Archive for: August, 2023

MARQUES, PIRRI POWER WARRIORS IN OPENER

Sophomore Gustavo Marques (São Paulo, Brazil/Colegio Anglo Indaiatuba) and freshman Fernando Pirri (Cordoba, Spain/IES Francisco de los Rios) tallied a pair of goals each to power the No. 17 nationally ranked Indian Hills Men's Soccer team to a 4-1 victory over Southwestern Illinois College on the opening day of the IHCC Classic.

Ottumwa, IA – Sophomore Gustavo Marques (São Paulo, Brazil/Colegio Anglo Indaiatuba) and freshman Fernando Pirri (Cordoba, Spain/IES Francisco de los Rios) tallied a pair of goals each to power the No. 17 nationally ranked Indian Hills Men’s Soccer team to a 4-1 victory over Southwestern Illinois College on the opening day of the IHCC Classic. […]

Veteran Central football squad looks to contend again

Central Dutch Athletics

PELLA—The question that looms most prominently at the start of the 2023 season is the same one the Central College football team was posed with when practices opened a year earlier. But as coach Jeff McMartin seeks to identify his starting quarterback, the Dutch are better positioned to find an answer. While that’s not the […]

Central’s Sunvold on Fred Mitchell Award kicker watch list

Central Dutch Athletics

PELLA—Central College’s Logan Sunvold (senior, Monroe, Southeast Polk HS) is among 34 non-NCAA FBS kickers named to the Fred Mitchell Award preseason watch list. It’s the second year in a row that Sunvold, a two-time D3football.com All-Region honoree, has landed on the list. The award is presented in mid-December to a kicker from an NCAA […]

Team academic honor for Central’s men’s and women’s soccer programs

Central Dutch Athletics

PELLA—Central College is among 187 colleges and universities nationwide to have both its men’s and women’s soccer teams receive the United Soccer Coaches College Team Academic Award. It’s the 12th consecutive year that the Dutch women’s squad has earned the award and the 15th time overall. It’s the 10th award for the Central men. Teams […]

Fall Sports Underway For Oskaloosa School District

Oskaloosa hosted Des Moines Lincoln in a scrimmage on Friday night.

Oskaloosa, Iowa – The heat was scheduled to build, and it didn’t feel much like fall, but the Oskaloosa Indians Football team was on the field in a scrimmage with Des Moines Lincoln on Friday night. Oskaloosa News spoke with Activities Director Ryan Parker about the upcoming season. Besides football, volleyball, girls swimming, and boys […]

Juvenile Killed In Mahaska County Crash

Mahaska County Sheriff's Department

A Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office Press Release On Thursday, August 17th, 2023, at approximately 7:20 pm, members of the Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the intersection of 270th Street and Teller Avenue in rural Mahaska County, in reference to an automobile accident. Upon Deputies’ arrival, it was discovered that an all-terrain vehicle (4-wheeler) […]

City of Oskaloosa designated as a 2024 Iowa Thriving Community!

Oskaloosa Bandstand

On August 15, 2023, the Iowa Finance Authority announced the City of Oskaloosa as a 2024 Iowa Thriving Community… Oskaloosa was one out of 11 communities in Iowa to receive this designation. This announcement means a lot for Oskaloosa, as it will provide incentives for future developers searching for tax credits to develop in our […]

Groundbreaking Set for Oskaloosa Entertainment & Sports Complex

Location of a potential new entertainment complex in Oskaloosa.

LENA, Ill., August 18, 2023 — The media and public are invited to a groundbreaking event for a new entertainment and sports complex in Oskaloosa, Iowa, at 11 a.m. Wednesday, August 23. Trio Entertainment Venue, a project from EVOLVE Hospitality, will include a three-screen movie theater, restaurant/bar, indoor tennis (2) and pickleball (4) courts, and […]

Iowa’s Labor Force Participation Rate Returns to Pre-Pandemic Level

Iowa Workforce Development

Unemployment Rate Unchanged in July DES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady at 2.7 percent in July but remains down from 2.8 percent one year ago. The state’s labor force added 2,700 new workers in July, increasing Iowa’s labor force participation rate to 68.8 percent. That is up from 68.2 percent […]

Mahaska Health facilitates Mobile Food Pantry in Oskaloosa

Mahaska Health team members and community volunteers work together at the Southern Iowa fairgrounds on the second Monday of each month to lead the Food Bank of Iowa mobile food pantry. This initiative helps families in need of food assistance across the state of Iowa.

August 16th, 2023 OSKALOOSA, IA. Mahaska Health team members and community volunteers work together at the Southern Iowa fairgrounds on the second Monday of each month to lead the Food Bank of Iowa mobile food pantry. This initiative helps families in need of food assistance across the state of Iowa. As a Food Bank of […]

             

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