MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.—Accelerating its offense in the second half, the Central College women’s basketball team finally put away North Central College (Minn.) 74-63 Tuesday. After taking a 20-15 first-quarter lead, Central (5-4) lost its shooting touch, connecting on just 15.0% (3-20) of its attempts from field in the second quarter and was clinging to a 29-26 […]
NEW SHARON – North Mahaska used a strong defense and closed out with free throws to upend Grundy Center 53-46 in nonconference play Monday. The No. 7 Warhawks hit 12-of-16 free throws while Grundy Center went 4-of-8 to help make the difference. The game came down, in part, to a battle between North Mahaska junior […]
NEW SHARON – North Mahaska coach Seth Streebin knew his Warhawk boys were going to face a tall task to defeat a tall Grundy Center team. He found his team up to the task as they took down the Spartans 49-47 in nonconference play. The Spartans had six players on their roster taller than six-foot, […]
Anna Mae Wolver August 1, 1937 – December 4, 2023 Oskaloosa , Iowa | Age 86 Anna Mae Winona (Cassidy) Wolver, 86, of Oskaloosa passed away on Monday, December 4, 2023, while in hospice at her son’s home in Birmingham, Iowa. She was born August 1, 1937, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the daughter of John C. […]
Fairy Louise Hartman May 18, 1921 – December 4, 2023 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 102 Fairy Louise Hartman, 102, of Oskaloosa, Iowa passed away on December 4, 2023. Fairy Morris Hartman was born on May 18, 1921, to Jake and Rebecca Morris. She graduated from Moravia High School in 1940. She worked at the A […]
DES MOINES – State Treasurer Roby Smith is reminding Iowans to register for the College Savings Iowa Year-End Giveaway before it ends December 31, 2023. “If you know a child and want to start their education savings or give their existing savings a boost, register to win one of two $5,290 College Savings Iowa account […]
Eggs and Issues Gets A New Name The Mahaska Chamber & Development Group is announcing the anticipated 2024 lineup for its Coffee & Conversation event, previously known as Eggs and Issues. This engaging series of informative sessions provides Mahaska County residents with invaluable insights into state, county, and local topics, fostering opportunities for community members […]
Public Comment Sought on Draft National Strategy That Aims to Reduce Food Loss and Waste in the U.S. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a national strategy that will drive progress toward the national goal to reduce food loss and waste […]
by David Skidmore, Iowa Capital Dispatch December 2, 2023 If, as the late Henry Kissinger once confided, power is the ultimate aphrodisiac, then few men have more fully or openly surrendered themselves to its seductions than America’s most celebrated (and reviled) statesman. Throughout Kissinger’s century-spanning life, his thoughts and actions were rooted in a political […]
by Michael Bugeja, Iowa Capital Dispatch December 3, 2023 I am a technological determinist who believes humans do not control machines; they control us. In the age of artificial intelligence, we should revisit that viewpoint to glimpse what awaits us. During the heyday of internet in the 1990s, developers created algorithms to glue us to […]
