Archive for: April, 2025

The Dickey Dispatch – March 31, 2025

The Dickey Dispatch by Senator Adrian Dickey

by Senator Adrian Dickey Happy Monday District 44! Last week started off on a good note with my bill, SF 590, passing through the Senate with a vote of 49-0. SF 590 adds food distributors to our current liability protections for donating foods to food banks. Currently trucking companies are often unable to donate food […]

North Mahaska Welcomes New National Honor Society Members

Nine new members joined the North Mahaska Honor Society on March 12, 2025

April 2025 Bandstand Flag Memorial

Charles L. Mick

Charles L. Mick August 29, 1927 – March 26, 2024 The United States Navy Chuck graduated from Oskaloosa High School in 1945, enlisted in the Navy, and began his active duty on October 24, 1945, at the Naval Training Center in San Diego, California. He served as a Yeoman, was discharged August 7, 1946, and […]

Mining is an environmental and human rights nightmare. Battery recycling can ease that.

Redwood’s Tahoe Campus in Northern Nevada. (Photo courtesy of Redwood Materials)

by Tik Root, Grist, Iowa Capital Dispatch March 30, 2025 This story was produced by Grist and co-published with States Newsroom Rows of dead batteries stretch across some 30 acres of high desert, organized in piles and boxes that are covered to shield them from the western Nevada sun. This vast field is where Redwood Materials stores […]

WARRIORS TAKE SERIES FINALE WITH IOWA CENTRAL

Indian Hills Athletics

March 30, 2025 Centerville, IA – The Indian Hills Baseball team closed out its weekend Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) series against Iowa Central Community College with a doubleheader split at Pat Daugherty Field. The Warriors dropped game one 8-3 before taking the finale 12-6. The Warriors salvaged the split on Saturday to move […]

Oskaloosa Elementary School Library Receives $10,000 Grant to Update Nonfiction Collection

Students and staff at Oskaloosa Elementary School celebrate a $10,000 donation from Cargill Cares – Eddyville, presented to the Oskaloosa Elementary School library to support the school's nonfiction book collection. Representatives from Cargill Cares join teachers and students in displaying the check, which will help provide updated, high-quality non-fiction resources for young learners.

OSKALOOSA, Iowa – Students at Oskaloosa Elementary School will soon have access to a refreshed nonfiction book collection, thanks to a $10,000 donation from the Eddyville Cargill Cares program. The grant is being used to purchase high-quality nonfiction books to replace outdated materials, many of which are more than two decades old. “Our nonfiction collection […]

John D. Mortensen

John D. Mortensen

SSG (Retired) John D. Mortensen, 76, passed away on Saturday, March 22, 2025 in Chattanooga. Funeral service will be held on Thursday, April 3, 2025 at First Baptist Church in Chattanooga at 1:00 P.M. with Rev. Jamie Powell officiating. Burial with full military honors will follow in Chattanooga Cemetery under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral […]

             

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