
Timothy “Tim” James Solinger November 24, 1974 – December 19, 2021 Albia, Iowa | Age 47 Timothy James “Bobby” Solinger, age 47, of Albia, IA, passed away on Sunday, December 19, 2021, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Tim was born on November 24, 1974, in Seoul, Korea and shortly after his birth […]
Dec 20 2021 | Posted in
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Freda Elaine Wilson September 30, 1927 – December 19, 2021 Blakesburg, Iowa | Age 94 Freda Elaine Wilson, age 94, of Blakesburg, IA, passed away on Sunday, December 19, 2021, at the Monroe County Hospital in Albia. Freda was born on September 30, 1927, to Floyd and Osie (Kyler) Wood. Freda grew up attending school […]
Dec 20 2021 | Posted in
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Mary Johnson September 27, 1931 – December 18, 2021 Eddyville, Iowa | Age 90 Mary Ellen Humphreys Johnson, of Eddyville IA, passed away Saturday December 18, 2021 at Northern Mahaska Specialty Care in Oskaloosa IA. Mary was born September 27, 1931 in Denver CO, the daughter of Alva D and Letha Fern (Griggs) Humphreys. Mary […]
Dec 19 2021 | Posted in
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Richard Morrow October 16, 1939 – December 18, 2021 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 82 Richard Morrow, 82, of Oskaloosa, died Saturday, December 18, 2021, at his home in Oskaloosa. He was born October 16, 1939, in Iowa City, Iowa, the son of Loren and Flossie Sanders Morrow. Richard attended school in Oskaloosa and was a […]
Dec 19 2021 | Posted in
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Nancy Kay Francis McFarland March 31, 1941 – December 18, 2021 Albia, Iowa | Age 80 Nancy Kay Francis (Lancial) McFarland, 80, of Albia died Saturday, December 18, 2021, at the Monroe County Hospital, surrounded by her family. She was born on March 31st, 1941, in Albia, IA, to Floyd and Grace (McLaughlin) Lancial. Nancy […]
Dec 19 2021 | Posted in
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NEW SHARON – North Mahaska coach L.E. Moore wondered how his team would respond Friday after an emotional win over 11th-rank rival Montezuma on Tuesday. For a quarter and a half he was pleased the rest of the game not so much. North Mahaska improved to 7-1 overall and 7-0 in South Iowa Cedar League […]

Nevada, Mo.–The William Penn women’s basketball team closed out its pre-holiday slate with a 68-63 loss to Cottey in non-conference action Saturday. WPU (1-14) was outshot 45.1%-40.0%, but stayed in it by holding a 63.2%-56.0% edge at the free-throw line. The Comets (6-10) tallied the first six points of the afternoon en route to a […]
Dec 19 2021 | Posted in
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Marshall, Mo.–Makail Stanley (Fr., Oreana, Ill., Biology) walked off the mat victorious in all three of his matches, while Cameron Hargrove (Fr., Bolingbrook, Ill., Undecided) had his hand raised twice, but unfortunately that was about all the success the William Penn men’s wrestling team enjoyed Thursday as it competed at the Missouri Valley Clash Duals. […]
Dec 18 2021 | Posted in
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December 15, 2021 Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa Rotary has helped spearhead the annual Christmas Food Basket program for the past few years. It was a project that the former Human Resource Council did until they disbanded and Rotary took over in 2011. Eddie Pierson, President for the Oskaloosa Rotary, said that they were once […]
Dec 18 2021 | Posted in
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by Rachel Brown Last night we honored our 5 seniors Landon Briggs, Andrew Hols, Keygan Roberts, Aaron Scholes, and Aaron Wilson in our only home swim meet of the season against Williamsburg and Keokuk. We were able to come away with a win against Keokuk! Some highlights from the meet last night include (may forget […]
Dec 17 2021 | Posted in
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