by Jason Madison State climatologists predict the current drought could continue through the rest of the year in Iowa. Mahaska County is 8 to 12 inches under the amount of moisture needed for this time of year. As CRI’s Jason Madison reports, in case the rain doesn’t add up in the next months, officials say […]
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Waverly–While no new individuals qualified for nationals, several had strong performances in their final tune-up at the Wartburg Invitational Saturday. Competing with very limited squads, the Statesmen were fifth out of seven teams with 21 points, while the women were last in the six-team standings. Wartburg dominated both sides with 300 points in the women’s […]
Oskaloosa–Weather upstaged the game Saturday as the William Penn baseball team opened its 2013 season by splitting a non-conference doubleheader against Calumet-St. Joseph (Ind.). On a day where the temperatures never moved above freezing, the Statesmen (1-1) lost the opener 11-1, but rebounded with a 7-3 win in the nightcap. The Crimson Wave (1-1) scored […]
Editors Note: The views and opinions expressed in this editorial are not necessarily the views or opinions of Osky News. A note that I also posted on the Waukee Patch.com in response to an update from the Republican representative for that district, Rob Taylor. Rob is a good, honorable man who offered details about pending […]
PELLA—This time, a spirited Central College men’s basketball comeback wasn’t enough. Down 35-20 at intermission, down 12 with 6:30 remaining and still trailing by six with less than 30 seconds left, the short-handed Dutch crawled within one and had a chance for the win before Simpson College escaped 73-69 Saturday. That knocks Central (10-14 overall, […]
PELLA—Digging deep for one of its strongest efforts of the year, the Central College women’s basketball team nearly pulled off a stunner in the season finale Saturday before No. 6 Simpson College escaped with a 70-68 win. The Dutch led 32-29 at the half before Simpson used a 6-0 run to go up 53-46. Central […]
by Rick Vogel A great story. Trapped in a flood of sewage on a luxury liner. Even without actual video, word pictures did wonders to make the story work. I mean having Sanjay Gupta call it a ‘floating petri dish.’ Dang. Now that’s visuals. I watched CNN’s exclusive video of a non-moving ship at sea. […]
IOWA CITY—The Central College men’s and women’s track and field squads concluded the indoor regular season at the Iowa Invitational Friday night. No team scores were kept. Horton leaps into national rankings—Sophomore Eli Horton (Runnells, Southeast Polk HS) scored a big personal best in the Mile run, crossing the line in second place with a […]
by Joe Milledge KIIC Sports It was a tough night for southeast Iowa wrestlers in the championship round at the 2013 State Wrestling tournament. The early indication came at weight 113 when Albia’s Shadow Leshen was beat 1-0 and claims 2nd place in class 2a for the second year in a row. But in a […]
