PELLA- For the first time since 2015, the Central College softball team had two players selected to the NFCA Division III Softball All-America squad Wednesday evening. Catcher Rylee Dunkin (sophomore, Hamilton, Twin Cedars HS) landed on the second team while shortstop Haley Bach (senior, Council Bluffs, Lewis Central HS) was placed on the third team. […]
NEW SHARON – North Mahaska scored seven first inning runs, and Bailee Bandstra’s pinch hit ground scored the winning run as the Warhawks topped Lynnville-Sully 11-1 in South Iowa Cedar League play Wednesday. North Mahaska pounded out 12 hits including two doubles and a homerun. Regan Grewe hit a single and homer to drive in […]
KEOTA – North Mahaska utilized hitting and free bases to down Keota in South Iowa Cedar League baseball play Tuesday. The Warhawks recorded seven hits, 10 base on balls, and four hit batters to defeat Keota 8-4. North Mahaska (1-1, 1-0) scored five runs in the top of the first inning then added three more […]
KEOTA – North Mahaska opened the 2025 softball campaign at Keota with a 4-2 on Tuesday. Sophomore Lydia Howell’s two-run homerun in the second inning ut the visiting Warhawks in control. Senior Regan Grewe singled to open the second and Howell ripped a ball over the fence in centerfield. Keota junior Kennedy Jackson singled in […]
John W. Doty Apr. 20, 1937 – Mar. 13, 2025 The United States Army John Wesley Doty grew up in What Cheer, Iowa, where he attended the local schools. He entered the Army on Apr. 4, 1962, in Des Moines, Iowa. He was deployed to An Khe and Quin Yon, Vietnam. After two years of […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (May 27, 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 […]
Gene Phillips January 24, 1937 – May 27, 2025 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 88 Gene Phillips, 88, of Oskaloosa, died Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at the MHP Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. He was born on January 24, 1937, on a farm near Leighton, Iowa, in Mahaska County, the son of Albert and Helen Traister […]
Iowa Speedway to Host the Synk 275 and the Farm to Finish 275, July 12-13 NEWTON, Iowa (May, 28, 2025) – Celebrating speed, precision and innovation – hallmarks in racing and modern agriculture – Sukup Manufacturing Co. and INDYCAR today announced the race names for the two NTT INDYCAR SERIES 275-lap races during the upcoming […]
Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office Press Release Sunday, May 25, 2025 On Sunday, May 25th, 2025, members of the Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a boating accident on the Des Moines River near 310th Street, in rural Eddyville. This call came in at approximately 9:50 am. It was reported that two individuals had been […]
Oskaloosa, IA — Something big, bold, and beautifully handmade is coming to the streets of Oskaloosa! The Uplifting Puppet Co. is thrilled to announce the first-ever Uplifting Puppet Parade, a vibrant new tradition that celebrates creativity, community, and the joy of large-scale puppetry. The grand parade will march around the historical square in downtown Oskaloosa […]
