Rickie VandeStroet January 27, 1954 – May 12, 2023 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 69 Rickie VandeStroet, age 69, of Oskaloosa, passed away on Friday, May 12, 2023, at the MHP Serenity Hospice house in Oskaloosa. He was born on January 27, 1954, in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of Gilbert and Nellie (Vanegdom) VandeStroet. Rickie […]
by Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch May 11, 2023 The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an Iowa organization’s challenge to a law imposing restrictions on the sale of pork in California. The decision marks a significant defeat for Iowa pork producers who have long argued that California’s law, backed by animal-welfare advocates, would disrupt […]
by Betsy Luck Holy smokes, what a night for the girls team! They came ready to compete and compete they did!! The team finished the night with 10 automatic state qualifiers and several others waiting to see if they make one of the 8 at large positions left in the state. As a team they […]
by Mike Sterner We were back for round 4 in Pella Thursday night, this time for the state qualifier district meet. Top 2 are automatic qualifiers; then we do the waiting game to see what got in with at-large times tomorrow. Our young men broke 16 PR bests and 3 season best realy times tonight. […]
by Jerry Mackey Oskaloosa, Iowa: Wednesday, May 10th provided perfect weather for night number four of weekly racing at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa. It was Hall of Fame voting night which featured the opportunity for fans and drivers the opportunity to cast a ballot for those individuals that will be inducted into the […]
by Bryan Kime The girls had districts on a nice sunny day in Fairfield Wednesday. Hannah Nelson and Lexi Prather had a tough draw getting the pigtail match. They beat a good Maharishi team in a third set ties break advancing them into the bracket. They then had another battle going to a 3rd set […]
NEW SHARON – North Mahaska had four golfers finish in the top 11 spots at the Class 1A sectional golf meet held at Prairie Knolls in New Sharon Wednesday. The Warhawks tallied 346 but it was Keota who took the top qualifying spot with a 327. Keota finished with three in the top six and […]
by Bret Foster It wasn’t always pretty but after a great front 9 and a sketchy back 9, Oskaloosa qualified for Districts! Washington Country Club had their pins set in some tough spots and the wind played with all players. Osky finished in 2nd place and qualified pretty comfortably by the end of the day. […]
May 2023 Bobby Dean Adams April 18, 1929 – January 5, 2019 Korean War Naval Reserves and U.S.Navy Bob was a 1946 graduate of New Virginia High School. He joined the Naval Reserves in 1947 and, during this time, also worked at Solar Aircraft in Des Moines as a quality control engineer. In 1951, Bob […]
NM Boys Third MONTEZUMA – North Mahaska’s final tune-up meet of the season was profitable as the girls captured first at the Darrel Brand Relays in Montezuma. North Mahaska boys ran third in preparation for the district track meet at Brooklyn on Thursday. The girls took first, second or third in 11 events to score […]
