By: Jerry Mackey Oskaloosa, Iowa: The 2022 racing season got underway on Wednesday night with a infield packed with race cars. The racing season in Iowa has been plagued by mother nature, and it showed as drivers traveled great distances to get a night of racing in at the Mahaska County monster ½ mile on […]
CANDIDATES FOR JUNE 7, 2022 PRIMARY ELECTION MAHASKA COUNTY *Incumbent UNITED STATES SENATOR Democratic Party Abby Finkenauer Michael Franken Glenn Hurst Republican Party *Chuck Grassley Jim Carlin UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 1 Democratic Party Christina Bohannan Republican Party *Mariannette Miller-Meeks STATE GOVERNOR Democratic Party Deidre DeJear Republican Party *Kim Reynolds SECRETARY OF STATE Democratic Party […]
Legislative District lines in Mahaska County have changed with the redistricting that was recently done following the 2020 census. This is done every ten years and affects both Iowa House and Senate districts throughout the state. New districts in Mahaska County are Senate #19 and #44 and House #37 and #88. Also, Mahaska County is […]
by Cory Sheeley The Osky Girls competed in the Indianola Triangular tonight against Indianola and Norwalk. We came in 3rd with a team score of 236. We just continue to get better every meet and the girls are having fun! Tonight’s weather was perfect and we were glad to have another great day for a […]
DES MOINES – Iowa Workforce Development was recognized today for its work to preserve integrity and efficiency in a critical area of its unemployment insurance (UI) system. Announced by the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA), the national award applauds IWD for its strong integration of the State Information Data Exchange System (SIDES) to […]
PELLA – At the Dutchies, the Central College athletics department announced women’s tennis player Alyssa Lewton (Ankeny, Centennial HS) and football offensive lineman Josh Kuiper (Grundy Center) as the female and male senior student-athletes with the highest cumulative GPAs. Lewton carries a 3.914 GPA as a Spanish and sociology double major. She also earned a […]
April 24th, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – You often hear them rushing through busy streets, emergency lights flashing, and a siren wailing, as Mahaska Health’s paramedics work to get to the latest emergency or medical call. During the pandemic of 2020, paramedics and the rest of the medical community were applauded for their dedication to duty […]
Oskaloosa–Baseball player Brian Thomas (So., Shingle Springs, Calif.) and softball player Chelsey Huff (Fr., Douds, Iowa, Exercise Science) have been named the Statesmen of the Week for the week of April 18-24, presented by Gardner-Collier Jewelry. Thomas had his best performance of the season, tossing six innings in a win over Graceland last Saturday. The […]
Des Moines–The Statesmen softball team was unable to muster any offense as it was swept by Grand View in a Heart of America Athletic Conference doubleheader Tuesday. William Penn (21-19, 14-12 Heart) fell by scores of 4-0 and 6-0. The visitors, who were outhit 8-2 in the opener, were knotted in a scoreless tie entering […]
by Elizabeth Luck The girls had a wonderful night to compete at Grinnell. The team came away with a second place finish 24 points behind Pella. There were 9 new personal records set and 6 season best relays set!! First place finishes included: Faith DeRonde in the Shot Put and the Discus Maleah Walker in […]
