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CENTERVILLE ? Fairfield found itself on the right side of a pair of 7-3 baseball games Wednesday evening in Centerville, though the visitors took two completely different paths to get there.Fairfield used a steady stream of offense to take a 7-3 victory in game one, then busted loose for seven runs in the three-inning nightcap, which was suspended due to rain.?We are very pleased with the play tonight. We ...

Beginning at 2 p.m. Friday, eight softball teams will be vying for the Fairfield Invitational crown.Teams in attendance include Davis County, New London, West Burlington, Wilton, Chariton, area opponent Cardinal and Southeast Conference rival Washington. Each team is guaranteed to play three games.This year?s field is packed with talent, and the invite figures to have solid matchups all three rounds. As one of ...

Comets lose 6-3 ELDON ? The Cardinal softball team dropped a 6-3 game to 14th-ranked (Class 2A) Highland Wednesday in Eldon.Cardinal?s Lindsay Moore went 3-for-4 from the plate, and Delaney Ridgway was 2-for-3. Ridgway took the loss from the pitcher?s circle, going all seven innings and giving up 12 hits and five earned runs. Van Buren falls 4-3BLOOMFIELD ? Davis County walked off with a 4-3 victory over Van ...

The Highland Community Schools Board of Directors will meet at 6 p.m. today in the Highland boardroom at the high school.Items on the tentative agenda include: report of principals, preliminary concept phase design for new central site elementary building, personnel and report of board and administration.

Sarah Greiner is a senior at Washington High School and a member of the Prairie Pride 4-H Club. She is the daughter of Brant and Amy Greiner, and she has two younger siblings, Jenah and Collin.As a 4-H'er, Greiner has worked in the project areas of goats, food and nutrition, photography, communication, and Surprise Design. Her 4-H activities include serving as president, vice president and secretary of her club, ...

On Saturday, April 11, approximately 70 high school band and choir students competed at the State Solo and Ensemble Contest. Students involved in this event spend many hours outside the classroom preparing their music. Judges score students on multiple aspects, including: tone quality, intonation, rhythm, technique, interpretation/musicianship, diction, and general poise/facial expressions/choice of literature. A ...

The first performance of Celebration Community Choir for 2015 will be at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 9, at Iowa Mennonite School, near Kalona. The choir has been rehearsing weekly since the last Saturday in March. The singers have been exploring a variety of musical interests.The group organizer, Nathaniel Yoder, graduated from Bethel College in North Newton, Kan., where he was the recipient of the Walter Hohmann ...

The Mid-Prairie and Keota school boards will meet jointly at 7 p.m. today at the Kirkwood Washington County Regional Center.Items on the agenda include: public forum, consent items, presentation and tour of Kirkwood Washington County Regional Center, set public hearing dates for 2014-15 budget amendment, MPEA and KEA master agreements for 2015-16, and principal sharing with Keota (Mid-Prairie Board).

The 106th alumni banquet will be held May 23, in the Winfield-Mt. Union School gym at 6 p.m.The guest speaker will be Merrill Crawford, Class of ?65.The 25-, 40-, and 50-year classes will be introduced, with special recognition of the 60- and 70-year class members in attendance.A grilled turkey breast meal will be served, with Klopfenstein Turkey Farms and Hochstetler Catering.Make your reservations by May 13 ...

The WACO Spring All-Orchestra Concert will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, April 27, at the high school in Wayland. The Fourth-Grade Beginners, the Fifth- and Sixth-grade Orchestra and the Junior and Senior High Orchestra will perform a variety of music under the direction of Denise Freyenberger. Twelve WACO senior string players and one percussionist will be honored at this concert. The concert is open to the public ...

Child care providers will have an opportunity to attend a training presented by Iowa State University and Extension Nutrition and Wellness Specialist Rachel Wall. ?Move for Thought? will be held on May 14 at the Washington County Extension office from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Providers will receive two hours of DHS training credit.The goals of the two-hour child care training are to increase the number of large motor ...

Stephen Dohrmann of Wellman was recently initiated into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Dohrmann is pursuing a degree in Criminal Justice at University of Wisconsin?Platteville.