The Carcass Beef Contest is a great opportunity for all 4-H/FFA youth to learn more about production and the beef industry. Carcass Contest exhibitors select an animal to be in the carcass class at their weigh-in in December. They feed and learn more about producing a market ready animal for their live evaluation in July. […]
PELLA—After spending the 2019 Central College baseball season as a member of the pitching staff, Adam Carey will now oversee that group as a new assistant coach for the 2020 season. Carey is a 2019 graduate of Central College and five-year member of the baseball program having taken a medical redshirt in 2018. He earned […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa: Bill & Ray’s Truck Repair hosted Wednesday nights racing action at the Musco Lighting Southern Iowa Speedway. The racing action provided a night of wild thrilling racing action on a perfectly prepared racing surface. Oskaloosa’s Cayden Carter scored two feature wins on the night with the finale of the evening leaving the crowd […]
OSKALOOSA – United Way of Mahaska County and Penn Central Mall will host a “Bucket ‘O Supplies” sculpture contest starting on Monday, July 22nd. School supplies used will benefit local students and the Back-to-School Fair. All teams will be tasked with using a standard set of school supplies to create their sculpture. For a $50 […]
by Jamie Brockman The road to Fort Dodge has begun, and Oskaloosa Softball is one step closer following their 5-2 win over Grinnell in the opening round of the Class 4A Regionals Thursday night. In front of a large, energetic home crowd Oskaloosa hit the ball hard all night with four doubles, five singles, and […]
The Mahaska County Master Gardeners recently elevated intern Pam Nimtz to certification as an Iowa Master Gardener. She recently completed the volunteer requirement and was presented with certificate and permanent name badge. Iowa Master Gardener is a job title, describing a volunteer who has been trained to educate the public about horticulture and gardening. To […]
Mahaska County Master Gardeners will hold Tomato Fest 2019 on Thursday, August 22 at 6:30 pm we will be learning about tomatoes including growing and tasting tomato varieties and tomato recipes. It will be held by the garden at the Mahaska County Extension Office. The event is open to the public and there is no […]
The Mahaska County Soil and Water Conservation District was one of 84 projects across the state that have been awarded funds to help implement and demonstrate water quality practices through the Iowa Water Quality Initiative. The Iowa Water Quality Initiative was established in 2013 to help implement the Nutrient Reduction Strategy (NRS). The NRS is […]
By relaxing the prevent plant restricted harvest date, farmers have two more months to harvest forages from cover crops AMES, Iowa — Grain and livestock farmers can both benefit from the recent rule change by the United States Department of Agriculture, which allows farmers who planted cover crops on prevented plant acres to harvest those […]
DES MOINES – Election officials and state executives from around the nation will converge in Iowa in 2021 as the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) holds its annual summer conference in Des Moines. Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate developed the successful bid presentation and pitched it to his colleagues, with assistance from […]
