
Oskaloosa, Iowa: Copeland Auto Body and SS Mobile Blasting hosted the racing action on Wednesday night at the Musco Lighting Southern Iowa Speedway. When the checkered flags flew it was familiar faces making their way to victory lane in all five racing divisions. The headliner of the night was the Midstate Machine Stock car feature […]
Jul 25 2019 | Posted in
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Oskaloosa News thanks our sponsors for making coverage of this game possible. Local Disposal Inc, MidWestOne Bank, Brown’s Heating and Cooling, Mahaska Drug, and Mahaska Communications Group – MCG. by Jamie Brockman I’ve always said and heard that softball is a game of inches and little things make big differences. That was never more true […]

PELLA— Five Central College women’s track and field athletes earned individual plaudits as the entire team was given the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic Team award Tuesday. In order to qualify for the team award, the GPA of the team’s entire roster must combine to equal 3.10. The Dutch reached […]
Jul 24 2019 | Posted in
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PELLA — Will Daniels (senior, Geneseo, Ill.) won both the NCAA Division III track and field indoor and outdoor field events Men’s Scholar Athlete of the Year honors as announced by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic Team Tuesday Daniels was joined by Kyle Pape (senior, Dubuque, Wahlert Catholic HS) […]
Jul 24 2019 | Posted in
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PELLA—For the fifth straight year, the Central College women’s tennis squad was given the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic Team Award. Meanwhile, four Central players were named to the ITA Scholar-Athlete Team. The Dutch posted a 3.30 combined team grade point average and a 13-11 dual meet record, placing fourth in the American Rivers Conference. […]
Jul 24 2019 | Posted in
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OTTUMWA — Twenty-eight Oskaloosa-area residents have been awarded Indian Hills Community College scholarships for the 2019-2020 academic year. Those receiving the scholarships and the awards include: Amaya Graham – Automotive Technology Club Scholarship Johnathan Miller – Automotive Technology Club Scholarship Ramsey Smith – Choir/Jazz Band Scholarship Josh DeLong – Computer Software Development Club Scholarship Collin […]
Jul 24 2019 | Posted in
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PELLA—The Central College volleyball team has received the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award, continuing an unprecedented 19-year streak of earning the national honor. It’s the most consecutive years any Division III college has been recognized. Central has been cited 20 times overall. To receive the AVCA distinction, a team’s combined grade point […]
Jul 24 2019 | Posted in
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June Morrison May 12, 1938 – July 23, 2019 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 81 Junella Morrison, 81, of Oskaloosa, died Tuesday, July 23, 2019, at the Oskaloosa Care Center in Oskaloosa. She was born May 12, 1938, in Pella, Iowa, the daughter of William and Wilma Wichhart Van Hal. June graduated from Pella High School […]
Jul 24 2019 | Posted in
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Oskaloosa News thanks our sponsors for making coverage of this game possible. Local Disposal Inc, MidWestOne Bank, Brown’s Heating and Cooling, Mahaska Drug, and Mahaska Communications Group – MCG. by Jamie Brockman Oskaloosa suffered a heartbreaking loss in extra innings 3-2 to number three ranked North Scott in the Class 4A Quarterfinals of the State […]

On Tuesday, July 23, 2019, at approximately 8:25 am, members of the Mahaska County Sheriffs Office were dispatched to the 3000 block of Hwy 23, in rural Mahaska County, regarding a vehicle accident involving a semi-tractor/trailer and a farm tractor. Upon official’s arrival, it was discovered that 2016 Case IH farm tractor had been traveling […]
Jul 23 2019 | Posted in
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