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FAREWAY SALUTES RETIRED AND ACTIVE-DUTY MILITARY

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All store locations to provide 15 percent discount on November 11 for service members NEWS RELEASE (Boone, IA) – This Veteran’s Day, Friday, November 11, the Fareway family would like to thank all veterans and active service members. Fareway store locations in a seven-state region will be offering a fifteen percent discount to veterans, retired, […]

10 Communities Receive $934,430 in Main Street Iowa Challenge Grants

Pictured left to right: Michael Wagler, Main Street Iowa Coordinator; Jim Bruxvoort, Owner of H&R Block; Dave Krutzfeldt, Mayor of Oskaloosa; Amy Brainard, Oskaloosa Main Street Director; Debi Durham, IEDA & IFA Executive Director; Dr. Eric DeBoef, Owner of Town Square Dental Care; and Cary Van Kampen, Oskaloosa Main Street Board Member.

Projects will leverage private investments to revitalize downtowns across the state November 2, 2022 (DES MOINES, IA) – The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) awarded $934,430 in Main Street Iowa Challenge Grants to 10 communities around the state. The grants will benefit local improvement projects, such as historic building rehabilitation and upper story renovations. “The […]

OMS 8th Grade Girls Battle Newton

Oskaloosa Indians

by Alex Knoot Tonight the 8th grade girls were in action against Newton for their season opener! We came out a little slow and timid to start but once the competitive juices got rolling the girls turned up the entensity. With some shots falling led by Haylee Parker the girls pulled away in the second […]

Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report October 31 – November 1, 2022

Iowa Department of Agriculture

DES MOINES, Iowa (November 7, 2022) — Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented today on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. “Soybean harvest is nearing completion with corn close behind and farmers are also busy with other […]

IHCC CHEER COMPETES AT USA ROCKY MOUNTAIN CLASSIC

Indian Hills Athletics

Broomfield, CO – The Indian Hills Competitive Cheer team competed at the 2022 USA Rocky Mountain Classic on Saturday in the program’s first-ever game day routine competition. The squad performed a timeout routine and the school’s fight song. “Our first performance for a game day routine went very well,” stated head coach Cyndi Mellin. “I […]

14 WARRIORS PLACE, HENDERSON MEDALS AT LUTHER HILL

Indian Hills Athletics

Indianola, IA – The Indian Hills Men’s Wrestling squad opened up its 2022-23 campaign with a strong showing at the Luther Hill Invitational on Saturday. 14 different Warriors placed on the day, including six top-three finishes in the season-opener. “It felt like we made a lot of mistakes, but still managed to have a decent […]

47-point first half propels Central to football rout

Central Dutch Athletics

 PELLA—It was perhaps the sign of a good day for the Central College football team Saturday at windswept Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium when Luther College’s opening kickoff made an abrupt U-turn and bounded backwards 5 yards. Nine seconds later the feet of wide receiver Logan Mont (junior, Aurora, Ill., West Aurora HS) touched […]

Dutch wrestling season gets started at Stevens Point

Central Dutch Athletics

STEVENS POINT, WIS. — A trio of top-three finishes highlighted the opening weekend of the Central College wrestling season at the Pointer Open Saturday. Team scores were not kept in the 12-team invitational hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. “I thought it was a really good start of the season,” coach Eric Van Kley […]

WARRIORS RUN PAST CLOUD COUNTY AT HOME

Indian Hills Athletics

Ottumwa, IA – No. 3 Indian Hills Men’s Basketball picked up a 79-68 victory over Cloud County Community College on the opening night of the RV & Power Sport Classic at the Hellyer Center on Friday night. The Warriors improve to 2-0 on the year. Indian Hills pulled away from the Thunderbirds down the stretch […]

James King

James King January 3, 1982 – November 4, 2022 New Sharon, Iowa | Age 40 James King, 40, of New Sharon, passed away Friday, November 4, 2022, of kidney failure at the Mahaska Health Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. James Michael King, son of Vicky Ver Steeg, was born on January 3, 1982, in Corydon, […]

           

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