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Forest City, IA – Eliana Bommarito (Brighton, MI/Hartland) took home a first-place finish at the Waldorf Open to lead a series of Warriors who placed on Saturday afternoon. As a team, Indian Hills boasted nine total placers among the 24-team field. Bommarito, coming off her first-ever collegiate dual victory for the Warriors on Tuesday night, […]
Nov 12 2022 | Posted in
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PELLA—Down by as many as 19 points in the second half, the Central College women’s basketball team clawed its way within four with 1:52 left before Cornell College hung on for a 77-66 win. Central (1-2) used a 10-0 run that started late in the third quarter to climb back into it and later sliced […]
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DECATUR, ILLINOIS — The Central College wrestling had a pair of individual champions at the Millikin Open Saturday in Brock Beck (junior, 133 pounds, Grinnell) and Rob Areyano (fifth year, 149 pounds, Selma, Calif.). No team scores were kept at the nine-team tournament. A total of 17 wrestlers earned top-six finishes in their respective weight […]
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Tallahassee, FL – Three individuals represented the Indian Hills Men’s and Women’s Cross Country programs at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) DI Cross Country National Championship on Saturday. On the women’s side, Lizeth Flores (Harvard, IL/Harvard) and Alyssa Shannon (Newton, IA/Newton) took part in the women’s 5k event while Brady Millikin (Hedrick, IA/Pekin) […]
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John Andrew Dallas Minter November 5, 1937 – November 11, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 85 John Andrew Dallas Minter, age 85, of Oskaloosa, passed away on Friday, November 11, 2022, at the Oskaloosa Care Center in Oskaloosa, Iowa. John was born on November 5, 1937, in Fredrick, Iowa, the son of James and Florence […]
Nov 12 2022 | Posted in
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Diane Whitlatch December 5, 1959 – November 11, 2022 Beacon, Iowa | Age 62 Diane Whitlatch, 62, of Beacon, died Friday, November 11, 2022, at University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City. She was born December 5, 1959, in Washington, Iowa, the daughter of Larry and Nancy Morgan Richardson. Diane graduated from Washington High School […]
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Barbara Jean Dessel August 29, 1950 – November 11, 2022 New Sharon, Iowa | Age 72 Barbara Dessel, 72 of New Sharon passed away Friday morning, November 11, 2022 at the St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. Barbara Jean Dessel, the daughter of John and Lorraine (Vickerman) Johnston, was born on August 29, 1950 in […]
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SUPERIOR, WIS.—An airtight defense is likely to be the Central College men’s basketball team’s calling card this year and it almost yielded a big second-half comeback victory in the Merrill Thompson Classic Friday. But the tourney host University of Wisconsin-Superior (2-0), which saw a 10-point lead vanish in the closing minutes, held off the Dutch […]
Nov 11 2022 | Posted in
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PELLA—A persistent effort on the glass and 23 points from sophomore transfer Abby Johnson (Ankeny) let the Central College women’s basketball team deliver first-year coach Moran Lonning her first collegiate victory Thursday, a 78-64 triumph over North Central University (Minn.). The Dutch (1-1) outrebounded North Central 54-45, getting 20 offensive boards to allow them to […]
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DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate announces the administrative recounts he requested for Des Moines and Warren counties were completed on Thursday and Iowa’s unofficial election results have been updated. Both counties experienced issues with reporting complete results on election night. There were approximately 2,000 uncounted ballots in Warren County and approximately […]
Nov 11 2022 | Posted in
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