AUBURNDALE, FLORIDA — Central College and Vassar College (N.Y.) combined for 41 runs in 14 innings with the Dutch coming up on the wrong side of both baseball games Monday. The Dutch (4-2) lost the opener 16-7 and fell again to the Brewers (6-5) 10-8 in the nightcap. Vassar totaled 27 hits, including eight extra-base […]
by Jessica Weinreich We had a TOUGH day at state last Saturday (3/11) – the judges were far from generous in their scores. Each student was individually given a rating by three judges then given an overall rating. We had a good showing of 8 students in 13 events. Overall division 2 ratings: Brenna Deffenbaugh […]
Ottumwa, IA – Sophomore guard Don McHenry (Milwaukee, WI/Hawaii-Hilo) of the Indian Hills Men’s Basketball team has been tapped as the 2022-23 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) Division I Men’s Basketball Player of the Year. Voted on by the league head coaches, McHenry was a unanimous decision. McHenry becomes the sixth consecutive Indian Hills […]
The Mahaska County Master Gardeners established a seed library for gardeners in 2021 and have added new seed in 2022 and for 2023. It is housed at the Mahaska County Extension Office. During the spring planting season (April 1- June 1) the seed library will be in a plastic totes located outside the Extension office […]
(Oskaloosa, Iowa) –Oskaloosa Main Street announces the 54th annual Art on the Square, one of Iowa’s oldest continuing art festivals. Art on the Square is a day to celebrate creativity and culture in our daily lives. This year’s event will take place Saturday, June 10, 2023, from 9 AM to 3 PM in City Square […]
Editors Note: The views and opinions expressed in this editorial are not necessarily the views or opinions of Oskaloosa News. Dear editor, My family wouldn’t be farming in Mahaska County today if it weren’t for Eugene “Bubsy” Strohman who gave my father the chance he needed to get started in agriculture. The average age of […]
AUBURNDALE, FLORIDA — Notching a pair of six-run innings, the Central College baseball team opened its Florida trip with a 13-7 win against the College of St Scholastica (Minn.) Sunday. Central (4-0) jumped out a 7-0 lead powered by a six-run outburst in the third frame. The Saints (0-7) rallied and tied the game in […]
TUCSON, ARIZ.—Hurdles lie ahead but it’s already evident that there’s a lot to like about this Central College softball team. The Dutch not only stretched their winning streak to eight games but did so in dominant fashion at the Tucson Invitational Games Sunday, streaking past the University of Wis.-La Crosse 8-1 and Webster University (Mo.) […]
Ottumwa, IA – The Indian Hills Men’s Basketball squad received the No. 6 seed in the upcoming National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) DI Men’s Basketball National Tournament in Hutchinson, KS, announced via the NJCAA Selection Show Sunday night. Action gets underway Tuesday, March 21 from the Hutchinson Sports Arena. Indian Hills receives a first-round […]
Mariannette Miller-Meeks: Understanding the Origins of COVID-19 Will Prepare Us for the Future As a doctor and former Director of Public Health in Iowa, I believe Americans deserve to know how the devastating COVID-19 pandemic began. Our nation has lost faith in the government institutions that oversee the scientific community, and the only way to […]
