
DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate was unanimously elected President of the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) during the organization’s summer conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Additionally, Pate won the prestigious NASS IDEAS Award for his election cybersecurity initiative, “Partnerships Pay Dividends: A Roadmap to Election Cybersecurity”. Secretary Pate […]
Jul 9 2019 | Posted in
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Christine Lynn Harnden December 20, 1974 – July 8, 2019 Albia, Iowa | Age 44 Christine Lynn Harnden, age 44, of Albia, passed away on Monday, July 8, 2019, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa, surrounded by her loving family. Christine was born on December 20, 1974, in Burlington, Iowa to Walter and […]
Jul 9 2019 | Posted in
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Sharon Lee Vera September 4, 1951 – July 8, 2019 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 67 Sharon Lee Vera, age 67, of Oskaloosa died Monday, July 8, 2019, at Unity Point (Methodist) Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. Sharon was born Tuesday, September 4, 1951, in Chino, California, the daughter of Floyd and Peggy Hargrove Gibson. Sharon […]
Jul 9 2019 | Posted in
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The Oskaloosa baseball team cruised to two easy wins on the road at Pella Monday night, winning 12-1 in five innings and 8-2 in the nightcap. The Indians started strong in game one, scoring four runs in the first inning, three in the second, four in the third and one in the fifth inning while […]

by Jamie Brockman The Oskaloosa Softball team ended their regular season with two road wins at Pella Monday night. 3-1 and 5-2. Hayle Hacker pitched two full games, allowing four runs on ten hits with 12 strikeouts and three walks, picking up her 16th and 17th wins of the season. The first game started with […]

Leslie Leroy Curry June 21, 1936 – July 07, 2019 Grinnell, Iowa | Age 83 Served With Honor ~ United States Military Veteran Leslie Leroy Curry (Les) age 83, passed into God’s hands on Sunday, July 7, 2019 at St. Francis Manor In Grinnell. Les was born June 21, 1936, in Browntown, Mahaska County, Iowa, […]
Jul 8 2019 | Posted in
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by Nolanne Rust On the 4th of July, I posted my blessings for the day with a post shared that read “May we think of freedom, not as the right to do what we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right. -Peter Marshall” Guys, that is so good. In so many ways. […]

Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa Indians are on a break until Monday night when they will travel to Pella to take on the Dutch. Oskaloosa is in the middle of a three-game slide, having lost to Norwalk, Indianola, and Carlisle. On Monday, the Indians traveled to Indianola, and Senior Ryan Yates held the home team […]

Parker Price-Miller Storms to First 410 Win by Bill Wright KNOXVILLE, Iowa (July 6, 2019) – Brady Bacon dominated the Brandt Professional Agriculture Corn Belt Nationals Saturday night at the Knoxville Raceway. The Broken Arrow, Oklahoma native led all 30 laps to take home the top prize of $20,000 aboard the Hoffman Racing #69. Parker […]

The Mahaska County Little League and the Lacey Recreation Complex are hosting the Little League Girls Softball State Championships from Saturday, July 6th to Thursday, July 11. The best Little League All-Star teams from across the entire state will be playing ball in Oskaloosa this week. We are excited as a complex, and community to […]
Jul 7 2019 | Posted in
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