Gary Van Dyk June 18, 1933 – April 30, 2024 Plymouth, Minnesota | Age 90 Gerrit “Gary” Van Dyk, of Plymouth, Minnesota, passed away Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at his home at The Waters of Plymouth. Gerrit A. (Gary) Van Dyk was born on a farm in Marion County, Iowa, on June 18, 1933, to […]
FDA, USDA Establish Memorandum of Understanding to Clarify Roles and Responsibilities for Regulation of Intentional Genomic Alterations in Animals Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took important steps to advance the FDA’s regulatory process for intentional genomic alterations (IGAs) in animals. The updated guidance documents underscore the agency’s commitment to further modernize its approach […]
OSKALOOSA – North Mahaska and the other South Iowa Cedar League boys golf teams took on the challenging par-72 course at Oskaloosa Golf on Tuesday. The meet was postponed from Monday due to weather. Amid warm and sunny skies Sigourney topped the team scoring with a 336 with BGM behind by two strokes with a […]
The End of the 90th General Assembly The 90th General Assembly has come to a close. This second session went even faster than the first and no longer will us new legislators be considered “the freshman.” Most of us are well into the thick of campaign season already or are taking a much-needed break back […]
PELLA – A 10-run fourth inning helped the Central College baseball team to its highest single-game total in American Rivers Conference action and a 15-10 win over Wartburg College Monday afternoon. The Dutch (14-22, 8-13 conference) had scored just one run in the first two games against the Knights (20-14, 10-10 American Rivers Conference) but […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (April 29, 2024) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. Additionally, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship provides a weather summary each week during this […]
April 29, 2024 Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took action aimed at helping to ensure the safety and effectiveness of laboratory developed tests, or LDTs, which are used in a growing number of health care decisions and about which concerns have been raised for many years. LDTs are in vitro diagnostic products (IVDs) […]
by Rep. Miller-Meeks This week, our Jewish friends and neighbors are observing Passover, a holiday which commemorates the Israelites’ freedom from slavery in Egypt and the “passing over” of faithful Jewish households, sparing them from the 10th plague and leading to their eventual liberation. Passover is a time when families gather, and stories of overcoming […]
Skip Maas December 22, 1939 – April 28, 2024 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 84 Carlton “Skip” Maas, 84, of Oskaloosa, passed away Sunday, April 28, 2024, at the Mahaska Health Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. Carlton Hewitt Maas, son of Everett Lester and Alvera Evelyn (Hewitt) Maas, was born December 22, 1939, in Spencer, Iowa. […]
Donna Clousing Oskaloosa. Donna R. Clousing, 81, of Oskaloosa, died Sunday, April 28, 2024, at the MHP Emergency Room in Oskaloosa. She was born September 18, 1942, in Mahaska County the daughter of Gerrit and Bertha Steenhoek Beyer. Donna graduated from North Mahaska High School with the class of 1960. Following graduation, she continued her […]
