April 5, 2011 – Oskaloosa, IA – The United Way of Mahaska County is holding their third annual Live United 5K Run & Family Day on April 30th at the Penn Activity Center on the William Penn University campus. A map of the race route is on the website. Family day events will be […]
This video was released by the Oskaloosa Police Department in conjunction with the armed robbery that happened at the Medicap Pharmacy in Oskaloosa. If you have any information concerning this case, contact them at 641-672-2557. Footage edited and provided by The Communication Research Institute of William Penn University, contact them for usage.
The Mahaska County Soccer’s Clubs 4 yr old division, JFK (Just for Kids), began games last week at the Lacey Recreation Complex. The four year old’s held up despite the cold much finer than many parents and loved ones bundled up on the sidelines! “You gotta love youth!” a fan was quoted as saying while […]
It was your typical Wednesday. Employees of Medicap Pharmacy in Oskaloosa went about their work helping the residents of Oskaloosa with their prescription needs when a woman in her 20s wearing large sunglasses changed not only their day, but their lives. Oskaloosa’s Medicap Pharmacy owned by Michelle Heidebrink was taken by surprise when a woman […]
On Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at approximately 1:00 pm, a white female entered the Medicap Pharmacy, located at 504 A Avenue West in Oskaloosa, Iowa and demanded schedule two controlled substances. At the time of making the request, the female displayed a black semi-automatic hand gun. Store employees advised that they did not have what she was […]
Shortly after 1 p.m. April 20th, 2011, a white female approximately 5 foot 8 inches tall and appearing to be in her 20s with reddish brown dark hair attempted to rob the Oskaloosa Medicap Pharmacy. The female was wearing big dark sunglasses and wearing designer blue jeans with her hair pulled back in a pony-tail. […]
“We Believe In Miracles”, a team with the March of Dimes, was on hand Monday evening at Pizza Ranch in Oskaloosa to raise money by busing tables for tips. The fundraiser was to help premature babies and to promote healthy babies. The team came into existence when Rosella Chambers’ nephew was born premature at 26 […]
Three William Penn University students and a faculty sponsor represented the Iowa Beta chapter at the national convention of Alpha Chi, the national college honor society, March 31-April 2, 2011 in San Diego, California. The students–Jean Bikomeye of Rwanda’s eastern province, Ngoma, Jordan Riggenbach, of Ottumwa, and Melisa Wink of Brookfield, Illinois—presented papers at the […]
Education students from the Human Relations class at William Penn University volunteered for Habitat for Humanity on April 12, 2011. Director, Blaine Vos, came to speak to the class earlier in the semester about Ruby Payne’s book Bridges Out of Poverty. Throughout the year, the class has looked at multiple subcultures that are present within […]
On Tuesday April 12th, the Eddyville-Blakesburg High School Jazz Band I competed in class 2A competition at the Iowa Jazz Championships in Des Moines. This is the twenty-fifth year in a row that the E.B.H.S. Jazz Band has qualified for the Iowa Jazz Championships. Five students were honored by the judges with Outstanding Soloist Awards: […]
