Nate Mills Leads Wire to Wire for First Knoxville Win in a 360; J Kinder Wins in the Pros by Bill Wright KNOXVILLE, Iowa (May 18, 2024) – Garet Williamson posted his first ever 410 sprint car win at the Knoxville Raceway Saturday, holding off Aaron Reutzel at the line. The win came aboard the […]
Three days of splendid competition at the Iowa State Track and Field meet, held at Drake Stadium from Thursday to Saturday, saw the Oskaloosa girls track and field participants deliver commendable performances. Tierney Carter was a standout, racing to a sixth-place finish in the 400-meter dash with a time of 58.663 seconds. Carter also excelled […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (May 20, 2024) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. Additionally, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship provides a weather summary each week during this […]
OSKALOOSA, Iowa — Oskaloosa High School boys’ basketball program will be ready for tip-off this fall with a new chapter. Erik McGee will step onto the court as the newly appointed head coach. With a rich background in both playing, coaching and teaching, McGee brings experience and a passion for mentoring young athletes to the […]
by Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch May 17, 2024 Gov. Kim Reynolds on Friday signed the final slate of bills remaining from the 2024 legislative session, including new laws related to the regulation of hemp-derived product and changes to the state’s boards and commissions. The signing of 20 bills marked the end of action on […]
PELLA-A Central College softball team that has thrived on comebacks, was in need of a bounceback. An excruciating 7-6, 10-inning loss to Bethel University (Minn.) Saturday forced a final deciding game but the determined Dutch responded with a resounding 9-3 victory to capture the four-team NCAA Division III Regional crown. It’s Central’s 15th regional title, […]
A significant traffic accident occurred on Highway 163, east of Pella, Iowa, involving a semi-truck and a field sprayer. The semi, driven by Robert K. Weed, 49, from Philadelphia, PA, collided with the rear of a field sprayer operated by Lee E. Deprenger, 65, from Otley, IA. Both individuals sustained injuries and were transported to […]
PELLA-Small ball came up big once again for the Central College softball team, swiping eight bases in knocking off the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in NCAA Division III regional action Friday. Central (31-10) moves on in the winners’ bracket of the four-team, double-elimination regional to Saturday’s championship at 11 a.m. at the A.N. Kuyper Athletics Complex […]
DES MOINES – North Mahaska’s 1,600-meter relay team will be competing for the top prize in the event on the Blue Oval at Drake Stadium on Saturday. The relay team secured a spot in the final event of the day taking second in their heat and placing seventh overall in the preliminaries. More than 16,000 […]
DES MOINES – First day of the 2024 Iowa State Track Meet is in the books for North Mahaska. The Warhawks competed in five events with Nataliya Linder and Andy Knockel picking up a fifth place finish in their respective events. The Blue Oval at Drake Stadium was hot as a number of state records […]
