Cedar Rapids, IA – The Indian Hills Baseball team picked up its fifth consecutive win with a 9-6 road victory over Kirkwood Community College on Thursday afternoon. The Warriors improve to 16-8 overall and 8-3 in Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) play. Indian Hills, who totaled 69 runs over its last four games, continued […]
Optimist Club of Oskaloosa honored two seventh-grade students Wednesday as the Students of the Trimester. Club Members Clint Gingrich, left, and Mark Scholes, far right, presented the plaques to Lauren McKain and Edward Rust.
Ottumwa, IA – The Indian Hills Softball team pushed its winning streak to 13 games with an Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) doubleheader sweep over Southwestern Community College on Wednesday. The Warriors move to 20-6 overall on the year and 6-0 in league play. Taking on the Spartans at R.L. Hellyer Field, the Warriors […]
Delbert O. Brackney October 24, 1926 – October 18, 2021 The United States Army Sergeant After graduating Oskaloosa High School in 1944, Delbert enlisted in the Army on February 2, 1945 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. He served in communications until his discharge on November 15, 1946 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky. He returned to Oskaloosa, and […]
STORM LAKE — Traveling to the American Rivers Conference preseason favorites on Tuesday, the Central College baseball team was swept 10-5 and 11-0 by Buena Vista University. Buena Vista outhit Central 31-10 on the day. The Beavers had eight extra-base hits to just two for the Dutch. “You have to give Buena Vista credit,” coach […]
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 […]
