PELLA – After a rare four-game losing streak, the Central College softball team made quick work of the University of Dubuque in a Sunday sweep. Central (24-10, 7-7 American Rivers Conference) won the opener 5-3 and needed just five innings to win the second game 12-4 over Dubuque (17-21, 3-13 A-R-C). Both teams started fast […]
April 26, 2026 Ottumwa, IA – The Indian Hills Softball team capped its home schedule with a doubleheader sweep of Marshalltown Community College in an Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) twinbill at R.L. Hellyer Field on Sunday. The Warriors took both contests, 10-2 and 17-2. The Warriors improve to 21-24 overall on the year […]
by Bill Wright KNOXVILLE, Iowa (April 25, 2026) – David Gravel was in a familiar spot on top of the podium Saturday night, April 25, with the NOS Energy Drink World of Outlaws at Knoxville Raceway. The Watertown, Connecticut driver earned $12,000 for his fifteenth career victory at Knoxville aboard the Big Game Motorsports #2 […]
PELLA – A 10th inning rally by the Central College baseball team sparked a pair of victories over the University of Dubuque Saturday. Central (15-20, 10-11 American Rivers Conference) and Dubuque (12-23, 7-14 conference) were knotted at 2-2 after nine. Both Dutch runs came on a two-run double from Bryer Wiley (sophomore, second base, Urbana, […]
DUBUQUE – Recording just seven hits over 14 innings Saturday, the Central College softball team lost 2-0 and 4-2 at Loras College. Central slipped to 22-10 overall and 5-7 in the American Rivers Conference. Loras is now 24-12 and 7-7 in conference play. In the opener, Central only had base runners who reached scoring position […]
by Bill Wright KNOXVILLE, Iowa (April 24, 2026) – Brad Sweet notched his eighth career win at the Knoxville Raceway on Friday night at the opener for the Premier Chevy Dealers NOS Energy Drink World of Outlaws event. It was the Grass Valley, California driver’s first triumph at the Sprint Car Capital since June of […]
PELLA – Despite 15 hits, the Central College baseball team couldn’t find the runs it needed in a 17-6 loss to the University of Dubuque. An early 6-2 lead for the Dutch evaporated after the Spartans struck for a six-run seventh inning to go in front 8-6. Dubuque added nine more in the final frame […]
by Senator Ken Rozenboom Going into Overtime As we went past the 100th day of the session and headed into overtime, we continue working on big issues and important bills. Before I was in the Senate I often wondered why the legislature didn’t deal with the budget, meaning appropriations and taxes, earlier rather than waiting […]
by Bill Wright KNOXVILLE, Iowa (April 23, 2026) – Thirty-seven cars participated in Thursday’s practice at the Knoxville Raceway. The practice session was open to 410 sprint cars only in anticipation of the weekend’s Premier Chevy Dealers Clash featuring the NOS Energy Drink World of Outlaws. The quickest lap of the night unofficially went to […]
DES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.4 percent in February, the same as in January and down slightly from 3.5 percent one year ago. The U.S. unemployment rate increased to 4.4 percent in February. The total number of unemployed Iowans decreased to 58,700 in February from 59,100 in January. The total […]
