Oskaloosa, Iowa – The moment is designed to remember, honor, and teach, as over 1200 locations across the United States and beyond placed wreaths to remember the sacrifices of those in our armed forces. Marla Van Dee is with the Daughters of the American Revolution and worked with the American Legion and VFW of Oskaloosa […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The weather was playing nice, and hundreds of people flocked to Nelson Pioneer Farm for an ‘Old Time Country Christmas.” The event is now in its fifth year and has, at times, struggled to gain the popularity that Friday night indicated it could have. Museum curator Kelly Halbert came up with the […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The South Central Regional Airport Agency met this past week to consider a couple of task orders. Those task orders included giving direction to HDR Engineering to conduct a public information meeting to satisfy Iowa Code Chapter 6B for governmental projects planning to acquire agricultural property. Jerry Searle, a consultant with HDR […]
New Sharon, Iowa – As the number of student-athletes participating or attending high schools, especially in rural areas, fielding teams, especially football teams, can become a challenge. Twin Cedars is an area school that already plays 8-man football, and Montezuma will be joining that trend this coming season as well. For North Mahaska, the discussion […]
PELLA — A battle-tested Central College men’s basketball team went toe-to-toe with the d3hoops.com No. 3-ranked Augustana College (Ill.) Saturday before faltering down the stretch to lose 82-73. Entering Saturday’s matchup, Central (3-7) had the NCAA Division III West Region’s second highest strength of schedule, according to d3hoops.com. “We’ve shown all year that we have […]
by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–Cooper Gosch (Jr., Reeds Springs, Okla., Education) and Nate Van Veldhuizen (Jr., Oskaloosa, Iowa, Mechanical Engineering) were honored for their excellence in the classroom as they were named 2017 Daktronics-NAIA Football Scholar-Athletes Friday. The honor is the first for both individuals. Van Veldhuizen leads the duo with a 3.81 Grade Point Average, […]
The swim team pulled off a great night of swimming at the first Boy’s home swim meet in the history of the Oskaloosa Indians. The Indians hosted Keokuk and Williamsburg in a double dual and came away with two wins, and they defeated Keokuk by a score of 61-30, and they were able to defeat […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Making the commute to work on Friday morning got a little dicey for those traveling in Mahaska County. According to the Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office, twelve accidents happened in the county, with most of them being small fender-benders. There were, however, three rollover accidents, resulting in some minor injuries to motorists. According […]
PELLA—Forward Kyle Smith (senior, New Hampton) became the 29th member of Central College’s men’s basketball 1,000-point club as the Dutch coasted past Faith Baptist 110-37 Thursday night. The 73-point victory margin was the second-largest in school history, eclipsing an 85-16 thrashing of Simpson in 1910-11. The all-time mark was a 110-37 victory over Iowa Success […]
The 7th grade girls basketball team hosted Pella Christian Thursday night in a contest between two evenly matched teams. The offense started slowly only scoring 9 points against Pella Christian’s sagging man to man defense in the first half. However, the Indians pressure defense kept them in the game holding the Eagles to only 7 […]
