WAVERLY – For the first time since 2009, the Central College baseball team won a three-game series at Wartburg College after splitting a Saturday doubleheader with a 14-12 win and 11-10 loss. The Dutch (9-11, 4-2 American Rivers Conference) also won the Friday night game 6-5 against the Knights (12-7, 3-4 conference). In the first […]
March 28, 2026 Ottumwa, IA – Cassandra Benberg (Green Bay, WI/Pulaski) provided the dramatics at R.L. Hellyer Field on Saturday as the sophomore delivered a walk-off base hit in the bottom of the ninth inning to knock off No. 24 ranked Iowa Western Community College 7-6. The Warriors split Saturday’s Iowa Community College Athletic Conference […]
PELLA – Addi Starr’s (sophomore, Ankeny, Centennial HS) single in the bottom of the seventh gave the Central College softball team a 7-6 win against Illinois College Saturday. The Dutch (16-2) had their 13-game winning streak end with a 12-3 loss in the second game against the Lady Blues (3-7). Central found itself in a […]
WAVERLY – Pounding out 10 singles was enough for the Central College baseball team to defeat Wartburg College 6-5 in the first game of the weekend series Friday RBI singles from shortstop Garrett Guenther (junior, Grayslake, Ill., Central HS) and first baseman Dylan Williams (senior, Woods Cross, Utah) followed by a bases loaded walk by […]
by Senator Ken Rozenboom Policy Committee Work is Finished As I look forward to retirement, I take note of activities that I’m doing for the last time. Week 10 (last week) marked the last time I had deal with the pressure of a funnel deadline as a committee chairman. This was Week 11 and I […]
by Senator Adrian Dickey This marks the end of the 11th week of this legislative session, which means we have finally made it through both funnel deadlines. As both deadlines have passed, the remaining time this session will be spent mostly on the floor and finalizing bills for debate. This week, a bill I was […]
by Jacob Fischler, Iowa Capital Dispatch March 26, 2026 A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators from the Midwest on Thursday asked the Commerce Department to investigate major agricultural machinery manufacturers, saying they paid shareholders handsomely while offshoring jobs. Sens. Tammy Baldwin, a Wisconsin Democrat, and Bernie Moreno, an Ohio Republican, asked Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to […]
by Brooklyn Draisey, Iowa Capital Dispatch March 26, 2026 Agriculture and environmental advocates say now is the “prime time” for Iowans to pressure state lawmakers to fund water quality monitoring that they say is essential for Iowans’ health and well-being. Iowa Environmental Council Water Program Director Colleen Fowle spoke with members of the Iowa Farmers […]
by Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch March 26, 2026 Federal court records indicate U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are using interstate weigh stations in Iowa to arrest and detain drivers suspected of being in the United States illegally. According to court filings in immigration cases, the operation appears to involve state troopers working in […]
March 26, 2026 Creston, IA – The Indian Hills Baseball team ran its winning streak to a season-high nine games on Thursday afternoon with a doubleheader sweep of Southwestern Community College. The Warriors dropped the Spartans 6-1 and 12-1 to remain unbeaten in league play this year. The Warriors swept both ends of Thursday’s Iowa […]
