by Hillary Gingerich The 8th grade Volleyball team was in action against Pella last night. The A team had a dominating 3-0 sweep with game scores of 21-10, 21-8, 21-11. Cylee Smith had 10 kills and 8 aces. Jenna Harbour had 7 kills, 3 assists, and 4 aces. Cadence Grubb had 4 kills, 2 blocks, […]
Oskaloosa–The Statesmen shotgun sports team started its fall campaign with hardware as it won the Coe Invitational last Saturday. William Penn rolled to the victory, placing first out of four teams with a score of 544-for-600. All shooting was in the Sporting Clays discipline. Upper Iowa was a distance second at 505-for-600. Colten Uitermarkt (Sr., […]
Lamoni–The Statesmen women’s soccer team earned its first win of the season, defeating Graceland 4-0 in a Heart of America Athletic Conference contest Wednesday. William Penn (1-3, 1-0 Heart) had a plethora of shots, 21 to be exact, while limiting the Yellowjackets (1-3-1, 0-1 Heart) to just six attempts. The navy and gold started off […]
Oskaloosa–The Statesmen men’s soccer team enters league play as a team back on the radar as the NAIA released its second top-25 poll of the season Wednesday. WPU (3-1) is unofficially 30th with 26 points. The navy and gold received votes to open the season, but dropped out of last week’s poll. William Penn is […]
Lamoni–The Statesmen men’s soccer team traveled to Graceland Wednesday night looking to start off league play with a win, but a goal in the first half ended up being too much to overcome as William Penn fell 1-0 in Heart of America Athletic Conference action. William Penn (3-1, 0-1 Heart) had numerous chances to score […]
NEW SHARON – North Mahaska’s boy’s cross country team has jumped into the top 10 of the Iowa Association of Track Coaches’ rankings. Senior Lane Harmon is ranked 29th in the rankings released this week. North Mahaska has picked up wins at Sigourney and English Valleys in their past three meets after placing third at […]
DES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa’s unemployment rate increased slightly in August by a tenth-of-a-percent, despite strong hiring that brought the state to within 5,500 jobs of its March 2020 pre-pandemic employment level. The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 3.7 percent from 3.5 percent in July. The increase to 2.6 percent from 2.5 percent unemployment in […]
by Dave Baker Crickets…the sound most commonly heard today on what was once land owned by the Smoky Hollow Coal Company. Unless it is evening, in which case the silence is punctuated by the drone of late season cicadas. The sounds of William Burt’s restaurant are no longer heard, having faded into the past as […]
Aart Jan VandeWeerdhof August 4, 1951 – September 13, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 71 Aart Jan Vande Weerdhof, 71, of Oskaloosa, died Tuesday, September 13, 2022, at the MHP Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. He was born August 4, 1951, in Sheldon, Iowa, the son of Hendrik and Grietje VanRoekel Vande Weerdhof. Aart graduated […]
September 13th, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – Looking for reliable information regarding women’s health can be a sea of confusion for some. Mahaska Health aims to help area women by bringing information and experts together with food and community. Dr. Trish Millner, Family Practice & Obstetrics with Mahaska Health, recently sat down with Oskaloosa News to […]
