The hype has been building for weeks as one of the biggest games in Penn football history will be played this Saturday just east of the Mississippi River. #11 nationally-ranked Penn (7-0, 4-0 MWL) travels to Lebanon, Ill. to face the #16 McKendree Bearcats (5-2, 3-1 MWL) in Midwest League play. Game time is set […]
The Eddyville Volleyball team defeated Pekin in three games tonight to advance to the 2nd round of regional play. Coach Glady’s Genskow commented on the teams performance “Great win for the Rockets tonight. We started out slow on the scoreboard, but we seemed to have done that most of the season. Coming from behind isn’t […]
The City of Oskaloosa is reminding residents that they will not be doing leaf pick up this year. Below we have put a public notice from the City of Oskaloosa website. Due to departmental budget restraints, the City of Oskaloosa Street Department will not be providing leaf pickup service in 2010. In lieu of the […]
At Monday night’s city council meeting, the city council heard a report from city engineer Akhilesh Pal regarding how the city is fixing pot holes. Pal reported that the city is currently replacing these holes on a complaint driven basis. He reported that residents either call or e-mail the city manager to report a pot […]
Last week, you overwhelmingly voted that you don’t believe that the jobs plans presented by Terry Branstad and Chet Culver will work. 28 residents (80%) voted no, 7 residents (20%) voted I don’t know, and 0 residents voted yes. The question of the week poll is unscientific and does not reflect the view of Osky […]
Kaos Gold wrestling, in Oskaloosa, will be hosting a series of 5 wrestling camps over the next couple of months. Erik Akin, the Head Coach of the East Kansas Wrestling Club and 4 time NCAA All-American, 3 time Big 8 Champion, 2 time Olympic Alternate in 1996 2000, will be working with the club at […]
The Statesmen football team did just enough in all respects to beat a strong foe and remain perfect with a 41-35 win over St. Ambrose in Midwest League play Saturday. #12 nationally-ranked Penn (7-0, 4-0 MWL) put up big offensive numbers once again, but a talented Fighting Bee (3-4, 1-3 MWL) squad also found success […]
From a Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office Press Release: On October 2, 2010 at 6:55 p.m. the Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a farmer stating that he had located skeletal remains in a field near Fremont, Iowa. Deputies arrived and located what appeared to be human remains. The remains have been indentified by […]
The Oskaloosa School Board has approved a letter of support of the Lacey Complex’s grant application. The grant, which is in the amount of $1.8 million, will be used for continued projects at the Lacey Complex. This letter of support was NOT for the new stadium project. The City Council approved a similar letter earlier […]
Brooke VanHouweling finished 5th to lead the Osky girls to a 4th place finish at the Little Hawkeye Conference Meet. VanHouweling ran a time of 16:39 over the 4k distance to garner all-conference honors. “Our girls ran really well tonight and I am quite proud of their effort tonight. We ran as well as we […]
