an Oskaloosa Main Street Press Release Oskaloosa Main Street’s 35th Annual Lighted Christmas Parade will take place on Saturday, December 3rd in downtown Oskaloosa at 7:00 p.m. Main Street Director, Amy Brainard encourages visitors to “make a day of it by shopping local, dining local, and supporting local. The lights will go on at 4:45 […]
MANKATO, MINN.— Visions of a big road victory faded down the stretch as undefeated Bethany Lutheran College (Minn.) used a 15-2 surge to outlast the Central College men’s basketball team 79-74 Tuesday night. After trailing 56-52 with 12:37 left, Central regained the lead and was up 67-62 at just under the 7-minute mark. But the […]
JACKSONVILLE, ILL.—Red-hot shooting propelled Illinois College past the Central College women’s basketball team Tuesday, 97-68. While Central (2-3) got 18 points from guard Abby Johnson (sophomore, Ankeny), they couldn’t keep pace with the Lady Blues, who shot a sizzling 57.1% for the night and had four players with 14 points or more. The Dutch connected […]
PELLA—Eight Central College football players were named to the College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-District squad. To be eligible for consideration, a student-athlete must be a starter or key reserve at the varsity level and achieve a 3.50 or better cumulative grade point average (4.00 scale). Each institution can nominate a limited number of […]
Ottumwa, IA – The Indian Hills Men’s Basketball team is coming off a big week on the hardwood with a 3-0 record to boast. The Warriors have been rewarded for their efforts with a series of national recognitions. The Warriors’ 3-0 record last week included a 108-99 victory over then-No. 1 nationally ranked Northwest Florida […]
by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–Eight members of the Statesmen football team earned postseason recognition as the all-Heart of America Athletic Conference North Division teams were announced last Friday. Jagger Blubaugh (Jr., Wichita, Kan., Exercise Science) led the navy and gold as a first-team honoree on defense. Dylan Wemer (Jr., Joplin, Mo., Physical Education (K-12)) was a second-team […]
The Osky middle school wrestling team began competition on November 10 in Knoxville. We have a mix of wrestlers that range from never having wrestled before and some wrestlers that have competed for several years. They had been working hard in practice and were anxious to get into competition. As a team we ended the […]
Byron Engelhoven November 14, 1930 – November 21, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 92 Byron Engelhoven, age 92 of Oskaloosa, passed away on Monday, November 21, 2022, at his home in Oskaloosa. He was born on November 14, 1930, in Mahaska County the son of Evert and Willena (Plette) Engelhoven. Byron attended country school until […]
November 22, 2022 (Oskaloosa, Iowa) –There is still time to vote for the Main Street Young Ambassador Contestants. Twenty-seven local children ages three through kindergarten are seeking monetary votes to become this year’s Young Ambassadors. This is your last call to vote. Local merchants who are sponsoring the children have banks with the name and […]
by Alex Knoot The girls were back in action this past Thursday night against PCM. The Girls came out a little slow getting down 4 to 10 at the end of the first quarter. But again with some great defensive effort, the girls came firing back and controlled the rest of the game-winning 28 to 14. […]
