Fruit trees can be a beautiful and fun addition to any landscape, and they should be pruned to obtain good yields of high-quality fruit. There are three important aspects to pruning fruit trees: timing, frequency and procedure. Horticulture specialists with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach share information on how to prune fruit trees. To […]
PELLA—Cold shooting wasn’t the answer the Central College women’s basketball team needed Wednesday as it was shut down by No. 12 Loras College 69-46. The Dutch (11-8 overall, 3-7 American Rivers) hit just 28.6% in the first quarter and 20.0% in the second. Only a 55.6% fourth quarter brought the final number up to a […]
PELLA—The performance was promising but the result was the same as the Central College men’s basketball team dropped a back-and-forth contest with Loras College 79-72 Wednesday night. There were 15 lead changes and the Dutch (4-15 overall, 1-9 American Rivers) never trailed by more than eight, but it was nonetheless an 11th-straight setback for the […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Emergency Management Commission discussed their upcoming budget this past week. Emergency Management Director Jamey Robinson said that they would be looking at a 1.88% increase for the fiscal year 2020-2021. The levy would still decrease by 1 penny due to the increase in assessed land value. Increased insurance costs […]
Joyce Louise Walston August 30, 1929 – January 28, 2020 New Sharon, Iowa | Age 90 Joyce Walston, 90 of New Sharon passed away Tuesday morning, January 28, 2020 at the Mahaska Health Partnership Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. Joyce Louise Walston, the daughter of William and Margaret (Whitehead) Adkins, was born on August 30, […]
Martin “Marty” Lee Chamberlain August 31, 1953 – January 28, 2020 Chesapeake, Virginia (Albia, IA) | Age 66 Martin “Marty” Lee Chamberlain, age 66, of Chesapeake, Virginia, passed away on Tuesday, January 28, 2020, at his home in Chesapeake. Marty was born on August 31, 1953, in Albia, Iowa, to Robert Raymond and Shirley Catherine […]
Shirley J. Wells January 1, 1929 – January 28, 2020 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 91 Shirley J. Wells, 91, of Oskaloosa passed away Tuesday, January 28, 2020, at the Mahaska Health Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. Shirley was born on January 1, 1929, the fifth of six children born to William T. and Hazel Mae […]
Abby Coleen Owens November 17, 1991 – January 28, 2020 Montezuma, Iowa | Age 28 Abby Owens, 28 of Montezuma, passed away Tuesday, January 28, 2020. Abby Coleen Owens, the daughter of Danny and Darla (Olson) Owens, was born on November 17, 1991 in Des Moines, Iowa. Abby received her education from Montezuma and North […]
DES MOINES– Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced her appointment of Dana Oxley as a justice of the Iowa Supreme Court Tuesday afternoon at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Oxley, of Swisher, currently practices law with Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C. in Cedar Rapids, and serves as an adjunct law professor at the University of […]
DES MOINES – Donald Trump, Andrew Yang and Bernie Sanders are the top three vote-getters so far among presidential candidates in Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate’s Iowa Youth Straw Poll. Thousands of students across the state voted in the poll on Tuesday. As of 4:30 p.m., with more than 23,000 votes cast, Donald Trump […]
