SIGOURNEY – North Mahaska junior Jack Kelderman erupted for four first quarter 3-pointers and finished with 19 points to lead the Warhawks to a 72-48 victory at Sigourney Thursday. The output was a surprise to both North Mahaska coach Seth Streebin and Sigourney’s Mitch Eslick “He has those abilities and tonight he was on,” said […]
SIGOURNEY – North Mahaska’s juggernaut defense again stepped up to score another win Thursday as the No. 9 in Class 2A Warhawks grounded Sigourney’s offense 41-29. North Mahaska did to Sigourney what they have been able to do to other South Iowa Cedar League teams this season, create havoc in at least one period en […]
Wauneta Hinmon September 1, 1935 – December 22, 2023 Leawood, Kansas | Age 88 Wauneta Grace Hinmon, 88, of Leawood, Kansas (formerly of New Sharon, Iowa) passed away in hospice care at the Healthcare Resort of Leawood on December 22, 2023. She was born at home in rural Oskaloosa, Iowa on September 1, 1935 to […]
Mildred Marie Horn November 6, 1941 – December 22, 2023 Newburg, Iowa | Age 82 Mildred Marie Horn, 82, of Newburg and formerly of Chariton and Oskaloosa, died Friday, December 22, 2023, at the Grinnell Regional Medical Center in Grinnell. She was born November 6, 1941, in Mahaska County, Iowa, the daughter of Walter Richard […]
DES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 3.3 percent in November, up from 3.1 percent one year ago. Iowa’s labor force participation rate decreased to 68.1 percent in November (down 0.3 percent from October and 0.1 percent from one year ago) even as businesses gained 4,700 jobs. Meanwhile, the U.S. unemployment […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (Dec. 19, 2023) – The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have confirmed a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Mahaska County, Iowa. The affected site is a backyard mixed species flock. Commercial and […]
GALLATIN, TENN.—Knocking down eight 3-point buckets, the Central College women’s basketball team blasted Gallaudet University (D.C.) 83-50 to complete a two-game sweep in the Music City Challenge Wednesday. Guard Abby Johnson (junior, Ankeny) drilled three buckets from long range and put up a game-high 20 points for the Dutch (7-5). “Se’s been money from three […]
BELLE PLAINE – North Mahaska took advantage of more than 30 turnovers to roll past Belle Plaine 65-13. The Warhawks kept its South Iowa Cedar League perfect recording 29 steals and limiting the Plainsmen to just six field goals. It was a slow start for the No. 9 team in Class 2A as North Mahaska […]
Norma F. Courtney November 21, 1926 – December 18, 2023 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 97 Norma Francis McConnell Courtney, 97, of Oskaloosa and formerly Ottumwa, passed away on December 18, 2023, at Oskaloosa Care Center. Norma was born to Dale Grant and Lillian Alta (Beaumont) McConnell on November 21, 1926, on the family farm in […]
Patsy J. Roberts January 19, 1949 – December 18, 2023 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 74 Patsy Roberts, 74, of Oskaloosa, IA, passed away Monday, December 18, 2023, at Mahaska Health Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. Patsy Jean Roberts, daughter of Maston Hunter and Vivian Lois (Gravett) Jones, was born January 19, 1949, in Bloomfield, IA. […]
