining Education Director, Andy McGuire, and Lead Teacher, Allison McGuire this year are Sasha Nagorny, Abbey Danowsky, Marina Flores, Cailyn Sales, and Lissa Newendorp. Get to know our new staff members! Sasha Nagorny is a graduate of Oskaloosa High […]
