ALBIA – North Mahaska ran into a buzzsaw of a baseball team at the Albia tournament Saturday falling to Van Buren County 13-0. The Warhawks were limited to three singles in the five inning contest. NM trailed 1-0 after two innings before the Warriors chalked up four in the bottom of the third. North Mahaska […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (June 26, 2023) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented today 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 […]
by Bill Almond It came down to the last play, but Oskaloosa Indians (Varsity) was on the wrong end of a 4-3 defeat to Pella Dutch on Saturday. The game was tied at three with Pella Dutch batting in the bottom of the ninth when Kellan Shull singled on a 1-2 count, scoring one run. […]
by Bill Almond Oskaloosa Indians (Varsity) fell behind early and couldn’t come back in a 10-0 loss to Pella Dutch on Friday. Pella Dutch took the lead on a single in the first inning. The Oskaloosa Indians (Varsity) struggled to contain the high-powered offense of Pella Dutch, giving up ten runs. Pella Dutch fired up […]
Ethel Van Ommen December 6, 1927 – June 25, 2023 Altoona (Oskaloosa), Iowa | Age 95 Ethel Van Ommen, 95, of Altoona and formerly of rural Oskaloosa, died Sunday, June 25, 2023, at Prairie Vista Village, in Altoona. She was born December 6, 1927, in Mahaska County, the daughter of Morrell and Marie Morris Cox. […]
Fireworks will light up the Oskaloosa sky again on the evening of Tuesday July 4th at the NEW TIME of 9:30pm. The Oskaloosa Fireworks are sponsored by Musco Sports Lighting. This year they have scheduled fantastic fireworks to be displayed at the Lacey Recreational Complex in Oskaloosa. The fireworks will be best viewed around the […]
June 25, 2023 Albia, IOWA – On June 24, at 9:38 p.m., a 911 call was received at the Monroe County Law Enforcement Center. The caller reported a disturbance and shooting in the 423 A Street South in Albia. Responding law enforcement found 49-year old Albia resident Daniel Gundrum with a gunshot wound. Despite life-saving […]
PELLA—He journeyed to campus from Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin in 1950, served as a team captain, returned to Central College 12 years after graduating and left as the longest-tenured and winningest men’s basketball coach in school history. Jack Walvoord ’54 passed away at a Sioux Falls, South Dakota hospital near his home early Friday evening, surrounded […]
Herbert Jordan October 8, 1929 – June 23, 2023 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 93 Herbert Jordan, 93, of Oskaloosa, passed away Friday, June 23, 2023, at the Mahaska Health Hospice Serenity House. Herbert Jordan, son of Fred and Marie (Mooney) Jordan, was born October 8, 1929, at his parents’ home in rural Eddyville. Number four […]
NEW SHARON – Eighth grader Jocelyn Pinkerton’s pitching and hitting led North Mahaska to a 5-4 comeback victory Wednesday. Lynnville-Sully led 4-0 entering the bottom of the seventh inning when NM exploded for five runs. Pinkerton drove in two of the runs. Pinkerton took the win from the pitching circle as well. She allowed four […]
