OSKALOOSA, Iowa – When Oskaloosa High School junior Kara Harman joined the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter on a friend’s invitation, she had no idea it would lead her to the state boardroom. Now, as District 5 Vice President for Iowa FBLA, she’s now representing students from schools across southeast Iowa, and continuing […]
Tasker Phillips Goes Wire to Wire in Randall Roofing 360’s; Chase Young Claims Pro Sprints Main by Bill Wright KNOXVILLE, Iowa (June 7, 2025) – Tyler Courtney passed the red hot Ryan Timms and held off a closing Corey Day to win the 410 feature on Vermeer Night at the Knoxville Raceway Saturday. The victory […]
PACKWOOD – It was a wild Saturday morning for the North Mahaska softball team as they took on Pekin in a pair of nonconference games. An error in the bottom of the seventh inning allowed Pekin to edge the Warhawks 2-1 in game one, then in game two the two teams combined for 33 hits […]
COLFAX – North Mahaska used the new 8-run rule to their advantage Thursday to defeat Colfax-Mingo, 8-0 in South Iowa Cedar League softball play. The Warhawks fell to No. 15 Sigourney under the same rule Wednesday. It was Maddie Doonan’s night at the plate as she collected three hits including a home run in the […]
NEW SHARON – Lee Crawford and Kevin Kelderman have had their teams battle each other on the baseball field for many years with some of them becoming instant classics. Wednesday’s encounter at North Mahaska was another one of those. Kelderman’s North Mahaska Warhawks held a 9-4 lead after five innings before Crawford’s Sigourney Savages rang […]
COLFAX – For the second game in a row North Mahaska had the bats alive only this time they came away with the victory. The Warhawks pounded out 13 runs on 11 hits to top Colfax-Mingo 13-1 Thursday. North Mahaska also took advantage of eight free bases. NM scored two runs in each of the […]
by Senator Adrian Dickey This is the last edition of the Dickey Dispatch for the 2025 legislative session. Last week I was honored to have been asked to speak to the National Guard unit in Mount Pleasant at their deployment ceremony. What an honor that was to speak to these GREAT men and women as […]
NEW SHARON – Sigourney senior Josephine Moore was too much from the circle and at the plate Wednesday night and helped the No. 15 Savages to a 10-2 South Iowa Cedar League win. Moore struck out nine batters and smashed two homeruns to drive in six runs. The bad part of Moore’s game was the […]
MAHASKA COUNTY, Iowa – After nearly 40 years of planning, advocacy, and perseverance, the long-anticipated Southeast Connector is finally becoming a reality in Mahaska County. Local, state, and federal leaders gathered to break ground on the major infrastructure project, which promises to improve safety, stimulate economic growth, and relieve congestion in Oskaloosa’s downtown. The Southeast […]
by Jeffrey Ferstein Oskaloosa Varsity Indians defeated Newton Cardinal Varsity 10-0 on Wednesday thanks in part to six runs in the sixth inning. Jaden DeRonde tripled, scoring two runs, Maddux Ashman doubled, scoring one run, Linus Morrison tripled, scoring two runs, and Trey Parks singled, scoring one run. Oskaloosa Varsity Indians got on the board […]
