
Steven Eugene Allison Sr. January 6, 1952 – January 26, 2023 Eddyville, Iowa | Age 71 Steven Eugene Allison Sr., 71, passed away on Thursday, January 26, 2023 at his home. He was born January 6, 1952 to parents Kenneth and Shirley Jean (Ferns) Allison. Steven graduated from Oskaloosa High School, class of 1970. Growing […]
Jan 27 2023 | Posted in
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by Senator Adrian Dickey Hello Senate District 44! This third week of session looked very similar to the previous. Legislation is moving through committees and as we saw on Monday night, and finally hitting the Senate floor. Monday night’s debate was quite the event, wrapping up early Tuesday morning. I attended multiple committee and subcommittee […]

Skyler Grafton April 4, 1992 – January 25, 2023 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 30 Skyler Randall Grafton, 30, of Oskaloosa died on January 25, 2023 at his home in Oskaloosa. He was born April 4, 1992, in Iowa City, the son of Nathan Creer and Lavonna Winchel. Skyler attended school in Burlington and Iowa City. […]
Jan 26 2023 | Posted in
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January 24, 2023 Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is announcing draft guidance for industry on action levels for lead in processed foods that are intended for babies and children under two years of age, to help reduce potential health effects in this vulnerable population from dietary exposure to lead. The proposed action levels […]
Jan 24 2023 | Posted in
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by Alex DeJong Last week the Oskaloosa boys freshman team had a long road trip to Mt. Pleasant taking on the MTP Panthers. You could tell it was a long bus ride because the energy wasn’t all there at the beginning of the game as we let them hang around in the first half. At […]

by Jakob Hasley The JV boys basketball team took on Indianola for the second time this season. The first game was lost because of self-inflicted mistakes, so the Indians looked to correct those and come out with a different approach this time around. It was a tightly contested game early as the first quarter ended […]

Dubuque–The Statesmen women’s bowling team claimed gold for the first time this season as it topped the standings at the Clarke Invitational Saturday and Sunday. WPU was first out of 11 teams with 8,023 pins in five regular games and 16 Baker rounds. Culver-Stockton (Mo.) was a distant second, over 300 pins behind the navy […]
Jan 23 2023 | Posted in
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The Oskaloosa boys and girls teams were in action on Saturday and both came away with the wins against Pella Christian at home. The Oskaloosa girls improve to 12 and 4 on the season and were led by freshman Sidney Thompson with the high games of 182 and 170 for the two game total of […]

PELLA—After a dominant week in the post, Central College’s Allison Van Gorp (sophomore, Pella, Pella Christian HS) was named the American Rivers Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week. Van Gorp, a 6-foot-3 center, put up 44 points, 26 rebounds and eight blocks as Central pushed Simpson College to overtime before suffering an 83-79 home-court […]
Jan 23 2023 | Posted in
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DES MOINES, Iowa (Jan. 23, 2023) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced today the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is accepting applications for the 2023 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program through March 10. The program, which is designed to support projects that enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops grown in Iowa […]
Jan 23 2023 | Posted in
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