
STORM LAKE—Guard Abby Johnson (junior, Ankeny) drilled a career-high six 3-point goals as the Central College women’s basketball team posted its first American Rivers win with an 88-70 runaway at Buena Vista University Wednesday. Johnson scored 22 points in just 21 minutes of action as coach Justin Weiland emptied the bench early. The Dutch (4-3 […]
Dec 1 2023 | Posted in
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LISBON – North Mahaska took to the mats Monday taking on Lisbon and Northeast Community. Host Lisbon won 44-33 while North Mahaska upended Northeast 41-30. Six NM wrestlers won two matches on the night, two won both by pin. Chris Long pinned Lisbon’s Ryan Nevins at 157 pounds in 47 seconds. He pinned Northeastern’s Caden […]

NEW SHARON – North Mahaska’s high school basketball teams opened the 2023-24 campaign with a pair of wins over South Iowa Cedar League foe BGM. The girls won 66-23 while the boys took an 88-35 win. North Mahaska, seventh ranked by the Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union in Class 2A, used a crushing defense […]

Ottumwa, IA – Five different players went for double-figures to lead No. 11 Indian Hills Men’s Basketball to a top-25 victory at the Hellyer Center Tuesday night after upending No. 24 Northern Oklahoma College – Tonkawa 88-82. The win moves the Warriors to 6-2 on the year. Freshman William Beugre-Kassi (Pontoise, France/Albert Thomas) poured in […]
Dec 1 2023 | Posted in
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November 28, 2023 “Wolves and Wild Lands” Exhibit Makes a Stop at the Environmental Learning Center- The International Wolf Center’s “Wolves and Wild Lands” exhibit has been traveling across Iowa and is making a stop at the Mahaska County Environmental Learning Center from December 1-29, 2023. This exhibit brings fascinating stories of wolves and their […]
Dec 1 2023 | Posted in
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Martha E. Bruxvoort October 11, 1928 – December 1, 2023 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 95 Martha Bruxvoort, 95, of Oskaloosa, passed away Friday, December 1, 2023, at the Mahaska Health Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. Martha E. Bruxvoort, the daughter and third child of Gerrit and Marie (Franje) Roozeboom, was born October 11, 1928, near […]
Dec 1 2023 | Posted in
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NOVEMBER 27, 2023 OTTUMWA — Indian Hills Community College has released the names of the 48 students who completed their graduation requirements at the end of the 2023 Fall Term. This is a list of students who received an Associate of Arts (AA) degree, Associate of Science (AS) degree, Associate of Applied Science […]
Nov 28 2023 | Posted in
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Create something unique for the holiday season by making a fresh evergreen arrangement for your table at the Mahaska County Master Gardeners’ Holiday Arrangement workshop on Monday, December 11, 2023 at 5:30 pm. Mike Striegel, Master Gardener intern will lead the workshop. The workshop will be held in the 4-H Meeting Room (Basement) at the […]
Nov 28 2023 | Posted in
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DES MOINES, Iowa (Nov. 27, 2023) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented 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 this […]
Nov 28 2023 | Posted in
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The Oskaloosa High School would like to invite you to our upcoming annual Madrigal Dessert Theater! This event has been a staple in our community for 20 years, and we are very much excited to perform for you this year. There will be over 100 students participating in this year’s event. The details are as […]