NEWS

MONTEZUMA – North Mahaska rallied from a 4-3 deficit to upend rival Montezuma, 7-4 on Monday. North Mahaska opened the scoring in the top of the first thanks to two singles. Olivia Ridgeway, Maddie Doonan…

OSKALOOSA -- Oskaloosa Main Street announced that Salvaged Designs, owned by Jen Thomas Maxwell, has been selected as the local winner of the 2025 Open 4 Business grant competition. Salvaged Designs, a beloved business in…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel hit Iranian government targets in Tehran on Monday in a series of strikes that followed a salvo of missiles and drones fired by Iran at Israel in the…

BASEBALL NEW SHARON – North Mahaska and HLV/Tri-County have had a pair of interesting ball games this season. In May, North Mahaska won 18-17 in eight innings. Friday night a single in the bottom of…

OSKALOOSA -- Mahaska County Conservation has two cozy cabins at Eveland Access that are now available to book online at  mycountyparks.com.  Each cabin offers comfortable accommodations for up to 6 guests, with a maximum capacity…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 90 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the social…

DES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose slightly to 3.6 percent in May, up from 3.5 percent in April, despite 3,900 Iowans joining the labor force. The labor force participation rate rose…

BOONE – North Mahaska’ baseball team will host the opening round of the Class 1A District 11 baseball tournament on Saturday, July 5. The Warhawks will play Mormon Trail at 7 p.m. following a contest…

POWESHIEK COUNTY – Two fatal car accidents took place within 30 minutes of each other yesterday morning in Poweshiek County. According to traffic records, at around 7:16am, a semi truck with an oversized load driven…

TEHRAN (AP) -- Iranian state television on Tuesday afternoon urged people to remove WhatsApp from their smartphones, alleging without specific evidence that the messaging app gathered user information to send to Israel. In a statement,…