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OSKALOOSA – Junior Aly Steil shot an 88 and freshman Addison Vander Beek knocked 30 strokes off her previous 18 holes to help North Mahaska to its first ever girl’s golf conference title. The Warhawks shot a 384 to outdistance Sigourney and BGM, which tied for second with a 391. Steil lost a one-hole playoff […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (May 12, 2025) – 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 […]
May 13 2025 | Posted in
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PELLA- For a record 33rd time, the Central College softball team heard its name called on the NCAA Division III selection show. The Dutch (26-11) will travel to Oshkosh, Wisconsin and play in a four-team, double-elimination regional which starts Thursday and runs through Saturday. It is one of 16 regional sites that constructed the 64-team […]
May 13 2025 | Posted in
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Oskaloosa Elementary Sees Literacy Soar with New Teaching Model OSKALOOSA, Iowa — At Oskaloosa Elementary School, reallocating an additional educator from pulling students out of the classroom to pushing extra teachers into the classroom has led to extraordinary gains in early literacy in just one year. With 91% of kindergarten students now meeting or exceeding […]

Tasker Phillips Wins Thriller in 360’s; J Kinder Bests Moffitt in Pro Sprints by Bill Wright KNOXVILLE, Iowa (May 10, 2025) – Brian Brown led wire to wire to pick up his 67th career 410 victory at Knoxville Raceway Saturday night. The Grain Valley, Missouri driver picked up $6,000 for his win aboard the Brian […]
May 11 2025 | Posted in
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May 10, 2025 NEWTON – North Mahaska competed at Newton on Friday as they tune-up for next week’s state track qualifier. Newton dominated both divisions winning the boys with 217 points to 127 by Lynnville-Sully, and the girls 211-111, also over L-S. NM boys finished sixth while the girls placed third. Max Reed and Jeb […]

May 8, 2025 NEW SHARON – Pella made the most of their first time at Prairie Knolls Golf Course in New Sharon Thursday. The Lady Dutch shot a 366 to North Mahaska’s 414. Baxter finished with a 454, HLV-Tri-County 459 and English Valleys 488. Pella’s Moriah Reynolds won a one-hole playoff over NM’s Aly Steil […]

By: Jerry Mackey Oskaloosa, Iowa: The second night of racing action in 2025 was run on Wednesday night with the racing taking place with a threat of wet weather closing in on the Mahaska County Fairgrounds. The fans were treated to quite the light show as the skies were filled with Lightening just north of […]
May 8 2025 | Posted in
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May 7, 2025 COLFAX – In one of the most competitive track meets in recent history, the top four team were separated by 15 points at the South Iowa Cedar League meet in Colfax Tuesday. HLV won the team title with 116,5 points followed by English Valleys (104), Lynnville-Sully (103) and North Mahaska with 101. […]

COLFAX – North Mahaska boys took to the track at Colfax-Mingo for the South Iowa Cedar League championships. Axl Patterson scored two placements in the distance races and three relays scored to help the Warhawks to nine points and 11th place. Iowa Valley coasted to the win with 12 points. Lynnville-Sully was second with 113 […]