Jerry Dean Fleener October 20, 1944 – February 15, 2020 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 75 Jerry D. Fleener, 75, of Oskaloosa passed away Saturday, February 15, 2020, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Jerry Dean Fleener “J.D.,” son of Jack and Edythe (Hackert) Fleener, was born on October 20, 1944, in Oskaloosa, Iowa. […]
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Oskaloosa, Iowa – William Penn University has been finding a way to beat the trend and grow enrollment, while many small colleges struggle and close. We spoke with William Penn Athletics Director Nik Rule about what the school is doing to grow and thrive while impacting the Oskaloosa community in many positive ways. Whether it […]
GRINNELL — Another solid day of field events for the Central College women’s track and field yielded a fourth-place finish at the Darren Young Classic hosted by Grinnell College Saturday afternoon. Central compiled 80 points in the nine-team field. Nebraska Wesleyan University won the championship with 199 points. “It was a really good meet with […]
LINCOLN, NEB.—Central College couldn’t make a surprising early lead hold up against No. 6-ranked Nebraska Wesleyan University in a 91-70 road loss Saturday. The Dutch (5-19 overall, 2-13 American Rivers) were up 13-9 with 13:45 left in the half but Nebraska Wesleyan took the lead for good with a 9-0 run and was on top […]
LINCOLN, NEB.—Surging back from an 18-point deficit, the Central College women’s basketball team overcame Nebraska Wesleyan University 82-75 Saturday and, for the first time since 2005, is headed to the conference tournament. The Dutch secured the last spot in the six-team American Rivers field. They’re 6-9 in league play with just one regular-season game remaining. […]
PELLA — Sporting a young lineup at its home Last Chance Invitational, the Central College wrestling team had eight wrestlers earn top-three finishers Saturday afternoon. There were no team scores as eight different programs sent underclassmen and reserve wrestlers to Pella. Chase Poston (sophomore, Olympia, Wash.) was the lone individual champion for the Dutch, going […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Director of the Mahaska County Landfill has tendered his resignation to the Mahaska County Solid Waste Commission effective February 13, 2020. The agenda for the Commission under new business had “Vote for termination of Steve Thomas as Landfill Manager and subsequent actions for interim and long-term backfill of the position.” “Our […]
Fremont, Iowa – The Iowa State Patrol says that one person, Mallory Kate Johnston, was killed and her sister, Madelynn Brooke Johnston, was injured in a morning crash along Highway 23 and the intersection of 310th Street. The accident was called in at 8:58 am, on Saturday, February 15th, 2020. The report states that the […]
Oskaloosa–Producing enough points to tie as the best overall athletic department in the league is #3 on the Stories of the 2010s top-10 list. William Penn ended the inaugural Heart of America Athletic Conference Commissioner’s Cup competition in 2018-2019 in a tie for first place with 51 points. The Statesmen eventually lost the fourth […]
