Oskaloosa–The Statesmen men’s basketball team handled its last few opponents with high-scoring performances to stay atop the national standings as the NAIA released its seventh and final regular-season top-25 poll Wednesday. WPU (27-1, 18-1 Heart), which has won 16-straight games, remains first in the country with 589 points and 18 first-place votes. It marks the […]
Oskaloosa–A sweep over the #1 team who were also defending national champions allowed the William Penn men’s volleyball team to hit new heights as the NAIA released its second top-15 poll Wednesday. William Penn (10-2, 9-1 Heart), which took down previous #1 Grand View 3-0 back on February 8, moved up three positions to #2, […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn men’s lacrosse team’s perfect start to the campaign has lifted it a pair of positions as the NAIA released its first top-10 poll Wednesday. WPU (3-0) has improved two rungs to a new program high of #8 with 34 points. The navy and gold are one of five squads from the Kansas […]
by Holly Brink Week 7 Update Hello Friends, This week at the Iowa House of Representatives, floor debate was in full swing. We debated numerous bills to help Iowans and further the progress of the great state of Iowa as a whole. The Iowa House of Representatives passed a bill to cut taxes for every […]
by Dustin Hite This week is the first post-funnel week, and we spent most of the week busy in debate on the House floor. Many of the bills passed unanimously or near unanimously. We passed bills ensuring that worker’s compensation pays for prosthetics which are necessary due to a work related injury; strengthening laws and […]
February 23rd, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – Oskaloosa Mayor Dave Krutzfeldt swore in Oskaloosa’s newest police officer at Tuesday’s city council meeting. Officer Gage VanGorp began his police career with the Oskaloosa Police Department on February 7th, 2022. Officer VanGorp is from New Sharon, where he attended North Mahaska schools and competed in football and track. […]
February 23rd, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors met on Tuesday, February 22nd, at 9 am in the 3rd-floor conference room of the courthouse. Mahaska County Chair Mark Groenendyk was absent from the meeting, so Vice-Chair Steve Wanders then presided. The first motion was to go into a public hearing for […]
Roseburg, OR – The Indian Hills Women’s Wrestling program made history once again as the Warriors became back-to-back Junior College National Championship (JCNC) Team and Duals Champions. The Warriors also crowned four individual national champions and 13 All-Americans at the second annual national event. For the second consecutive year, the Warriors traveled to Umpqua Community […]
The Mahaska County Master Gardeners recently elevated intern Cindy Stewart to certification as a Iowa Master Gardener. She took Master Gardener training in 2020 and recently completed the volunteer requirement and was presented with certificate and permanent name badge. Iowa Master Gardener is a job title, describing a volunteer who has been trained to educate […]
Oskaloosa–Kevion Blaylock (Sr., Houston, Texas, Information Technology) was once selected as the best player in the league as the all-Heart of America Athletic Conference teams were announced Wednesday. For the second year in a row, Blaylock was named the Heart Player of the Year, becoming the seventh POY in program history and the first to […]
