Ruth Marie Roberts July 7, 1924 – January 2, 2024 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 99 Ruth Roberts, 99, of Oskaloosa, passed away Tuesday, January 1, 2024, at the Mahaska Health Hospice Serenity House. Ruth Marie Roberts, daughter of Hugh Lucian Hunter and Zella Christine Hoover, was born July 7, 1924, in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Ruth was […]
Oskaloosa–William Penn men’s lacrosse player Kenny Bohney (So., Moorhead, Minn., Exercise Science) will enter his sophomore campaign with international experience after representing his home country this past summer. Bohney accepted an invitation to play for Team USA’s U21 indoor team at the 2023 World Junior Lacrosse Championship. The event, which was held from August 7-12 […]
Oskaloosa–Nick George (Sr., Sarnia, Ontario, Sociology and Human services) has been selected to be on the 24th Annual Canadian Baseball Network’s all-Canadian team. George was selected to the third team as a designated hitter. He was one of three NAIA players named to the third team, while one was on the first squad and three […]
Coralville–The William Penn women’s wrestling team concluded the 2023 calendar year by sending a small group onto the mat last weekend at the Soldier Salute. 143-pounder Naida Abdijanovic (So., St. Louis, Mo., Biology) guided the navy and gold with a pair of wins, while 123-pounder Brittany Cotter (Jr., Katy, Texas, Nursing) netted one victory. Next […]
PELLA-With the lead seemingly swaying in each possession, the Central College men’s basketball team couldn’t connect on its final four shots and Bethany Lutheran College (Minn.) snuck away with a bruising 77-73 non-conference win Tuesday. The Dutch (9-4) got 25 points and eight rebounds from center Joshua Van Gorp (senior, Pella) but had 17 turnovers […]
PELLA-Central College’s Allison Van Gorp (junior, Pella, Pella Christian HS) is the American Rivers Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week. Van Gorp was cited after posting three consecutive statistical double-doubles in Central’s most recent outing. The Dutch recorded a pair of wins in the Music City Challenge in Gallatin, Tennessee Dec. 19-20, defeating Roanoke […]
by Robert Leonard, Iowa Capital Dispatch January 1, 2024 Perhaps the most taken-for-granted appliances in the home are modern washers and dryers. “We owe the invention of the washing machine to Jacob Christian Schäffer (1767),” according to Speed Queen Investor. “30 years later, an American, Nathaniel Briggs, obtained the first patent for a washing machine. […]
by Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch December 22, 2023 The Iowa Departments of Education and Health and Human Services notified the U.S. Department of Agriculture that Iowa will not participate in a program that provides additional food assistance for children during the summer, the state announced Friday. The two Iowa departments, alongside Iowa Gov. Kim […]
Dolores Fynaardt August 17, 1929 – January 1, 2024 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 94 Dolores Fynaardt, 94, of Oskaloosa, passed away Monday, January 1, 2024, at Mahaska Health Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. Dorothy Dolores Fynaardt, daughter of John and Julia (Matejzel) Antolik, was born on August 17, 1929, in Woodhull, Illinois. Dolores attended school […]
Leland Lee Tolles April 2, 1938 – December 31, 2023 What Cheer, Iowa | Age 85 Leland Tolles, 85 of What Cheer, Iowa, passed away on Sunday, December 31, 2023, at the Manor House in Sigourney. Leland Lee Tolles was born on April 2, 1938, at Springfield, Iowa to Lee and Minnie Garrett Tolles. Leland […]
