NEWS

By:  Joe Lancello William Penn University’s volleyball team is getting ready to open their season this weekend.  A year ago, the Statesmen finished 19-15 overall, the most wins for the team since 2012.  Statesmen Coach…

By: Joe Lancello Monday night (8/19), the Oskaloosa City Council will vote on approving the layout for the Pear Tree Estates subdivision, and will also consider changing the city’s building permit requirement…so that you would…

Lynyrd Skynyrd have pushed back two dates on the band's "Last of the Street Survivors" tour to give guitarist and original member Gary Rossington time to recuperate from heart surgery. The Southern rock band was…

For the first time ever, William Penn’s men’s soccer team is in the NAIA preseason rankings.  The Statesmen received votes....missing out on a spot in the top 25.  To show how tough the Statesmen’s Heart…

By Joe Lancello "It's that fun time of the year again.  It's hot and it's August and we're getting the ball rolling." Oskaloosa High football coach Jake Jenkins is glad to be back on the…

By ISAAC SCHARF JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s interior minister said Friday he has received and granted a request by Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib to enter the Israeli-occupied West Bank on humanitarian grounds. The decision marked…

It was the largest gathering to see a Presidential candidate in Oskaloosa so far this campaign season. Over a hundred people came to hear South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg make his case for the…

A hearing on whether the alleged confession by the man accused of killing Mollie Tibbetts can be used as evidence has been delayed.  The attorneys for Cristhian Bahena Rivera asked for the delay, saying more…

William Penn University’s football team put on the pads for the first time Wednesday (8/14) and hosted a scrimmage with Ellsworth Community College.  Statesmen Coach Todd Hafner talks about the scrimmage. "I thought it was…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Rep. Steve King on Wednesday defended his call for a ban on all abortions by questioning whether there would be “any population of the world left”…