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Mahaska Health is pleased to welcome Ryan Young, PA-C, to Mahaska Health Iowa Center of Excellence in Cardiology. Ryan brings over 25 years of experience as a board-certified Physician Assistant specializing in cardiology and is dedicated to improving healthcare access in rural communities like Oskaloosa and the surrounding areas. Ryan Young earned his degree from […]
Apr 25 2025 | Posted in
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OSKALOOSA, Iowa — A $5,000 grant from Clow Valve is powering up the Oskaloosa High School robotics program, helping students build more robots, explore bold ideas, and connect directly with local industry leaders in automation. The grant, awarded this month, will provide critical funding for robotics parts, 3D printing materials, and new laptops to support […]
Apr 24 2025 | Posted in
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Event: Mock Car Wreck with emergency helicopter landing Date/Time: Wednesday, April 30, 2025 – 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Location: Oskaloosa High School, 1816 N 3rd St, Oskaloosa, IA 52577 (North Parking Lot) OSKALOOSA, IOWA—Oskaloosa High School will hold a mock car wreck simulation on Wednesday, April 30, beginning at 9:15 a.m., to raise awareness […]
Apr 24 2025 | Posted in
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LYNNVILLE – North Mahaska’s golfers had one of their best outings of the season sweeping a triangular with Lynnville-Sully and Montezuma. NM girls won with a 214 while L-S and Montezuma scored a 224 and 236 respectively. On the boy’s side, North Mahaska shot a 164, Monte 200 and L-S finished with a 226. All […]

BROOKLYN – North Mahaska boys took to the track at the Bear Trax meet at BGM Tuesday and came home with a seventh place finish. Lynnville-Sully won the meet with 135 points and BGM was second with 117. North Mahaska scored 17. The sprint medley team of Jackson Doak, Jeb Goemaat, William Cox and Charlie […]

NORTH ENGLISH – North Mahaska and English Valleys met on the best day of golf this season and came away with wins for both the Warhawk boys and girls. The teams teed off under sunlit skies with the North Mahaska boys winning 178-213 and the girls winning 211-230. Despite the rain on Sunday, the greens […]

EDDYVILLE – Nataliya Linder and Emmerson Jedlicka scored three firsts and a second to help the North Mahaska girls to third place at the Eddyville Relays Tuesday. Jedlicka won the two distance races and Linder won the long jump and took second in the 400 hurdles. Davis County won the meet with 178 points while […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (April 21, 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 […]
Apr 21 2025 | Posted in
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DES MOINES— Today, Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered all flags in Iowa to be lowered to half-staff immediately until sunset on the day of interment for His Holiness Pope Francis who died on April 21, 2025 at Vatican City. He was 88-years-old. Gov. Reynolds’ order is issued in conjunction with President Trump’s proclamation to lower the […]
Apr 21 2025 | Posted in
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by Senator Adrian Dickey Happy Holy Week District 44, 2 weeks to go! This week the Senate passed SJR 11 which is a constitutional amendment to protect Iowa taxpayers against reckless tax increases by requiring a 2/3 majority vote to raise taxes or create a new tax. The process of passing a constitutional amendment is […]