by Wendy Van Roekel TEAM VOTED AWARDS: Outstanding Support Staff – Anna Jones Jim Peters Award (Best Lineman) – Blake Van Veldhuizen Brent Blanchard Award (Best Running Back) – Seth Howard Outstanding Interior Defender – Blake Van Veldhuizen Outstanding Perimeter Defender – Alex DeJong Special Team Skills Player of the Year – Tyler Miller Special […]
by Amy Meyer Above and beyond. That’s the best phrase I can use to describe the work that 300 volunteers did during Wednesday’s Day of Caring event. My name is Amy Meyer, and I’m the Executive Director of United Way of Mahaska County. This is the fifth Day of Caring I’ve been involved with, but […]
by Allison McGuire The crossroads between the Square and the Penn Central Mall suddenly sprang to life on Thursday, April 27th. In past days, volunteers had worked speedily to give the Alley a spring spruce, and the members of FACE (Fine Arts and Cultural Events) of Mahaska County were busy putting together the final touches […]
by Doug DeKock Future looks Bright!! The Oskaloosa Indian Boys’ basketball team picked the wrong night not to play well. The result was a 70-40 loss to a very good Mt. Pleasant team, that improved to 22-2 for the year. The Indians were right in the game, and even led most of the 1st quarter, […]
By Charlie Comfort Des Moines, Iowa- Last week, the Iowa Legislature, on near party line votes, approved a bill which would alter Chapter 20 of the Iowa Code, better known as collective bargaining. The bill, which was met with immense discord from union members, was formally passed by the legislature last Thursday after marathon debate […]
One win away from state tournament By Doug DeKock The Oskaloosa boys’ basketball team showed the heart of a champion on Thursday night as they overcame a double digit deficit to defeat Knoxville 64-56. Things did not look good for the Indians in the early going, as jitters and a hot-shooting Knoxville team jumped to […]
by Doug DeKock The Oskaloosa boys basketball team did some things that had not been done for quite a while Monday night in district play at Oskaloosa against Washington. First off, they are hosting districts by being the #2 seed in the substate, secondly, they won a district game beating Washington badly 81-46. The Indians […]
by Jeremy Esparza – William Penn Sarah Derry, a graduate of Drake University and the South Central Regional STEM manager, gave a speech on February 15, 2017 in regards to how the STEM Advisory Council is working to build a better transition from education to the workplace environment throughout the state of Iowa. “As the […]
by Doug DeKock Chariton, Iowa – A 32-point win over a second place South Central Conference team that came in at 14-6 sure feels good. Oskaloosa has been on the receiving end of these beatings for the last few years, so paying back a team that had administered some of those huge losses made it […]
By Doug DeKock Oskaloosa, Iowa – The last time these two teams played on January 27th, the DCG Mustangs pulled out a hard-fought 2 point win 52-50 on a last second shot. There would be no need for last second shots in this one, as the Indians built a 25 point lead midway through the […]
