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John “Zeus” Henry Ceglar March 10, 1947 – December 6, 2021 Albia, Iowa | Age 74 Served With Honor ~ United States Military Veteran John “Zeus” Henry Ceglar, age 74, of Albia, passed away on Monday, December 6, 2021, at his home. Zeus was born on March 10, 1947, at the Smith Hospital in Albia […]
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Douglas “Doug” Robert Shafer October 14, 1950 – December 6, 2021 Tracy, Iowa | Age 71 Douglas Robert “Doug” Shafer, 71, of Tracy died Monday, December 6, 2021, at the MHP Hospital in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He was born Saturday, October 14, 1950, in Oskaloosa, Iowa the son of Elmer Shafer and Joyce (Ross) Shafer. On […]
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Lois Darlene Behrens April 7, 1949 – December 6, 2021 Albia, Iowa | Age 72 Lois Darlene Behrens, age 72, of Albia, IA, passed away Monday, December 6, 2021, at the Monroe County Hospital in Albia. Lois was born on April 7, 1949, at home in Albia to Orval and Margaret (See) Stephens. Lois grew […]
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Oskaloosa–Men’s track and field athlete Torian Kingston (Jr., Queens, N.Y., Sports Management) and women’s track and field athlete Raven Williams (Sr., Las Vegas, Nev.) have been named the Statesmen of the Week for the week of November 29-December 5, presented by Gardner-Collier Jewelry. Kingston opened his indoor season by not only winning the 200-meter dash […]
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BELLE PLAINE – Four North Mahaska wrestlers went 3-0 on the mat at Belle Plaine Dec. 2. Paul DeJong at 126 pounds earned three pins on his way to victory. Trace Goemaat at 285, Joel DeJong at 106, and Matt German at 113 also went undefeated. Five other Warhawks finished 2-1 on the night. North […]

PACKWOOD – North Mahaska participated in its third wrestling meet in as many days Saturday and tied Davis County for the runnerup spot with 118 points. The Warhawks crowned one champion along with three seconds and a third. Trace Goemaat remained unbeaten on the season in taking the top spot at 285 pounds. Matt German, […]

LONE TREE – North Mahaska’s wrestling team took to the road to Lone Tree Nov. 30 for its first action of the season. They faced three teams falling to Lone Tree 58-18, then taking down New London 47-35 then lost to West Liberty 48-33. Trace Goemaat picked up a pair of falls and a forfeit […]

by Tony Witt The Oskaloosa Boys and Girls participated in the Newton Bowling Invitational on Saturday December the 4th for our first bowling meet of the year. The Girls finished in 4th place for the tournament. Kaylee Haugen led the way for the girls with a 2 game high total series of 259 for the […]

The girls were in action twice last week with our two best showings. We continue to get better every game! Tuesday we were at PC. The girls handled the press very well and moved the ball up the floor getting lots of good looks. We struggled to put the ball in the hole but continued […]

OHS debate hit the podium again this past Saturday live at Johnston. We faced many of the same competitors we will be facing at state in January. Despite the tough rounds, Elliot Nelson placed first in his house for student Congress. -Jessica Weinreich