By: Jerry Mackey Oskaloosa, Iowa: Wednesday night Mahaska hosted the Season Championship races at the Southern Iowa Speedway as the final Wednesday night race program of 2024 was run on the Southern Iowa Fairgrounds in Oskaloosa. The Parker Tree Service Hobby Stocks had a lot of drama as the Bounty on point leader Dustin Griffith […]
NEW SHARON – North Mahaska’s softball team collected several honors from the South Iowa Cedar League coaches. Regan Grewe earned a first team nod while Olivia Ridgeway, Jocelyn Pinkerton, Kaylia Shipman, and Kayla Readshaw garnered second team honors. Madeline Doonan and Kylie Van Weelden received honorable mention. Grewe was listed in 14 categories of offense […]
Mahaska Health is excited to host the annual 5K/2K Run in the Sun supporting Hospice Serenity House and caregivers in their mission to provide personalized, compassionate care to patients and their families. The 13th annual Run in the Sun race will begin at 8:00 am on Saturday, August 3rd, 2024, at the Statesmen Community Stadium […]
NEW SHARON – Four North Mahaska baseball players picked up honors from the South Iowa Cedar League coaches earlier this month. The Warhawks had a first team pick, second team selection and two honorable mentions. Junior Jack Kelderman was selected to the first team as a utility player. He was the Warhawks’ top pitcher and […]
NEW SHARON – Four North Mahaska baseball players picked up honors from the South Iowa Cedar League coaches earlier this month. The Warhawks had a first team pick, second team selection and two honorable mentions. Junior Jack Kelderman was selected to the first team as a utility player. He was the Warhawks’ top pitcher […]
Aaron Reutzel Strikes Latest Blow in 410 Championship Battle by Bill Wright KNOXVILLE, Iowa (July 20, 2024) – Kade Higday beat Austin McCarl to the line by .028 of a second to claim his first ever 360 feature win on 3M Night featuring the $10,000 360 Shootout at Knoxville Raceway! The Des Moines native now […]
By: Jerry Mackey Oskaloosa, Iowa: The Southern Iowa Fair hosted the 6th Annual Caleb Hammond Memorial Race on Wednesday, July 17th with a packed infield and a full grandstand on a beautiful night for racing at the Southern Iowa Speedway. The largest field of drivers in 2024 were in attendance gunning for their share of […]
DES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 2.8 percent in June, unchanged since April and 0.1 percent lower than one year ago. The state’s labor force participation rate decreased to 66.5 percent from 66.7 percent in May, primarily due to increases in retirements. Nationally, the U.S. unemployment rate increased to 4.1 percent […]
Ron Allgood May 12, 1940 – July 17, 2024 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 84 Ron Allgood, 84, of Oskaloosa, passed away Wednesday, July 17, 2024, at the Mahaska Health Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. Ronald Keith Allgood, son of Cleo LaVerne and Lorena (Owens) Allgood, was born May 12, 1940, in Beacon, Iowa. When Ron […]
PELLA- The Central College volleyball team added another year to the longest streak in NCAA Division III history as it received the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award sponsored by INTENT for a record 24th consecutive year. To receive the AVCA distinction, a team’s combined grade point average (GPA) for the preceding year […]
