by Helena Hayes Week 12 Opponents to the carbon pipeline once again filed the rooms and rotunda in the capitol this week. Guest speakers highlighted issues with Iowa’s low-water aquifers as Summit continues to apply for over a dozen water permits across the state for the CO2 conversion from gas to liquid. I and other […]
Garth Eugene Willhour November 21, 1929 – April 1, 2024 What Cheer, Iowa | Age 94 Garth Willhour, 94 of What Cheer, Iowa passed away on Monday, April 1, 2024 at the Serenity House in Oskaloosa. Garth Eugene Willhour was born November 21, 1929 at Forest City, Iowa to Arthur and Lois Steiff Willhour. Garth […]
PELLA, IA (04/02/2024) Central College Trustee Harry Smith, a Class of 1973 graduate, will join Central as the newest executive-in-residence. Smith, a multi-Emmy award-winning reporter, announced on air he’ll be moving on to his alma mater after spending the past 12 years on NBC News. Smith plans to be on campus during the Fall 2024 […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (April 1, 2024) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented today 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 […]
The Friends of Mahaska County Conservation is a private non-profit organization that was created in 2011 to assist with fundraising efforts to support the Mahaska County Conservation Board and to support Conservation education throughout Mahaska County. Recently the Friends group has been an integral part of fundraising efforts for the Natural Playscape that is going […]
The FBI is asking for the public’s assistance as they search for a Dallas County, Iowa man who is wanted for wire fraud and money laundering following an investigation by the FBI and the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau. William Jack Berg, who goes by Bill Berg, is a financial advisor from Waukee who allegedly […]
Brenda L. Moore McAninch July 31, 1960 – March 30, 2024 Grinnell, Iowa | Age 63 Brenda L. Moore McAninch, 63, of Grinnell, passed away Saturday, March 30, 2024 at the University of Iowa Hospital. As was her wish, her body has been cremated and private services will be held at a later date.
Barbi VanderBeek October 2, 1958 – March 30, 2024 New Sharon, Iowa | Age 65 Barbi VanderBeek, 65 of New Sharon passed away Saturday morning, March 30, 2024 at the Mahaska Health Partnership Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa surrounded by her family. Barbara Michelle VanderBeek, the daughter of David and Mary (Fluesmeier) Garrison, was born […]
LINCOLN, NEB. – Taking both ends of Saturday’s doubleheader, the Central College baseball team completed a three-game weekend series sweep of Nebraska Wesleyan University. Central (9-9, 3-0 American Rivers Conference) won Saturday’s opener 5-2 before hanging on to a 10-9 win in an 11-inning contest in game two, The Dutch built an 8-0 lead through […]
PELLA-Second baseman Haley Bach (junior, Council Bluffs, Lewis Central HS) reached base seven times Saturday, but the No. 24-ranked Central College softball team still lacked some offensive spark in a doubleheader split with the College of Saint Benedict (Minn.) After an 8-1 victory in the opener, the Dutch (13-6) let a 2-0 sixth-inning lead slip […]
