Oskaloosa–Two Statesmen women’s wrestlers are again receiving national recognition as the NAIA released its fourth set of polls Thursday. William Penn is unofficially 28th in the NAIA as a team with 14 points. Mami Selemani (So., Iowa City, Iowa, Business Management) has garnered the most points by being ranked 13th at 123 pounds. Catherine Steinkamp […]
Baldwin City, Kan.–The Statesmen women’s wrestling team traveled to the Jayhawk State Thursday, but came up short in a 24-11 setback to #7 Baker in a Heart of America Athletic Conference dual meet. WPU (1-4, 1-2 Heart) dropped all six contested matches, but claimed a pair of forfeits to the Wildcats (6-2, 3-0 Heart). After […]
PELLA — A new round of Division III rankings were released by the National Wrestling Coaches Association and D3wrestle.com Thursday and the Central College wrestling team added a third individual to the NWCA’s individual rankings. In the NWCA’s third dual team rankings, Central stayed put at No. 14. In their tournament team rankings, Central fell […]
The Mahaska Chamber & Development Group held their Annual Awards Ceremony & Reception on Monday, January 24. Congratulations to the 2021 award winners. Diplomat Awards: Acorn Award: Betsey’s Boutique Shop, Katie Johnston Old Oak Award: Musco Lighting Golden Dipper Runner-up: Pat Mcculley Golden Dipper: Beth Brostrom Commerce Awards: Retail Business: Style Me Crazy Boutique Service […]
An enthusiastic group of Lighted Christmas Parade supporters met following a successful 2021 parade and set the theme for the 2022 Oskaloosa Main Street Lighted Christmas Parade to be held on Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 7 pm. The theme will be “Christmas Canvas”. You’ve seen the Painting with Lights in Oskaloosa, now let’s paint […]
DES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds today awarded $1.4 million in grants to 38 Iowa employers and partner organizations who are launching projects to help Iowans achieve postsecondary training and education. Combined, the Employer Innovation Fund awards will boost workforce talent by helping 3,542 Iowans earn non-credit and for-credit credentials that will enable […]
Central Iowa seeder project aims to increase adoption of cover crops, provide water quality benefits in priority watersheds DES MOINES, Iowa (Jan. 27, 2022) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced today that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has entered into a cooperative agreement with Polk County, the City of Des […]
Lois Arlene Evans November 14, 1930 – January 26, 2022 Montezuma, Iowa | Age 91 Lois Evans, 91, of Montezuma passed away Wednesday morning, January 26, 2022, at The Bird House Hospice Home in Iowa City, Iowa. Lois Arlene Evans, the daughter of Herbert and Grace Hinton, was born on November 14, 1930 in Cedar […]
by Wade Scheilker The 7th grade boys basketball team took on the Grinnell Tigers Tuesday night at home. In the A game the Indians got off to a hot start as Tommy North drained a 3 on his way to 15 points to get the game going. However, the Indians trailed by 10 at halftime. […]
Oskaloosa–Kevion Blaylock (Sr., Houston, Texas, Information Technology) was not only the best player in his conference last week, but was considered the best in the entire nation as he was named the NAIA Men’s Basketball Player of the Week Tuesday. Blaylock garnered his first career national laurel after helping William Penn (19-1, 10-1 Heart) to […]
