The Mahaska County Master Gardeners established a seed library for gardeners in 2021 and have added new seed for 2022. It is housed at the Mahaska County Extension Office. During the spring planting season (April 1- June 1) the seed library will be in a plastic tote located outside the Extension office west entrance for […]
Des Moines – Rob Sand filed over 5,000 petition signatures to qualify for the June primary ballot on Wednesday, more than double the number required. Sand was first elected in 2018, the only statewide candidate to defeat an incumbent that year, by pledging to “wake up the watchdog” in the Auditor’s Office. “Big and powerful […]
Lois Jean Beary May 25, 1928 – March 14, 2022 Albia, Iowa | Age 93 Lois Jean Beary, age 93, of Albia, IA, passed away on Monday, March 14, 2022, at the Monroe Care Center in Albia. Lois was born on May 25, 1928, in Colorado to Archie and Ida Louise (Lenton) Thomas. Lois grew […]
LONGVIEW, TEXAS—Coach Mel Blasi saw some sunlight in a soggy closing round for the Central College men’s golf team in the season-opening the Pinecrest Invitational men’s golf tournament Tuesday. The Dutch slipped to fourth place in rainy conditions in the seven-team tourney at 303-307-307—917. Second-round play was halted Monday night due to storms and completed […]
DAVENPORT, FLA. — Piling on nine runs of the final two innings of the second game, the Central College baseball team completed the 11-5, 12-9 sweep over Knox College (Ill.) Monday afternoon. Trailing 8-3 entering the top of the sixth, Central (5-1) struck for five runs in the sixth and added three more in the […]
Learn how to prevent the spread of avian influenza in Iowa AMES, Iowa – In a recent episode of the Small Farm Sustainability Podcast, Yuko Sato, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach poultry veterinarian and associate professor in Iowa State’s College of Veterinary Medicine, discusses avian influenza and how good biosecurity practices can help prevent […]
FORT MYERS, FLA.—Pitchers Morgan Schaben (junior, Portsmouth, Harlan HS) and Chloe Dougherty (freshman, Alleman, North Polk HS) combined on a no-hitter as the Central College softball team made quick work of SUNY Canton 19-3 and Kenyon College (Ohio) 9-0 in a pair of five-inning games Tuesday. Schaben (2-3) threw 4.1 hitless innings against Kenyon (13-3), […]
Charlotte, NC – The NJCAA National Office released the third installment of rankings for the regular season, including Division I and II softball and all three divisions of baseball. Men’s and women’s regular season lacrosse rankings returned on Monday with the first week’s official rollout. Below is a summary of the rankings from Monday’s announcement: […]
FORT MYERS, FLA.—First baseman Megan Stuhr (sophomore, Ankeny) and second baseman Haley Bach (freshman, Council Bluffs, Lewis Central HS) each had four hits as the Central College softball team came away with a sweep Monday in its first day of action at the Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic, defeating Oneonta State (N.Y.) 3-2 and SUNY-Canton 15-0 […]
WINTER HAVEN, FLA. — Using 26 hits to plate 24 runners, the Central College baseball won a pair of games Monday at the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational. Central (4-1) held off Curry College (Mass.) 5-4 in the opener before slugging its way to a 19-12 win over the State University of New York – Polytechnic […]
