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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
7th Grade Honor Roll. ** Denotes a 4.0 GPA Hazel Adam ** Evan Allison Jaydalina Allsup Kylor Andersen-McVay Chad Armbruster Blair Barnett Banx Blackwell Ezra Bock Avery Boender Brooke Boertje Delia Bogaard Camryn Bowie Gemma Brice Preslie Bryan Josie Burk Aleigha Burton Kayla Carey Jordan Cauthron Zaelyn Claussen Dakota Cooper Kasie Deppe Emmett Dye Isis […]
The Oskaloosa Main Street Young Ambassador Contest winners were announced in an enjoyable event at Penn Central Mall on Monday evening. In attendance were 20 contestants and their families and friends. The Young Ambassador Contestants were introduced by Master of Ceremonies Joe Milledge of KIIC Radio. Brant Bollman of Uplifting Puppet Co presented an Original […]
