UPDATE: Oskaloosa shooting suspect Gavin Jones has been taken into custody in Missouri. April 5, 2023 Oskaloosa, Iowa – On April 4, 2023, at 10:16 p.m., officers with the Oskaloosa Police Department were dispatched to 709 D Avenue West on the report of a shooting. Responding officers found an adult male with a gunshot wound. […]
Oskaloosa–Baseball player Nick George (Jr., Sarina, Ontario, Sociology and Human Services) and softball player Sarah Gallivan (Sr., Round Lake, Ill., Secondary Education) have been named the Statesmen of the Week for the week of March 27-April 2, presented by Gardner Collier Jewelry. Over the span of six games, George recorded a .625 batting average (10-for-16 […]
NEW SHARON – North Mahaska School Board met Monday to interview an internal candidate for the interim superintendent’s position. The board previously accepted the resignation of school superintendent Angela Livezey effective June 30, 2023 at its March 27 meeting. The board approved an offer to Tim Veiseth as Interim Superintendent effective July 1, 2023 to […]
by Tony Witt The Varsity Boys tennis team had a rough start to the season losing to Grinnell 1 to 10 on a cold and windy Monday. The boys did some things good but still need to work on consistency and cutting down on the unforced errors. They made a lot of easy mistakes for […]
NEW SHARON – North Mahaska’s golf team teed off for its first competition Monday hosting Lynnville-Sully and Montezuma. Battling a strong, cold wind, three golfers managed to shoot a 38. Montezuma had two of them and finished with a 161. North Mahaska was second with a 171 and L-S shot 183. “It was a good […]
Alicia Louise Swaim November 2, 1963 – April 3, 2023 Fremont, Iowa | Age 59 Alicia Louise Swaim, age 59, of Fremont, Iowa, passed away on April 3, 2023, at her home in Fremont. She was born on November 2, 1963, in Ottumwa, Iowa, the daughter of Janet Leaper. Alicia attended school in Ottumwa and […]
by Bryan Kime Monday the girls Tennis team started the season off with a road trip to a solid Grinnell team. Even though we lost the meet 4 to 7 The girls did some really nice things for the first meet of the season. Conditions was very cold and windy but I thought the girls […]
by Bret Foster The JV boys were in action today for the first time at Newton. On a chilly, windy day, Osky took home first place with an impressive 179 as a team! There were several solid scores for the team with very good balance. The second JV team finished in 3rd place with a […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (April 3, 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 […]
PELLA—Another stellar performance on the mound over the weekend for Central College baseball senior Declan O’Hare (senior, Los Angeles, Calif., John Marshall HS) earned him a second American Rivers Conference Pitcher of the Week accolade. O’Hare was previously honored on March 13 for his performance against The College of St Scholastica (Minn.) on the team’s […]
