The Babe Ruth fields are open and play is well under way for the Jr Babe Ruth season at the Lacey Recreation Complex! The 13-15 yr old Babe Ruth Junior league competed against Pella in a double header Tuesday May 17th. Pella won the first game but Colton Swanson came back to pitch a 9-6 […]
PELLA—The Central College men’s track and field squad climbed one spot to No. 5 in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association outdoor power rankings. Meanwhile the women’s team maintained the No. 19 ranking. Central’s men captured their third consecutive Iowa Conference title last weekend in Mount Vernon, racking up 250 points […]
After climbing in the Nationwide Series standings for the second straight week, top-ten ranked Steve Wallace heads into this weekend hoping the epic battle of David and Goliath replays itself in an unusual place: the cornfields of Iowa. The winner of Iowa Speedway’s inaugural ARCA event storms into the 7/8th-mile circuit designed by his father […]
PELLA—Central College juniors and Iowa Conference outdoor track and field MVP’s Kyle Wood (Newton) and Ethan Miller (Seymour) are the league’s male athletes of the week. It’s the first time Wood has received male athlete of the week distinction but his seventh consecutive week, eighth overall, being cited as the track events performer of the […]
Des Moines, IA – Today, Congressman Leonard Boswell congratulated Principal Financial Group for being named a finalist for the 2011 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. The Freedom Award is the Department’s highest recognition given to employers for exceptional support of their employees serving in the Guard and Reserve. “Principal Financial Group deserves to […]
NEWTON, Iowa – MAY 18, 2011 – The 2011 racing season at Iowa Speedway officially gets underway on Saturday evening when the green flag drops on the Pork Be Inspired 175 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East/West Challenge presented by Tompkins Industries. The K&N Pro Series circuit is the launching pad for many talented up-and-coming young […]
Over the past few weeks, I had the opportunity to talk with the RAID, or Ride Across Iowa in a Day creator Ryan Parlee on different aspects of the ride, his motivations for creating this event, and the things that motivate him personally in wanting to do this. When did you start riding, and what […]
Seward, Neb.–Carlos Stepter (Sr., Highland Park, Mich., Highland Park HS) ran his team’s fastest 100-meter dash of the year to lead all William Penn track and field athletes at the Concordia Twilight Friday. Stepter finished the sport’s shortest race in an ‘A’ standard time of 10.63 seconds. He had qualified earlier this spring with a […]
Mahaska County, Iowa – Mahaska Health Partnership Hospice Services, Mahaska Hospice Auxiliary and Garland-Van Arkel-Langkamp Funeral Chapel are teaming up to present a Community Memorial Service on Wednesday, May 25 at 7 pm The Community Memorial Service will be held at the west end of the MHP Hospice Serenity House on the north side of […]
The Mahaska County CERT Team continues to grow and improve itself in hopes of being there in times of need. The all volunteer force trains and studies everything from CPR to manning an Emergency Operations Center. Their jobs, in a time of disaster, are to be extra hands that the professionals can depend upon to […]
