Kent James McIlrath March 31, 1959 – January 31, 2020 Montezuma, Iowa | Age 60 Kent McIlrath, 60 of Montezuma passed away Friday afternoon, January 31, 2019 due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Kent McIlrath, son of James and Harriett Pahre McIlrath was born on March 31, 1959 at St. Francis Hospital in […]
Oskaloosa—The Heart of America Athletic Conference was separated by a game and a half prior to Thursday’s contest between first place William Penn and second place Clarke. The race got a little bit closer as William Penn (18-3, 12-3 Heart) fell to Clarke (16-6, 12-4 Heart) in a barn burner by the score of 78-77. […]
Oskaloosa–The Statesmen women’s basketball team was unable to finish off a season sweep of a major league foe as it fell 66-63 in overtime to #19 Clarke in a Heart of America Athletic Conference matchup Thursday. #20 William Penn (15-5, 11-4 Heart), which saw its five-game winning streak come to an end, has flip-flopped positions […]
Oskaloosa–Two programs snapping lengthy conference title droughts opens our countdown of the top-10 stories of the 2010s at #10. In 2018-2019, for the first time since the 1987-1988 campaign (a span of 31 years), the William Penn women’s basketball was league champions, earning both the Heart of America Athletic Conference regular season and tournament crowns. […]
(NEW SHARON) – This morning, State Representative Dustin Hite (R-New Sharon) announced that he will seek re-election to the Iowa House in District 79 in 2020. The district includes the cities of Oskaloosa and Pella as well as rural portions of Mahaska and Marion counties. “I am honored to serve the people of Mahaska and […]
The Oskaloosa Police Department wants to remind you when Super Bowl LIV kicks off, will you be prepared? Whether you’re cheering for the San Francisco 49ers or Kansas City Chiefs, every Super Bowl party must start with a game plan that prevents drunk driving. Drunk driving kills. In 2018, there were 10,511 fatalities in motor […]
One of the highest profile news items in this third week of the legislative session is the release of the Senate Republican education funding proposal for the next fiscal year so our K-12 schools can start on their budgeting process. As always, we are guided by our goal to promise what we can deliver, and […]
WAVERLY — Mary Gray (junior, West Des Moines, Waukee HS) won her second pentathlon of the season as the Central College track and field squad opened the Wartburg Select Friday night. Gray improved her season-best score by 23 points to take the crown with 3,280 points. “Unfortunately, she didn’t have anyone to run the 800 […]
