Oskaloosa–Five grapplers from the William Penn women’s wrestling program enter postseason action ranked nationally as the NAIA released its sixth and final set of regular-season polls Thursday. The Statesmen are led by 116-pounder Catherine Steinkamp (Fr., Quincy, Ill., Biology) and 191-pounder Samantha Ruano (Fr., Romeoville, Ill., Business Management) as both 16th in the country at […]
Lyle Wayne Roovaart January 17, 1935 – February 25, 2022 Barnes City, Iowa | Age 87 Lyle Roovaart, 87 of rural Barnes City, passed away Friday, February 25, 2022 at his home. Lyle Wayne Roovaart was born on January 17, 1935 on the family farm near Taintor, Iowa. Lyle attended Success Country School near Taintor […]
February 25th, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – As Oskaloosa Little League organizers Tina Schaffner and Shawn Maxwell sat down with us to talk about the upcoming Little League season, snow was falling, and an unseasonably cold chill was prevalent. Schaffner says they want to help increase the number of youth participating in the Little League program, […]
by Senator Ken Rozenboom As I write this newsletter on Thursday evening the world is watching what appears to be a full-scale invasion of a sovereign nation by a Russian tyrant. I hope and pray that we are not witnessing anything like Adolph Hitler’s invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939 that began the world-wide […]
by Senator Adrian Dickey The wrestlers left town last week and the basketballers don’t arrive until next week, which means this week the Capitol was a bit slower, except for NFIB (National Federation of Independent Business), ITR (Iowans for Tax Relief), Farm Bureau, and the Iowa Cattlemen’s groups that stopped in. I was fortunate that […]
Davenport, Iowa–The William Penn men’s volleyball team got back on track with a road win against the St. Ambrose Fighting Bees. The Statesmen, who won in straight sets of 25-21, 25-16, 25-22 now own an overall record of 11-2 on the season. WPU attacked well to begin the match, taking an 8-3 lead after a […]
Oskaloosa–The Statesmen bowling teams will hit up a familiar venue as they again qualified for the USBC Intercollegiate Team Sectionals. The women and men, ranked #16 and #21 respectively in the USBC rankings (https://collegebowling.bowl.com/rankings), will head east to Addison, Ill. on March 12-13 for the event at Stardust Bowl. The tournament is a Baker format […]
by Pat Kinney / IowaWatch A handful of Iowa communities and a group of Iowa State University researchers are trying to demonstrate that less can, in fact, be more, and small can, in fact, be vibrant. If you’re smart about it. In an outgrowth of community surveys begun a quarter century ago, ISU researchers have […]
Oskaloosa–The Heart of America Athletic Conference tournament began with a bang as the William Penn men’s basketball team completed an improbable comeback to defeat the MidAmerica Nazarene Pioneers in overtime, 101-97. The Statesmen struggled to score points to open the game, but eventually got their footing. WPU trailed by six with just under five minutes […]
Oskaloosa–Three members of the William Penn women’s basketball team closed out their 2021-2022 campaigns with hardware as the all-Heart of America Athletic Conference teams were announced Thursday. Zantasia White (Jr., Lubbock, Texas, Secondary Education), Ally Stewart (Jr., Victoria, Australia, Physical Education), and Morgan Terry (Jr., Cornersville, Tenn., Biology) were all chosen as part of the […]
