(Oskaloosa, Iowa) – Several Oskaloosa residents have dressed up their homes to enter this year’s Home Decorating Competition. Santa’s elves, with assistance from local Lori Oaks of Hawkeye Real Estate, have driven through Oskaloosa to judge the best Christmas light displays. The winners have now been chosen! · Best in Show: Flor Paz & Jason […]
STORM LAKE—Only a former Miami Dolphins defensive end has ever done what center Joshua Van Gorp (senior, Pella) did Wednesday while wearing a Central College men’s basketball uniform. Van Gorp pulled down a career-high 22 rebounds, the second-most in school history, and scored 19 points as the Dutch held off Buena Vista University 83-76, handing […]
Fort Dodge, IA – The top-ranked Indian Hills Women’s Wrestling team earned a statement win on Wednesday night, dropping No. 2 nationally ranked Iowa Central Community College 32-18 on the road to remain unbeaten on the year. The Warriors move to 3-0 in Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) duals on the year. The Warriors […]
PELLA — The first regular season edition of the National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III rankings were released Tuesday and the Central College men’s wrestling team debuted at No. 18 in the Tournament Team Rankings. Individually, Gage Linahon (senior, Newton), moved up to No. 2 at 197 pounds and Pierre Baldwin (Carol Stream, Ill., West […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
