INDIANOLA—It was the latest season start in school history, and a layoff of more than 11 months was reflected on the scoreboard as the Central College men’s basketball team opened its abbreviated 2021 season with an 80-61 defeat at Simpson College Wednesday. The Dutch (0-1) hit just 25.9% of their first-half shots and were staring […]
PELLA—Shooting numbers told the story as the Central College women’s basketball team misfired much of the night in suffering its first defeat of the season, 77-61 against Simpson College Wednesday. The Dutch (3-1 overall, 3-1 American Rivers) hit 32.9% from the floor, including an icy 12.9% from 3-point range on 4-of-31 shooting. “For the most […]
Bernice E. Veldhuizen April 4, 1924 – February 1, 2021 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 96 Bernice E. Veldhuizen, 96, of Oskaloosa, passed away February 1, 2021, at the Mahaska Health Partnership Hospice Serenity House. Bernice Elva Veldhuizen, daughter of John and Jennie (Van Engelenhoven) Kool, was born April 4, 1924, at the home of her […]
Henry Albert Beerbower Jr February 5, 1970 – February 1, 2021 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 50 Served With Honor ~ United States Military Veteran Henry Albert Beerbower Jr., age 50, of Oskaloosa, passed away on Monday, February 1, 2021, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born on Thursday, February 5, 1970, in […]
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Oskaloosa–The William Penn men’s volleyball team got back in action Tuesday with a home contest against the Yellowjackets of Graceland. Despite a hot start, the Statesmen ran into a determined GU team that would not back down. After taking the opening set, WPU fell in the second, third and fourth, losing 3-1 with scores of […]
Oskaloosa–William Penn began sponsoring men’s wrestling as an intercollegiate sport in the 1970-1971 school year. Fifty years later, the program is still going strong with exceptional student-athletes adding to the history every campaign. To commemorate the 50th anniversary, the William Penn Athletic Communications department has constructed a list of the top 50 wrestlers of all-time. […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (Feb. 2, 2021) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today announced that the winners of the 2021 Renewable Fuels Marketing Awards are Reif Oil Company from Burlington, Iowa, and Sapp Bros., Inc., from Omaha, Nebraska. “I’m pleased to present the renewable fuels marketing awards to Reif Oil Company and Sapp Bros., […]
A Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office Press Release On Monday, February 1st, 2021, at approximately 5:45 am, members of the Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a single-vehicle roll-over accident (where the female driver had been ejected from the vehicle) on Highway 163, near Jewell Avenue, in rural Mahaska County. While Sheriff’s Officials were enroute […]
Mahaska County District Court Judge Crystal Cronk made a ruling in regard to the ongoing battle between the Mahaska County Board of Supervisors and the E911 Service Board and Mahaska County Emergency Management. At the center of the argument is the E911 Service Board’s ability to enter into 28E agreements. Cronk wrote, “The Court’s analysis […]
