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February 15, 2025 Council Bluffs, IA – Freshman Paola Rodriguez (Vega Baja, Puerto Rico/Rosalina C. Martinez) captured the individual National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 11 Championship Saturday afternoon for the No. 1 ranked Indian Hills Women’s Wrestling squad. As a team, the Warriors brought home a third-place finish. Rodriguez, the top-seeded wrestler in […]
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February 15, 2025 Burlington, IA – Sophomore William Beugre-Kassi (Pontoise, France/Albert Thomas) put home a bucket with 4.1 seconds to play to lift No. 2 Indian Hills Men’s Basketball to a 57-55 win at Southeastern Community College on Saturday night. The win secures the regular season Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) title for the […]
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February 15, 2025 Burlington, IA — The Indian Hills Softball team capped an unbeaten weekend with a pair of wins on Saturday at the SCC Turf Tournament. The Warriors defeated Hawkeye Community College 12-0 before dropping Rock Valley College (IL) 3-0 in the finale. The two wins push the Warriors’ winning streak to six games […]
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PELLA- Led by a career high 30 points from Abby Johnson (senor, Ankeny), the Central College women’s basketball team took down the University of Dubuque 65-57. Johnson shot 11-of-20 from the field, including 6-of-12 from three-point range. She added six rebounds and one steal. “She made a bunch of shots early, and this is what […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
Feb 15 2025 | Posted in
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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 […]
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