NEWS

Oskaloosa’s boys’ swim team has its only home meet of the season Thursday (12/13).  The Indians will host Keokuk and Williamsburg at the Oskaloosa YMCA.  Oskaloosa Coach Grant Bolibaugh says more swimmers have come out…

Ottumwa High’s basketball teams will play at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines next month.  The Bulldogs’ games at Ankeny on January 8 will now be played in the arena which hosts the Iowa…

Former North Mahaska standout Grant Stout is part of the Iowa High School Athletic Association’s basketball hall of fame class for 2019.  Stout was a four year starter for the Warhawks and a two-time all-state…

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's once-devoted lawyer and all-around fixer, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for allowing what he said was his "blind loyalty" to Trump to lead him astray. "I felt…

The National Retail Federation says they expect gift card spending to reach an estimated $27.6 billion this holiday season. That number will be made up of, on average, a gift card purchaser buying four gift cards…

Oskaloosa’s boys’ basketball team improved to 5-0 on the season last night (12/11) with a 74-48 victory at Washington.  The Indians excelled in long-range shooting with 13 three-point baskets.  Junior Noah Van Veldhuizen had six…

They’re number one.  Oskaloosa is on top of the first Class 3A boys’ high school basketball poll from Associated Press.  The Indians received six out of ten first place votes.  Three Little Hawkeye Conference teams…

William Penn’s basketball teams are on the road tonight (12/11) at Baker.  The women’s matchup features two ranked teams: the Statesmen are 20thin the latest NAIA poll, while Baker is 23rd.  Statesmen Coach Steve Williamson:…

A man from Leighton was killed Sunday afternoon (12/9) in a hunting accident near Lake Red Rock.  The Iowa DNR and Marion County Sheriff’s Office say 23-year-old Blake Schroder of Leighton was hit by a…

William Penn’s men’s and women’s basketball teams were winners on Saturday (12/8).  The fourth-ranked Statesmen men defeated number 17 Peru State 83-76 to improve to 12-1 on the season and 6-1 in the Heart of…