By Kristi Nixon OSAGE — From a three-win season to clinching a playoff spot on homecoming night, the Osage football team gave the home team plenty to cheer about in a 36-10 win over Garner-Hayfield-Ventura. The Green Devils used a physical offense and a tough defense to earn their first home win of the season…
Kristi Nixon, Sports Editor FOREST CITY — Osage overcame an 8-6 halftime deficit to defeat Forest City for a 14-8 road Class 2A District 3 victory on Friday, Sept. 24.Max Knudsen completed two touchdown passes to Ben Miller, one for a 47-yard catch-and-run as the Green Devils improved to 2-3 overall, 1-1 district.Coach Torian Wolf’s…
By Kara TrettinOsage — The Osage Community School District (OCSD) board discussed the implications of the recent lifting of the mask mandate in Iowa during its most recent board meeting.No action was taken to implement mask mandate changes at the OCSD during the meeting.Superintendent Barb Schwamman,said she has been in contact with their legal counsel,…
By Kristi Nixon MANLY — New PR, school record and course record. Check, check and check. St. Ansgar senior Riley Witt ran to 15 minutes, 48 seconds, breaking 16 minutes for the first time to easily win the Central Springs Invite on Thursday, Sept. 23. “That was definitely the goal,” Witt said, “to drop a…
By Kristi Nixon GREENE — St. Ansgar turned around a first set deficit behind the serving of Emma Hicken and then found the momentum it needed to serve up a 3-0 sweep of North Butler at Greene on Tuesday, Sept. 7. Hicken took over serving in the opening set with the Saints trailing 14-13, putting…
By Kristi Nixon WAVERLY — The Riceville senior girls placed 12th out of 13 teams at the 2021 Dick Pollitt Go-Hawk Classic on the Max Cross Country Course at Wartburg College. O’Malley Fair had the top finish for coach Bryce Conway’s team, crossing the finish line in 43rd place in a time of 24 minutes,…
By Kristi Nixon SHEFFIELD — Offense, defense, special teams, you name it, St. Ansgar football excelled at it against West Fork. The Saints scored seven offensive touchdowns, one of which was the result of a turnover, two interception returns for senior Griffin Carlson and a punt return for a TD in the 67-0 shutout of…
By Kristi Nixon ST. ANSGAR — A match after celebrating her 500th career kill, Osage’s Kaebre Sullivan added 10 more in a 25-18, 25-7, 25-10 win over St. Ansgar on the road on Thursday, Sept. 2. While head coach Bryan Tabbert knew his senior outside hitter was in line for the milestone, it came as…
By Kristi Nixon ST. ANSGAR — Four first-half turnovers, one for an 88-yard interception return by Cole Jeffries that proved to be the winning touchdown, aided Osage to a 20-13 win against Osage on Saturday. The game was delayed several times for a grand total of 20 hours due to weather, leaving the field soupy…
By Kara Trettin Osage – During the most recent regular meeting of the Mitchell County Board of Supervisors, Mitchell County Sheriff Greg Beaver gave a brief statement regarding the human remains found in mid-July near the Cedar River Greenbelt Trail. “We’re waiting on the lab on the human remains,” Beaver said, “It could be another 30 days. We’re hopeful through DNA…
