By Charlie Comfort Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Director of the Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter has entered a guilty plea in her case, less than one month after initially being charged with third-degree theft and forgery. Lindsey Sime, 30, of Oskaloosa, entered a guilty plea Monday morning in Mahaska County District Court. Both charges are aggravated […]
by Doug DeKock Having a winning season may not be a big deal for a lot of schools, but when you haven’t had one since 2010-2011, it is a big deal. The Indians basketball program has risen from the ashes to not only have a winning season, but are also scheduled to host 2 district […]
by Doug DeKock The Oskaloosa girl’s basketball team’s regular season came to an end on Friday when they lost to possibly the best team in the state 69-33. The Indians played much better than their first game with Indianola scoring 33 points compared to only scoring 19 the first meeting. Indianola was without All-State player […]
by Doug DeKock The Pella Lady Dutch have been ranked as high as #1 this year and Oskaloosa found out why again Tuesday night in a loss. Pella had 3 players in double figures and 11 players scored in the game. The #4 ranked Lady Dutch jumped on Oskaloosa early and built a 27-2 lead […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
