May 10th, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – Like many community events, the annual community bike rodeo returns on Saturday, May 14th, 2022. It will follow the Mahaska County YMCA Healthy Kids Day hosted at Statesmen Community Stadium, beginning at 9 am and going until noon. You can learn more about this event by following this LINK […]
May 10, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – Florence Nightingale is recognized as today’s modern nursing founder. She helped found St. Thomas’s Hospital and created the Nightingale Training School for Nurses in 1860 before passing away in 1910. Nightingale is credited with helping to reform healthcare and the quality of the care provided during her life. Mahaska […]
by Betsy Luck The team brought home a second place finish at the Pella Co-ed meet. The temperatures were wildly different from any other meet this season. All athletes had to battle through 90 degree temps. The team brought hom 5 individual championships: Faith DeRonde in the shot put and the discus setting a new […]
by Cory Sheeley The Osky girls competed in their conference tournament today at the Pella Country Club. The girls shot their lowest 18 hole score of the year with a score of 444 and ended up 6th out of 7 teams. Amelia Meador, Emerson Lee, and Libby Fenton led the way with scores of 103, […]
by Bret Foster The guys played in the conference tourney today at Willow Creek. It was a nice day temperature-wise but very windy. The scores just weren’t good enough for the Osky guys. Too many penalties and putts which means too many mistakes to compete with this conference today. We’ve shown we can do it, […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (May 9, 2022) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented today on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. “A noticeable shift in the cool and wet weather pattern appears to have given farmers a […]
Oskaloosa–The Statesmen track and field teams punched a few more tickets to nationals as they competed at the Heart of America Athletic Conference teams Championships Friday and Saturday. Both squads placed ninth out of 13 teams with the men notching 50 points and the women tallying 27 points. Grand View swept the team crowns as […]
Clint Garner Wins Thriller in 360’s; Mike Mayberry/Scotty Johnson Conquer Pro Sprints by Bill Wright KNOXVILLE, Iowa (May 7, 2022) – A beautiful night at Knoxville Raceway saw a great crowd and great racing. Lemoore, California’s Carson Macedo emerged victorious amongst a stout field of 43 410 sprint cars. The win was Macedo’s third, was […]
Shane Paul Stephenson September 28, 1977 – May 7, 2022 Grinnell, Iowa | Age 44 Shane Paul Stephenson, 44, of Grinnell, Iowa, died on May 7, 2022. Shane was born on September 28, 1977, to Randy and Nancy Vitera Stephenson at Iowa City, Iowa. Shane grew up in the Tri-County area. He was a 1996 […]
Robert Bittner September 9, 1979 – May 5, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 42 Robert Bittner, 42, of Oskaloosa, died Thursday, May 5, 2022, at Ridgewood Specialty Care in Ottumwa. He was born September 9, 1979, in Oskaloosa, Iowa, the son of Ricky and Jerri Fisk Bittner. Robert graduated from Oskaloosa High School with the […]
