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MARSHALLTOWN – Aly Steil’s magical golf season ended Friday afternoon in Marshalltown at the Class 1A state tournament. She finished 33rd overall shooting a two-day total 190. New London’s Taylor Phillips won the individual title with a 149, two strokes more than Mount Ayr’s Jaylee Shaffer, who finished with a 151. Steil was the only […]

NEW SHARON – North Mahaska’s baseball and softball teams swept Montezuma in New Sharon Thursday. The NM girls held off a seventh inning rally by the Bravettes to win 7-6 while the boys rolled 8-2. Montezuma took the early lead scoring a pair of runs in the top of the third inning. A lead-off single […]

McMINNVILLE, OREGON-And to think that was only game one. No. 24-ranked Central College super-charged the NCAA Division III Super Regional in Oregon Friday by surprising No. 1 Linfield University (Ore.), as well as many onlookers, with with an edge-of-your-seat 4-2, 11-inning thriller. Freshman catcher Riley Dunkin (Hamilton, Twin Cedars HS) rocketed a two-run, two-out single […]
May 24 2024 | Posted in
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Pella, IA – Open Air Education, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making aviation affordable, accessible and achievable for everyone, is proud to announce the Mustang Raffle 2024. This event is designed to support our innovative educational programs, which use aviation as a dynamic platform for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education. About the Raffle […]

By: Jerry Mackey Oskaloosa, Iowa: Racing resumed on Wednesday night at the Southern Iowa Speedway following a week off due to a weather cancellation. It was Kool Seamless Gutters/Midwest Seed Genetics Salute the Troops Night at the races. Tony Johnson has been racing for several years and had yet to score a feature win at […]
May 23 2024 | Posted in
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THORNBURG – Keeping their heads under pressure allowed the North Mahaska baseball team to slip out of Thornburg with a 9-8 victory. The Warhawks were facing HLV but the game was moved to Tri-County’s field. Tri-County and HLV are sharing baseball and softball programs. The contest was a wild one with NM taking the early […]

DES MOINES – Governor Kim Reynolds has ordered all flags in Iowa to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Thursday, May 23, 2024, in honor of Matthew Dickerson, an employee of the Iowa Department of Transportation who was killed on May 16 while working on I-80 near Council Bluffs. “We honor the memory of Matthew Dickerson […]
May 22 2024 | Posted in
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MAY 22, 2024 OTTUMWA — Indian Hills Community College has released the names of the 475 students who were on the college’s academic Honor Roll for the 2024 Spring Term. To be included on the Honor Roll an IHCC student must be enrolled full-time and have a grade point average for the term of 3.5 […]
May 22 2024 | Posted in
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This month, Mahaska Health achieved a significant milestone by receiving the Education Recognition award from the American Diabetes Association. On behalf of the American Diabetes Association, Health Care & Education President, Patti Urbasnki, and Committee on Education Recognition Chair, Michelle Stancil, recently sent Mahaska Health award letters to recognize the Diabetes Self-Management Services at Mahaska […]
May 21 2024 | Posted in
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My absentee ballot has finally arrived in the mail, but I’m afraid my ballot won’t be received in the election office in time to be counted! You have several options: • Mail your ballot. Must be postmarked no later than Monday, June 3 and must arrive in the election office before the close of election […]