by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–William Penn Athletics Director Nik Rule is excited to announce the addition of men’s and women’s shotgun sports to the list of intercollegiate sports the University offers. The sports will begin competition in the 2020-2021 school year. They are the fourth and fifth sports to be added recently, joining men’s and women’s […]
PELLA—With support from USA Triathlon, Central College will add women’s triathlon as a varsity sport. According to athletics director Eric Van Kley, it will serve as a club sport this fall before receiving varsity status in 2020. Women’s collegiate triathlons feature sprint-distance races including a 750-meter open-water swim, a draft-legal 20-kilometer bike ride and a […]
Raymond Maxwell Robinson October 16, 1932 – August 12, 2019 Bloomfield (Fremont), Iowa | Age 86 Served With Honor ~ United States Military Veteran Raymond Maxwell Robinson, 86, of Bloomfield and formerly of Fremont, died on Monday, August 12, 2019, at the VA Hospital in Iowa City surrounded by his family. He was born October […]
John Van Wardhuizen November 30, 1962 – August 12, 2019 Lovilia, Iowa | Age 56 John Van Wardhuizen, 56 of Lovilia unexpectedly left this world on Monday, August 12, 2019, at his home. John was born on November 30th, 1962 at the Monroe County Hospital to Arnold Sr. and Erma Alice (Beck) Van Wardhuizen. John […]
Oskaloosa Post Office 1902 The former Oskaloosa Post Office, located at 206 North Market Street, has been nominated for the National Register of Historic Places. The limestone, brick, and terra cotta building was completed in 1902 and is an example of Italian Renaissance Revival architectural style. A rear addition was added to the building in […]
Royden Laverne White July 26, 1934 – August 06, 2019 Denton, TX (Montezuma, IA) | Age 85 Served With Honor ~ United States Military Veteran Royden Laverne White, 85 of Denton, Texas passed away Tuesday morning, August 6, 2019 at the Denton Rehabilitation Center in Denton, Texas. Royden L. White was born in Osawatomie, Kansas […]
Goldie R. Boese January 30, 1925 – August 9, 2019 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 94 Goldie R. Boese, 94, of Oskaloosa passed away Friday, August 9, 2019, at the Oskaloosa Care Center. Goldie Rebecca Boese, daughter of John Wilbur Severn and Edna Ethel Carmen, was born January 30, 1925, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Goldie was […]
Kenneth Groenenboom May 30, 1929 – August 11, 2019 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 90 Kenneth “Ken” Gordon Groenenboom, age 90, of Oskaloosa went to be with his Lord on Sunday, August 11, 2019 at the Mahaska Health Serenity House. He was the son of Peter and Jennie (Heslinga) Groenenboom and was born in the New […]
by Nolanne Rust I know I probably don’t have the popular opinion here- or maybe I do but I don’t realize it because most of what we see posted or hear in passing are the negative comments on Oskaloosa. And I get it to an extent. Sometimes we really just want better for our community. […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Investigators continue to search for answers in the death of 24-year-old Ashley Shafer of Oskaloosa. On August 6th, 2019, shortly after 3:00 p.m., members of the Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office discovered the body of an adult female in the South Skunk River near the Glendale Access. The Oskaloosa Police Department, the Mahaska […]
