
Race to be held July 24 Newton, Iowa (Dec. 1, 2020) – The ARCA Menards Series will be making its return to Iowa Speedway on Saturday, July 24, 2021, as the Series announced its 2021 schedule Tuesday. It will mark the seventh straight year and 15th time in the last 16 years dating back to […]

(Oskaloosa, Iowa) –Oskaloosa’s Downtown Lighted Christmas Display is happening this Saturday, December 5, 2020. From 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, spectators may drive through the Display to view floats and entries against the dazzling backdrop of Painting with Lights. Oskaloosa Main Street and parade organizers have been working with local Public Health, Police, and Emergency […]
Dec 2 2020 | Posted in
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Local News ‘Light The Night’ Starts A New Tradition At Mahaska Health Young Ambassador Winners Announced! Oskaloosa Police Department To Partner With Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division Mariannette Miller-Meeks Looks To Become Certified 2nd Congressional Winner COVID-19 Numbers Show Improvement Couple With Oskaloosa Roots Making Their Mark In Nashville United Way Hands Out Winter Coats Staff […]
Dec 2 2020 | Posted in
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Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska Health Foundation held the first annual “Light the Night” event, featuring a display of the campus Christmas tree. Each year, this event will spotlight a specific cause, and this year highlights those who have battled cancer. Janet Farner, a Mahaska Health patient, turned on the lights, and Santa Clause, with […]
Dec 1 2020 | Posted in
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Delores J. Sarver May 23, 1947 – November 30, 2020 Rose Hill, Iowa | Age 73 Delores J. Sarver, 73, of Rose Hill passed away at the MHP Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa, Iowa on Monday, November 30, 2020. She was born May 23, 1947, in Pawnee City, Nebraska, the daughter of Melvin and Mary […]
Dec 1 2020 | Posted in
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Jerry David Van Zomeren January 17, 1937 – November 30, 2020 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 83 Jerry D. Van Zomeren, 83, of Oskaloosa passed away November 30, 2020 at Mahaska Health in Oskaloosa. Jerry David Van Zomeren, son of Walter David and Josephine (Van Haaften) Van Zomeren, was born January 17, 1937, in Mahaska County. […]
Dec 1 2020 | Posted in
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John L. Sherlock May 30, 1947 – November 30, 2020 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 73 John L. Sherlock, 73, of Oskaloosa, died Monday, November 30, 2020, at Mercy One in Des Moines. He was born May 30, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois, the son of John W. and Norine Brett Sherlock. John graduated from St. Ignatius […]
Dec 1 2020 | Posted in
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PELLA—A little shy of a warning-track fly ball away from the playing field at Houston’s Minute Maid Park, 2018 Central College athletic training graduate Brandon Zumbach got his first shot in the big leagues last summer, spending much of the pandemic-shortened baseball season parked outside of the home clubhouse, screening visitors. Yet about all he […]
Dec 1 2020 | Posted in
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DES MOINES, Iowa (Nov. 30, 2020) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly from April through November. “This week marks the end of the 2020 weekly crop progress and conditions report from […]
Dec 1 2020 | Posted in
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Oskaloosa–Cameron Hargrove (Fr., Bolingbrook, Ill.) picked up a big win to open his collegiate career and his efforts helped him to be named the Heart of America Athletic Conference Men’s Wrestler of the Week Monday. Hargrove earned his first-ever laurel by defeating Blake Pomajzl of Northwestern last Tuesday. The freshman 157-pounder was leading Pomajzl 9-6 […]
Dec 1 2020 | Posted in
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