Darrell De Vries August 24, 1965 – June 29, 2022 Fremont, Iowa | Age 56 Darrell De Vries, 56, of Fremont, passed away Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at his home. Darrell Lee De Vries, son of Jerry De Vries and Adrianna Jean (Vander Meyden) Van Mersbergen, was born August 24, 1965, in Oskaloosa. After finishing […]
Russell Sparks May 3, 1934 – June 28, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 88 Russell J. Sparks, 88, of Oskaloosa, died Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at the Northern Mahaska Nursing and Rehab Center in Oskaloosa. He was born May 3, 1934, in Beacon, Iowa, the son of Russell Alexander and Rita Malin Sparks. As a […]
Rodney “Zane” Sytsma September 17, 1953 – June 28, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 68 Rodney Zane Sytsma, 68, of Oskaloosa, died Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at his home east of Oskaloosa. He was born September 17, 1953, in Oskaloosa, Iowa, the son of Rodney Price and Virginia Violet Crile Sytsma. Rodney attended the one-room […]
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – We are excited to congratulate NoCoast Beer Co., out of Oskaloosa, IA, on achieving the Iowa Green Brewery Certification’s Platinum award. NoCoast Beer Co. surpassed their bronze-level certification by furthering their environmental efforts and will be awarded the certification by the IGBC program on July 1, 2022 at 1:00 pm. NoCoast […]
June 29th, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – After last week’s ruling by the Iowa Supreme Court, the Mahaska County Board of Supervisors voted to end their participation in a 28E agreement for a regional airport. That agreement had initially been with the cities of Oskaloosa and Pella and was signed in March of 2012. In June […]
June 27th, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – The smell of burning wood that fired the slow cookers and grills of the competitors filled the air in downtown Oskaloosa over the weekend. This was the fifth year for the event, which continues to evolve to meet the competition’s and participants’ needs and wants. Those taking part in […]
Dale Kenneth Watts November 18, 1925 – June 27, 2022 Montezuma, Iowa | Age 96 Served With Honor ~ United States Military Veteran Dale Watts, 96 of Montezuma passed away on Monday, June 27, 2022 at Windsor Manor in Grinnell. Dale Kenneth Watts, the son of Kenneth and Bertha (Wallace) Watts, was born on November […]
NEW SHARON – It was a near perfect senior night for Zoe Deucore and Morgan Hudson. The North Mahaska seniors made it memorable accounting for six runs batted in as the Warhawks topped BGM 11-1 in five innings. North Mahaska led 1-0 at the bottom of the second and BGM tied the game on Laiala […]
DES MOINES — Today, Governor Kim Reynolds announced eight recipients of the Iowa Health Careers Registered Apprenticeship Grant Program. This program, based on the Nursing/Patient Care program at the Career Academy of Pella, follows an innovative learning model that introduces health care opportunities to high school students with the support of virtual reality training and […]
by Brad Arends The Indians JV team traveled to Pella Christian last night and fell in heartbreaking fashion. The Indians started out with a triple by Kassie Johnson and a throwing error on the play sent her around the bases and started the scoring. PC would score one of their own in the bottom to […]
