Cecil Pruiett May 21, 1950 – April 2, 2024 Oskaloosa , Iowa | Age 73 Served With Honor ~ United States Military Veteran Cecil Pruiett, 73, of Oskaloosa, passed away on April 2, 2024, at the Mahaska Health Hospice Serenity House. Cecil LeRoy Pruiett, son of Cecil and Mabel (Mason) Pruiett, was born May 21, […]
Glenn Albert Davis December 21, 1954 – April 2, 2024 Pella, Iowa | Age 69 Glenn Davis, 69 of Pella and formerly of Ottumwa and New Sharon passed away Tuesday morning, April 2, 2024 at his home in Pella. Glenn Albert Davis, the son of Charles and Barbara (Hults) Davis was born on December 21, […]
Marilyn Conger September 16, 1947 – April 2, 2024 Sigourney, Iowa | Age 76 Marilyn Conger, age 76, of Sigourney, Iowa, passed away on April 2, 2024, at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa. She was born on September 16, 1947, the daughter of Leonard and Edith (Havel) Shull in […]
PELLA-All ready among the most experienced sports information professionals in the American Rivers Conference, assistant Joe Flaherty has been named Central College’s next athletics communications director. A 2014 Central graduate, Flaherty was a student assistant in the office for three years as an undergraduate. Flaherty then filled an unanticipated opening as a sports information postgraduate […]
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 […]
