February 15, 2025 Millington, TN – The Indian Hills Baseball team opened its 2025 campaign with a split at the Perfect Game JUCO Invitational on Friday. The Warriors defeated No. 15 ranked Wabash Valley College (IL) 7-0 in the opener before following to Arkansas State University – Mountain Home 2-0 in the nightcap. Originally scheduled […]
February 15, 2025 Burlington, IA – The Indian Hills Softball team secured a pair of wins on the opening day of the SCC Turf Tournament in Burlington, IA on Friday. The Warriors dropped Ellsworth Community College 6-4 before completing the morning sweep with a 13-3 win over Black Hawk College (IL). Indian Hills extended its […]
PELLA – With 11 wrestlers making championship bouts across 10 weight classes, the Central College men’s wrestling team was dominant at its home Last Chance Invitational Friday night There were 103 total wrestlers from nine different programs in action. It was an opportunity for most teams, including Central, to get reserve wrestlers some final competition […]
by Senator Adrian Dickey Good afternoon Senate District 44! I’d like to start this week’s dispatch off with the sad news of David Heaton from Mount Pleasant passing away. Representative Heaton served Henry County for 23 years in the Iowa House, retiring in 2017. While Dave had been away from the Capitol for 8 years, […]
by Senator Ken Rozenboom Funding for K-12 schools In our first floor debate of the year, the Senate passed our version of the K-12 education funding proposal for this year. Senate File 167 is a $235 million increase for K-12 education in Iowa. Iowa’s total amount in state aid for K-12 schools will come to […]
PELLA – Seniors spark a blowout 44-0 victory for Central College men’s wrestling team in American Rivers finale Thursday night. The Dutch (10-4 overall, 6-2 American Rivers Conference) took advantage of forfeits at the first two weights by the Storm (1-11, 1-7 conference) to start with a 12-0 lead. Central rattled off three consecutive technical […]
Friends of Mahaska County Conservation has been collecting plastic shopping/grocery bags for recycling. Since 2019 over 700,000 shopping/grocery bags have been collected and have been recycled and kept out of the Mahaska County Landfill. Over the years, we have expanded our collection capability. Currently, we have two buildings, one located at the Southern Iowa Fairgrounds […]
February 12, 2025 River Grove, IL – No. 2 Indian Hills Men’s Basketball saw its 10-game winning streak come to an end Wednesday night, dropping a narrow 65-58 battle to No. 6 Triton College (IL) in a top-10 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) matchup. The Warriors move to 21-5 on the year. Quinton Perkins […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – North Mahaska was notified this past week that it has been ranked No. 51st in Iowa among the 2025 Best Elementary School rankings by U.S. News & World Report. The rankings include more than 79,000 public elementary and middle schools across the country. Schools are ranked at the state and district level, […]
by Representative Helena Hayes February 12, 2025 The State Legislature is once again considering a bill that would limit civil liability for chemical companies that manufacture pesticides. The bill recently passed out of a Senate subcommittee on February 5th and is awaiting agenda action in the Senate Judiciary Committee. This pesticide bill is a tort […]
