November 6th, 2021 Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa American legion will be hosting a food drive this Saturday to benefit deployed military families. They ask for non-perishable items, cash, gift cards, and for those to be deposited at the Harry L. Anderson American Legion Post 34 at 302 High Avenue in Oskaloosa. The veterans will […]
November 6, 2021 Oskaloosa, Iowa – Mahaska County Sheriff Russ Van Renterghem and Deputy Sheriff David Wilke recently sat down with Oskaloosa News to discuss the current fundraising to add a K9 to their office. The advantages of having a K9 partner have been shown in movies and television shows from the earliest days. Rin Tin […]
Maggie “Sue” Bottger May 6, 1935 – November 6, 2021 Ollie, Iowa | Age 86 Maggie “Sue” Bottger, age 86, of Ollie, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, November 6, 2021, at the Southeast Iowa Home and Hospice House in West Burlington, Iowa. She was born on May 6, 1935, the daughter of Roy and Thelma […]
Terry Buffington July 30, 1953 – November 5, 2021 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 68 Terry Buffington, 68, of Oskaloosa, passed away Friday, November 5, 2021, at Mercy West Lakes Medical Center in West Des Moines, Iowa. Terry Lee Buffington, son of Floyd Earl and Roberta Marie (Johnson) Buffington, was born July 30, 1953, in Oskaloosa. […]
Leah Cox June 8, 1952 – November 5, 2021 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 69 Leah Cox, 69, of Oskaloosa, passed away Friday, November 5, 2021, at her home in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Leah was born on June 8, 1952, in Des Moines, Iowa, the daughter of Roy and Dorothy Coulson. Leah graduated from the Oskaloosa High […]
Lenora Coulter October 1, 1933 – November 5, 2021 New Sharon, Iowa | Age 88 Lenora Coulter, 88, of New Sharon, Iowa, died November 5, 2021, at the Shiloh Nursing and Rehab Center in Springdale, AR. Mrs. Coulter was born October 1, 1933, in Tilton, Iowa, the daughter of Vernon and Lena McCulley. Lenora was […]
Carol Lea Maschmann August 25, 1948 – November 5, 2021 Montezuma, Iowa | Age 73 Carol Maschmann, 73 of Montezuma passed away Friday, November 5, 2021 at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. Carol Lea Maschmann was born on August 25, 1948 to John and Leona Davis Hicks at Grinnell, Iowa. Carol was raised […]
STEVENS POINT, WIS. — In the first bracketed tournament for the Central College wrestling team since the 2019-20 season, Shandon Akeo (senior, Honolulu, Hawaii, Kapolei HS) was the 125-pound champion at the Pointer Open Saturday. In addition to Akeo’s title, Central had eight other wrestlers finish in the top six of their weight classes at […]
PELLA—A spirited comeback was undone by mistakes down the stretch as the Central College men’s basketball team dropped its season opener to Bethany Lutheran College (Minn.) 77-67 in overtime. Coach Craig Douma could point to numerous ways this one slipped away. The Dutch made just 15 of 32 free throws, shot an icy 4-of-22 from […]
PELLA—The championship that a pandemic denied in 2020 and that 15 of last year’s Central College seniors returned to claim was decisively secured with a 56-7 football triumph over the University of Dubuque Saturday before an approving Legacy Day crowd. The victory assures the No. 10-rated Dutch (9-0 overall, 7-0 conference) of an outright American […]
