WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will soon deliver four more advanced rocket systems to Ukraine, under a new $625 million package of aid expected to be announced Tuesday. That’s according to U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to provide details of the package ahead of the announcement. The decision marks the first time the U.S. has sent more High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems to Ukraine since late July, and it will bring the total number delivered so far to 20. The systems have become a key tool in Ukraine’s ability to strike bridges that Russia has used to supply its troops, enabling Ukrainian forces to make inroads in Russia-controlled regions.
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4-H Giving Day Starts Today
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By Sam Parsons
This week is National 4-H week, and today, the Iowa 4-H Foundation is going to be holding its annual 4-H Giving Day. We chatted with Iowa 4-H executive director Emily Saveraid about what’s going on.
Dollars invested in the priority areas will go toward statewide opportunities for 4-Hers. Area counties participating include Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Wapello, Jefferson, and Poweshiek counties. To donate or find more information, visit iowa4hgivingday.org.
Mahaska County Board of Supervisors Discusses Osky Comprehensive Plan, MODES Study
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By Sam Parsons
The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors met yesterday and heard a presentation from the city of Oskaloosa on their draft comprehensive plan. They made mention that this week, a series of open houses will be held in the alley at the square on Wednesday between noon and 5pm, and that the plan would be adjusted throughout the month of October before being presented to the city council.
The board also discussed the ongoing Mahaska Oskaloosa Drives Economic Success, or MODES study, and a potential funding agreement with the DOT. This project is about the proposed certified site on the southeast portion of the city, forming connections between highway 23 and 63.
The funding proposal would include a reimbursement for the local match from the federal grant. The meeting went into a closed session for the board’s decision, but the supervisors did agree that the grant was necessary to move the project forward prior to the meeting being closed.
Yesterday evening, the Oskaloosa City Council approved their portion of the DOT agreement.
The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors will hold their next regular meeting on October 17.
Central RED Society to Present “Smash Park Pella: Behind the Scenes”
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PELLA — Central College’s Central RED Society will present “Smash Park Pella: Behind the Scenes” with Luke Ballenger, a 2006 Central graduate, on Thursday, Oct. 13, in the Boat Moore Weller Rooms, Maytag Student Center on Central’s campus.
Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. with the presentation beginning at 6 p.m. Cost is $15, and a cash bar will be available.
The city of Pella welcomed a new entertainment business with activities for community members and visitors. Smash Park provides games like pickleball, bags, ping-pong and arcade games. It also offers an eclectic menu for the whole family.
Ballenger will take the audience through the process of bringing a business, like Smash Park, to Pella. He will also share unique elements of Smash Park and how its establishment in Pella supports the community. Ballenger is a Pella native and a 2003 graduate of Pella Community High School. He attended Central College, University of Northern Iowa and Logan University to obtain his Doctor of Chiropractic degree, master’s in Sports Science degree and Acupunctural Sciences degree. He is the owner of a multi-disciplinary natural healthcare clinic in West Des Moines. He is also active in residential and commercial real estate throughout Central Iowa. Ballenger lives in Urbandale, Iowa.
Central RED (Ready to Engage and Discover) is a volunteer-driven, lifelong learning and social organization with an abiding partnership with Central alumni and friends who wish to share knowledge, talents and experiences.
To celebrate Central RED’s 10-year anniversary, no membership fee will be charged from June 1, 2022, to May 31, 2023. All classes and workshops are available for the public to attend. You must register and pay meal costs in advance for each class you will be attending.
No affiliation with Central is required to join. For more information, visit central.edu/red or contact Mary Benedict by email at benedictm@central.edu or phone at 641-628-7641.
Supreme Court welcomes the public again, and a new justice
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is beginning its new term after a break for summer. Monday’s arguments are the first the justices will hear since issuing a landmark ruling stripping away women’s constitutional protections for abortion. Monday’s session is also the first time new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the court’s first Black female justice, will participate in arguments. And it’s the first time the public will be able to attend since the court closed in March 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. A new stack of high-profile cases awaits the justices. Several cases the court has agreed to hear involve race or elections or both, and the court has also agreed to hear a dispute that returns the issue of free speech and LGBTQ rights to the court.
Iowa ag secretary candidates offer views on carbon pipeline projects
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By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa)
Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig says a “significant” percentage of landowners should agree to let carbon pipelines run through their property before any developer is granted eminent domain authority to acquire land from unwilling property owners.
“If eminent domain is going to be considered for use in these projects, it needs to be as a tool of last resort,” Naig says. “It needs to come when and if there have been significant voluntary agreements across the state.”
John Norwood, a small business owner and Polk County Soil and Water Commissioner, is the Democrat who’s running against Naig. Norwood says all pipeline land deals should be voluntary and the pipeline owners should make yearly payments to landowners and to counties.
“They’re bearing a new risk,” Norwood says. “The pipeline is carrying a dangerous product and they need to upgrade their EMS systems.”
Norwood says the pipelines aren’t the right answer for the long term success of the ethanol industry.
“Rather than trying to use the carbon pipelines to prop up a declining market which is our automobiles, as they shift to electric vehicles, we ought to be looking at the hard to electrify markets and there are four of them,” Norwood says. “It’s airplanes. It’s locomotives. It’s marine boats. It’s long-haul trucks.”
Naig, a Republican who is seeking a second full term as ag secretary, says an over reliance on electric vehicles is dangerous and ethanol use should expand.
“The ethanol industry needs to be looking at how do they lower the carbon intensity of that fuel and there are various ways to do that. Pipelines can accomplish that,” Naig says. “We should look at higher inclusion rates of ethanola nd biodiesel, like we’ve done in the state of Iowa, pushing to E15 and beyond.”
The candidates made their comments during taping of Iowa Press which aired Friday night on Iowa PBS.
Oskaloosa Main Street Young Ambassador Contest Accepting Entries
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OSKALOOSA — Oskaloosa Main Street is excited to share the plans underway for the Main Street Young Ambassador Contest. One young man and one young lady will once again be chosen as Oskaloosa’s Young Ambassadors. If you have a three-year-old to kindergarten-age child, enter them now!
The Young Ambassador contestants will all be introduced, and the winners will be announced on Monday, Nov. 28 at 6:00 pm at a gala event at Penn Central Mall held for the winners, their family, and local media. All participants will receive the same great prizes and will have the opportunity to participate in the “Christmas Canvas” Lighted Christmas Parade, Saturday, Dec. 3 at 7 pm.
To enter submit the following to Oskaloosa Main Street, 222 1st Ave. East, Oskaloosa. (2nd floor of the MidWestOne Drive-thru building): A photograph of your child no larger than 3×5, $5 registration fee, Child’s name, birthdate, parent’s name, address, phone, school attending, favorite activity, and what they want for Christmas. If you have a preference on canister location, you must get permission from that business. Entries will be accepted until 3:00 pm, Friday, October 21.
Business sponsors are needed to display a secure bank that will be provided for collecting monetary votes for the candidates. Voting will take place November 1 through the morning of November 28. The Young Ambassadors will be determined based upon amount of money they receive in their canisters. Proceeds from event will enable a contribution to a local preschool and go towards Christmas parade expenses. For more information call 641.672.2591.
North Mahaska Readies for Homecoming 2022
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NEW SHARON — Students at North Mahaska will spend the week of Oct. 3-9 in fantasy land as they ready for homecoming 2022. Several events are scheduled leading up to the football game against Wayne Community on Friday and Saturday’s formal dance. They will live out the slogan “Once Upon a Warhawk Homecoming.”
Teachers and classes at the junior-senior high have been assigned a fantasy. Seniors – Harry Potter; Juniors – Pirates of the Caribbean; Sophomores – Superheroes/Marvel; Freshmen – Shrek; 8th grade – Alice in Wonderland; 7th grade – Wizard of Oz; and Teachers: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
The school participate in dress up days throughout homecoming week. Monday – Country vs. Country Club; Tuesday – Iconic Duos (or trios, etc.); Wednesday – Class Theme Day; Thursday – Senior Citizen; and Friday – Red & White Spirit Day.
Recently retired teachers and staff members Eleanor Robinson, Cindy DeGoey, Terry Malone and Bruce Peiffer will serve as grand marshals for the events.
Iron Man volleyball and powderpuff football games will take place on Tuesday. The parade will take place through New Sharon on Thursday at 6 p.m. followed by the coronation in the auditorium. Class and team skits will be part of the pep rally. Friday will include pep rallies at both the elementary and high school. Homecoming game will be held on Friday at 7 p.m.
Indians Downed on the Road By Cardinals
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By Sam Parsons
A beautiful Friday night on the eve of October turned out to be a not-so-beautiful night of football for the Oskaloosa Indians as they faced a difficult test on the road against the 7th ranked Newton Cardinals.
The Cardinals got the ball to start the game and immediately went to work offensively. In their first drive, it took them only 4 plays to reach the end zone, punctuated by a 43 yard touchdown run by star running back Cody Klein to make it 7-0 just over a minute into the game.
The Indian offense responded with a pair of chunk plays on marvelous catches by senior wideout Waylon Bolibaugh, who delivered a standout performance. His catches of 32 and 42 yards put Osky on the doorstep of Newton’s end zone, but penalties held them out, so they settled for a 33 yard field goal off the foot of freshman Linus Morrison to make the score 7-3.
The explosive plays kept coming for the Newton offense, however. 7 plays into their next drive, senior quarterback Brody Bauer took a read option keeper to the left side of the field and there was nobody there to meet him, and he went 35 yards to the house to extend the Cardinal lead to 14-3, which is where the score remained entering the 2nd quarter.
The two teams traded punts, and then Oskaloosa went 3-and-out, and Newton got back to their explosive ways on offense. Early in the 2nd quarter, Bauer heaved a deep ball over the middle to sophomore wideout Christian Ergenbright, who made a fantastic finger-tip catch in stride and took it the rest of the way for a 59 yard score to make it 21-3. Another Osky punt led to another long touchdown for the Cardinals; this time, a 39 yard catch-and-run by sophomore Nate Lampe delivered by Bauer to bring the score to 28-3. With just over 3 minutes remaining in the half, the game was in dire straits for the Indians.
It didn’t get better from there. On the first play of the next drive for the Osky offense, junior QB Trevor Willett was picked off on a play that appeared to have possibly been broken from the start. Carson Satterfield was the beneficiary of the fluttering throw to the flat and there was consequently nothing but daylight in front of him as he housed it to extend the Cardinal lead to 35-3.
Osky was able to generate some movement offensively on what looked to be their final drive of the half, bringing it all the way to the Cardinal 36 with under a minute to go, but it ended with another Willett interception, this time courtesy of Nate Lampe, who made a brilliant play 1-on-1 with Maddux Ashman at the Cardinal 5 yard line. The most brutal dagger of them all came on the next play as Newton took over with 35 seconds remaining in the half and presumably no ambitions to score, but Cody Klein took the next carry and found a lot of green space in the middle of the field; enough to blow by the Indian defense and take it all the way for a 95 yard rushing touchdown right before the end of the half. The score was 42-3 at halftime.
With a running clock in the second half, both teams got to play some of their younger reserve players, and Oskaloosa saw a standout performance from backup quarterback Parker Lewis late in the game, who found Waylon Bolibaugh for a 30 yard catch-and-run for the lone Indian touchdown. It, of course, was far too little too late, however. The final score was 56-10 in favor of the Cardinals.
Oskaloosa (1-5) will play their final home game of the season next week against their biggest rival, the Pella Dutch. Newton (6-0) will look to remain perfect as they host Cedar Rapids Washington next week.
Oskaloosa Passing
Trevor Willett: 12/21, 145 yards, 0 TD, 2 INT; 0 sacks, 0 fumbles
Parker Lewis: 5/9, 69 yards, TD, INT; 1 sack, 2 yards lost, 0 fumbles
Newton Passing
Brody Bauer: 7/10, 125 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT; 0 sacks, 0 fumbles
Oskaloosa Rushing
Dom Piersel: 9 carries, 51 yards
Tatum Westercamp: 11 carries, 35 yards, 1 fumble
Newton Rushing
Cody Klein: 10 carries, 174 yards, 2 TD
Reilly Trease: 3 carries, 74 yards, TD
Brody Bauer: 3 carries, 64 yards, TD
Clayton Wickliffe: 6 carries, 23 yards, TD
Oskaloosa Receiving
Waylon Bolibaugh: 9 rec, 159 yards, TD
Wyatt Grubb: 6 rec, 48 yards
Maddux Ashman: 2 rec, 13 yards
Newton Receiving
Christian Ergenbright: 2 rec, 72 yards, TD
Nate Lampe: 1 rec, 39 yards, TD
Curtis Payne: 1 rec, 9 yards
Jordan Killmer: 1 rec, 6 yards
Caleb Mattes: 1 rec, 3 yards
Cody Klein: 1 rec, -4 yards
Hurricane Ian heads for Carolinas after pounding Florida
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A revived Hurricane Ian is bearing down on South Carolina’s coast and the historic city of Charleston, with forecasters predicting a storm surge and floods. Earlier, the megastorm caused catastrophic damage in Florida, leaving people trapped in flooded homes and was blamed in at least six deaths in the state. With South Carolina’s coast under a hurricane warning, shopkeepers sandbagged storefronts in flood-prone areas and a steady stream of vehicles left Charleston for higher ground. In Florida, meanwhile, rescue crews piloted boats through inundated streets to save thousands from flooded homes and shattered buildings. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says at least 700 rescues were conducted in his state already, mostly by air.
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