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Oskaloosa Woman Sentenced In Theft Case

Mahaska County Courthouse

by Charlie Comfort Oskaloosa, Iowa – An Oskaloosa woman has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in connection to an embezzlement case at the former Carriker Ford of Oskaloosa. Jennifer Gatton was sentenced on January 26 in Mahaska County District Court after pleading guilty to first-degree theft. Online court records indicate that Gatton was […]

Indians get revenge on Norwalk 73-58

by Doug DeKock Oskaloosa, Iowa – It has been said that character is built through tough times. The Oskaloosa boys’ basketball team has been through some tough times the last few weeks so it was going to be interesting to see how they would respond after being blown out by 31 at Newton Tuesday night. […]

Indian girls lose to Norwalk 51-43

by Doug DeKock Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa girls’ basketball team went into the week with hopes of going 3-0 on the week. They are now 0-2 for the week and hoping to salvage 1 win Saturday against Albia. Oskaloosa had defeated Norwalk at least once the previous 2 years but that streak ended Friday […]

OUCH, Newton thumps Indian boys 67-36

by Doug DeKock The Oskaloosa boys’ basketball team has had a terrible run of bad luck in recent weeks having lost 4 games by a total of 8 points. It all came unraveled Tuesday night in Newton as the Indians faced the red hot Cardinals. Newton came into the game with 3 consecutive impressive wins […]

Missed Opportunity, Indian girls lose to Newton 58-42

by Doug DeKock Newton, Iowa – When you are 0-10 in conference play there are not many legitimate chances to pick up wins. Tuesday night in Newton was a chance and the Indians could not capitalize losing 58-42. Oskaloosa had been playing well the 2 previous games against highly ranked opponents but was pretty much […]

Attorneys Make Appearances In Animal Shelter Director Case

Mahaska County Sheriff's Department

Oskaloosa, Iowa – Attorneys in the Lindsey Sime case have made formal appearances and a February hearing has been set. Assistant Attorney General Scott Brown entered an appearance for the State of Iowa on January 27. Local defense attorney Diane Crookham-Johnson appeared on behalf of Sime on January 25. Sime is charged with one count […]

#9 DCG too much for Oskaloosa Girls 74-34

by Doug DeKock The Oskaloosa girls’ basketball team entered Friday night’s contest against Dallas Center-Grimes, coming off their best game of the year against Grinnell on Tuesday night. DCG is yet another ranked opponent, and proved they were worthy of their #9 ranking. DCG came into the game only averaging 47 points, but was able […]

Cold shooting night cost Indians against Grinnell 55-51

by Doug DeKock Oskaloosa and Grinnell came into their Little Hawkeye matchup Tuesday night with the #3 and #4 offenses in 3A. When it was over, both teams fell short of their season averages, as the Tigers escaped with a 55-51 win. Grinnell completed a season sweep of the Indians winning 77-66 in their first […]

Indian Girls show improvement in 55-47 loss to Grinnell

by Doug DeKock The Oskaloosa girls basketball team arguably played their best game of the season in a 55-47 loss to #4 ranked Grinnell on Tuesday night. Oskaloosa was able to hang in, with the Tigers trailing 19-13 after the 1st quarter. If it wasn’t for senior Kyra Hungerford scoring 17 points for the Tigers […]

Indians complete season sweep of #1 ranked Pella Christian 68-57

by Doug DeKock On December 2nd, 2017, the Oskaloosa Indian basketball team pulled off a shocker in defeating #1 Pella Christian, 76-70, in overtime at Pella. As the horn sounded, the student section for Oskaloosa stormed the court to celebrate one of Oskaloosa’s biggest wins in years. The P.C. people were not amused by this […]

             

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