October 25, 2025 Godfrey, IL – Arnicka Louis (Castries, Saint Lucia/Sir Ira Simmons) provided the heroics for No. 10 Indian Hills Women’s Soccer as the sophomore buried the golden goal in overtime to push the Warriors into the second round of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Central District Championship on Friday. The Warriors […]
October 24, 2025 Fort Dodge, IA – The No. 14 nationally ranked Indian Hills Women’s Cross Country squad made history on Friday at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 11 Championships, posting the program’s highest finish in school history. The Warriors finished as NJCAA Region 11 runners-up after a stellar performance. The Warriors […]
Oskaloosa–The Statesmen women’s basketball team will look to prove the naysayers wrong as the 2025-2026 Heart of America Athletic Conference preseason coaches poll was announced Wednesday, presented by WinWon Technologies. WPU, which was 4-24 last year (3-21 Heart), is expected to finish 14th in the 15-team league with 40 points. MidAmerica Nazarene tops the poll […]
by Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch October 23, 2025 As federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is days away from running out, food banks, pantries and charitable groups across Iowa are bracing for what they anticipate will be “unprecedented” need. SNAP serves around than 270,000 Iowans each month and is a federally supported […]
by Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch October 23, 2025 State officials have cited an Oskaloosa nursing home where a resident died after the staff couldn’t locate a crash cart, forgot to summon an ambulance and failed to realize the resident had standing orders in place for CPR to be administered. The Oskaloosa Care Center, a […]
The Iowa Auditor of State has released a new financial report on the City of New Sharon, identifying a series of ongoing accounting and oversight deficiencies — several of which have been repeated for consecutive years. The agreed-upon procedures report, covering the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, found seven areas of concern involving the […]
Learn about effects and treatments in ‘A Journey through Parkinson’s Disease’ educational series September 30, 2025, 11:16 am | Carol Ehlers AMES, Iowa – Growing older is the greatest risk factor for acquiring Parkinson’s disease and many people live with symptoms for several years before being diagnosed. Frequently the spouse or other relatives first notice […]
DES MOINES— Gov. Reynolds today announced she has directed the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services to convene regular calls with Iowa’s food banks, and is now reviewing the state’s food insecurity response plan used during the COVID-19 pandemic to prepare for the potential delay of SNAP benefits if Senate Democrats don’t vote to […]
by Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch October 22, 2025 The U.S. Department of Agriculture rolled out a plan Wednesday to help “strengthen” the cattle industry and lower consumer prices for beef. The plan comes three weeks into the government shutdown and shortly after a proposal from President Donald Trump to import beef from Argentina to […]
Steve Garrett January 8, 1956 – October 22, 2025 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 69 Steve Garrett, 69, of Oskaloosa, passed away peacefully at home under hospice care on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 — the morning of his and his wife Joan’s 20th wedding anniversary. He faced an aggressive form of cancer with the same determination […]
