Oskaloosa–The Statesmen women’s volleyball team came out red hot, but failed to sustain that excellence as it fell 3-1 to Benedictine in a Heart of America Athletic Conference match Friday. WPU (15-13, 9-6 Heart), which lost by scores of 27-25, 23-25, 26-28, 20-25, held a .240-.222 hitting edge and was stronger in the blocking category […]
DUBUQUE — The Central College volleyball team gave itself a chance but came up short in a four-set loss Friday night at the University of Dubuque. The Dutch (6-13, 1-5 American Rivers Conference) won the third set and were a point away from winning the second set during a 25-15, 27-25, 21-25, 25-18 loss to […]
LEON – North Mahaska’s boy’s cross country team set a new standard Thursday dominating the district meet and qualifying for next week’s state meet. It is the first time a team of cross country runners from NM have qualified. To top it off freshman Aly Steil qualified in the girls’ race. North Mahaska scored 76 […]
A nd ISU Extension Press Release ISU Extension and Outreach, Mahaska County, 4H Honor Council and Mahaska County Farm Bureau partnered together to put on their first Farm to Table Event in Mahaska County. The event featured foods from local producers who also attended the dinner. The producers shared why they chose the profession of […]
And New Sharong Fire and Rescue Press Release On Wednesday, October 19, 2022, at 12:08 PM, the Mahaska County 911 Center received a report of a possible structure fire in the 1400 block of Merino Avenue. New Sharon Fire department was paged and en route with in four minutes of the 911 call. First arriving […]
NEW SHARON – Seniors Jalayna Shipley and Caitlyn Sanders earned first and second team recognition respectively by the volleyball coaches in the South Iowa Cedar League. Two more players were given honorable mention. Both Shipley and Sanders were team captains. North Mahaska finished the season 20-9 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Class 1A […]
Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and USDA APHIS Confirm Case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Non-Commercial Backyard Flock in Dallas County, Iowa DES MOINES, Iowa (October 20, 2022) – The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) […]
WAYLAND – North Mahaska knew the trip to Wayland Wednesday to face WACO in the quarterfinals of the Class 1A Regional volleyball tournament was not going to be a walk in the park. North Mahaska could not maintain momentum and WACO advanced in three sets, 25-17, 25-14 and 25-13. WACO jumped out to an early […]
NEW SHARON – North Mahaska scored 15 aces and the visiting Mormon Trail Saints misplayed nine service balls as NM advanced to the quarterfinals of the Class 1A Region 8 volleyball tournament. North Mahaska won with scores of 27-25, 25-21, 25-18. Sophomore Regan Grewe was key to the win recording half of the team’s aces. […]
DES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa’s unemployment rate increased slightly to 2.7 percent in September, while overall labor force participation held steady at 67.7 percent. The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 3.5 percent in September, but the nation’s labor force participation rate fell to 62.3 percent. Iowa’s unemployment rate increased by a tenth-of-a-percent last month but […]
