DUBUQUE — A group of reserves from the Central College wrestling team battled some high-level opponents at the Loras Open Saturday in Dubuque. Central rested most of its starters as just 19 Dutch wrestlers competed. Wrestlers from eight NCAA Division I and II programs were represented in the 195-wrestler field. “It’s a very challenging tournament,” […]
CEDAR RAPIDS—A 48-point first half carried Coe College to an 85-59 victory over the Central College men’s basketball team Saturday. There were more offensive struggles for Central (4-13 overall, 1-8 American Rivers), which hit only 32.2% from the field, including a frosty 17.4% from 3-point range (4-23). Coe (15-5 overall, 7-4 conference) led wire-to-wire, taking […]
by Jessica Weinreich On Saturday, Jan. 29th, Elliot Nelson competed in the National Speech and Debate Association’s District Student Congress. This competition features students from all over Eastern Iowa competing to earn a spot at the National Tournament, held this summer. Elliot placed third overall. This is considered a National Qualifier, although he is positioned […]
CEDAR RAPIDS—Propelled by a career-best 25 points and 12 rebounds from freshman center Allison Van Gorp (Pella, Pella Christian HS), Central College scored a breakthrough women’s basketball win, dropping Coe College 67-53 Saturday It was Central’s first American Rivers victory and avenged a 56-46 home-court loss to the Kohawks Dec. 11. The young Dutch (3-9 […]
Mark Grant Cooper August 21, 1957 – January 28, 2022 Searsboro, Iowa | Age 64 Served With Honor ~ United States Military Veteran Mark Cooper, 64, passed away on Friday, January 28, 2022, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Mark Grant Cooper was born on August 21, 1957, to Kenneth and Leah […]
PELLA — The Central College men’s and women’s track and field teams spent partial squads to the Wartburg College Friday Night Lights Meet in Waverly. No team scores were kept as the only other schools competing were the hosts and the University of Northern Iowa. Central did not have a full squad for either gender […]
by Senator Ken Rozenboom We have wrapped up the third week of the legislative session, a week that was filled with subcommittee and standing committee meetings. We are also beginning the budget process. As always, we focus specifically on K-12 school funding first for two reasons. Our school boards have to develop their own budgets […]
by Jerry Fairbank A successful night on the mat as the Osky Wrestlers took down Keokuk 83-0 and Washington 48-28 before falling to Williamsburg 54-12. The individual results are below: 106 Alex Russell 2-1 113 Ivan Montgomery 1-2 120 Reid Luck 1-2 126 Trey Miller 3-0 132 Garrett Roethler 2-1 138 Phillip Abrahamson 3-0 145 […]
by Holly Brink Week 3 Update Hello Friends, The third week of session began with freezing cold weather, but it didn’t stop me from getting to the Statehouse – and it didn’t stop us from advancing key legislation this week. It was a busy week (almost felt like funnel week), as I attended several committee […]
by Wade Schelker The 7th grade Boys Basketball A and B teams were in action against the Crusaders from Oskaloosa Christian Thursday evening. Leading scorers for the Indians were Kinnick Wright and Cael Ashman with 6 points apiece. Brady Shinn added a 3 point basket while Tyler Edgar and Ayden Plumb added 2 pointes apiece. […]
