Gloria Joan Millikin September 21, 1941 – February 9, 2024 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 82 Gloria Joan Millikin, 82, of Oskaloosa, died Friday, February 9, 2024, at the Oskaloosa Care Center in Oskaloosa. She was born September 21, 1941, near Ollie, Iowa, the daughter of Ray Karl and Evelyn Naomi Conklin Schwenke. She attended Lancaster […]
PELLA – The Central College men’s wrestling team piled up the place finishes at the Last Chance Invitational inside H.S. Kuyper Fieldhouse Friday night. Friday night’s action served as the final competition for the Dutch before the NCAA Division III Lower Midwest Regional February 29 to March 1 in Cedar Rapids. Central had 23 wrestlers […]
Pittsburg, KS – The No. 1 ranked team in the nation asserted itself as a force to be reckon with on Friday night as the Indian Hills Men’s Track team made national headlines with a historic performance in the Distance Medley Relay. Competing at the 9th Annual Gorilla Classic at Pittsburg State University, the Warrior […]
With the deadline of the first funnel approaching quickly next week, it made for another busy of week of subcommittees and committee meetings. Just for review, every bill first gets “read in” on the floor and then assigned a subcommittee to start the process. (Not every bill gets a sub…it is up to the discretion […]
PELLA – With its dual season complete, the Central College men’s wrestling team came in No. 18 in the latest National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III released Friday. Central is also in a tie for 16th in the tournament team rankings. Tournament Team Rankings are not based on a team’s dual strength, but rather calculated […]
by Senator Ken Rozenboom It is the end of Week 5 in the Iowa Senate, and we are coming up from the first major legislative deadline of the year. As the chairman of the Senate Education committee, I have been processing the 60 bills that have been assigned to our committee. We have approximately 12 […]
by Senator Adrian Dickey Hello Senate District 44! Reflecting back, once again it doesn’t feel like there’s any one issue that stands out, but I don’t recall having five minutes free all week either. With one week away from the first funnel deadline, you can feel the urgency for many legislators trying to get their […]
WASHINGTON, February 9, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has a cooperative agreement with Iowa under the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program (RFSI). Through this agreement, USDA and Iowa are working together to offer over $3 million in competitive grant funding for projects designed to build […]
NEW SHARON – North Mahaska hit 15 triples and raised havoc on the defensive end to throttle the Martensdale-St. Marys Blue Devils 83-38 in the final regular season game for both schools. Senior Nolan Andersen scored seven of North Mahaska’s first 10 points including a 3-pointer as the host Warhawks dashed out to a 14-0 […]
The Mahaska County Historical Society/Nelson Pioneer Farm & Museum is thrilled to announce the appointment of McKenzie Hardeman Korte, often known in his communities and to his family as Mac, as our new incoming Museum Director. Mac has close ties to the local community here in Oskaloosa through the Hardeman family. Mac comes to Mahaska […]
