by Jacob Fischler, Iowa Capital Dispatch April 4, 2023 Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 34 New York state felony offenses related to what prosecutors say were hush money payments to an adult film star. In a brief but historic appearance in a Manhattan trial court, Trump, the first former president to […]
April 4th, 2023 Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa City Council met Monday evening, April 3rd, 2023. The first order of business was the swearing-in of Oskaloosa’s newest police officer, Stephanie Nuno. Nuno was born and raised in Ottumwa, where she graduated high school in 2020. She then attended Indian Hills Community College and graduated with […]
Oskaloosa–William Penn Athletics Director Nik Rule has announced the hiring of Joe McKinstry as Head Women’s Basketball Coach. McKinstry returns to WPU as one of the most successful coaches in the last decade in the NJCAA, most notably winning two national championships at Kansas City Kansas Community College. “Coach McKinstry has such a passion for […]
Press conference video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QobapFX7JA0 Oskaloosa–William Penn Athletics Director Nik Rule has announced the hiring of Jake Kadel as Head Women’s Wrestling Coach and Cash Wilcke as Assistant Men’s and Women’s Wrestling Coach. Both Kadel and Wilcke come to WPU from Iowa Wesleyan University and helped the women’s program to a successful 2022-2023 campaign. IWU […]
Oskaloosa–The Statesmen women’s golf team slid a few spots as the NAIA’s fourth top-25 poll was released last Friday. William Penn fell to #25 with 111 points. William Penn is the only representative from the Heart of America Athletic Conference in the poll. British Columbia is still the NAIA’s top squad with 496 points and […]
Oskaloosa–Baseball player Nick George (Jr., Sarina, Ontario, Sociology and Human Services) and softball player Sarah Gallivan (Sr., Round Lake, Ill., Secondary Education) have been named the Statesmen of the Week for the week of March 27-April 2, presented by Gardner Collier Jewelry. Over the span of six games, George recorded a .625 batting average (10-for-16 […]
NEW SHARON – North Mahaska School Board met Monday to interview an internal candidate for the interim superintendent’s position. The board previously accepted the resignation of school superintendent Angela Livezey effective June 30, 2023 at its March 27 meeting. The board approved an offer to Tim Veiseth as Interim Superintendent effective July 1, 2023 to […]
by Tony Witt The Varsity Boys tennis team had a rough start to the season losing to Grinnell 1 to 10 on a cold and windy Monday. The boys did some things good but still need to work on consistency and cutting down on the unforced errors. They made a lot of easy mistakes for […]
NEW SHARON – North Mahaska’s golf team teed off for its first competition Monday hosting Lynnville-Sully and Montezuma. Battling a strong, cold wind, three golfers managed to shoot a 38. Montezuma had two of them and finished with a 161. North Mahaska was second with a 171 and L-S shot 183. “It was a good […]
April 4th 2023 Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors met in regular session on Monday morning. On their agenda was a presentation with the Iowa DOT Development Division. In the public comments to begin the meeting, former SCRAA Board Member John Bandstra spoke. “I think there’s a couple things they should be […]
