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The public is invited to attend the FFA Chapter Annual Awards and Appreciation Banquet.The banquet will be at 6:30 p.m. Friday in the Fairfield High School Commons as FFA celebrates 79 years of ?Stepping Up and Standing Out? in agricultural education. The program will include awards, a guest speaker and a shared meal.Attendees are asked to bring personal table service and a dish to share. For questions, contact Ann

PACKWOOD ? The Packwood Little League baseball and softballs teams invite the public to attend the annual hog roast.The hog roast will be from 5-7 p.m. Saturday at the Packwood Community Building. More than 50 area children are involved in the Packwood Little League this year. A free will offering will be taken to help support the teams with the cost of safety equipment as well as the cost of upkeep of the

Bonaparte ? Characters of Bonaparte?s past will come to life at 6 p.m. April 25 at the Bonaparte Main Street?s annual Taste of History.Performing in costume and character, local individuals will relate stories throughout the evening.?For several years we hosted a cemetery tour,? said Bonaparte Main Street manager Bonnie Cass. ?But the event was costly with bus rentals, took a great deal of work for actors to create

AMES ? Seven high school students from Maharishi School attended the Iowa State Science and Engineering Fair March 28 at the Iowa State University in Ames.Pandora Wadsworth and Yogita Singh?s project, ?A Study on Ozone in a Small Midwestern Town? won the grand champion trophy. First place went to Atreya Day (biochemistry) and Raph Burne (engineering). Minna Mohammadi won second place in biochemistry. Third place

The entire community is invited to the Maharishi School Class of ?09 Talent Show Extravaganza and Awesome Auction at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Henry Clark Auditorium at the school.The gala event will support the senior class trip and offers guests entertainment, treats and a silent auction of an array of goods and services donated by numerous areas of the Fairfield community.This year?s featured auction items are two

The Fairfield Lions Club announced its third annual raffle ticket sale.This year?s prize is a Polaroid 40-inch LCD HDTV. All proceeds will go to the Fairfield Little League to purchase a new electronic scoreboard for the newly erected softball complex.Tickets are $3 each or a book of 10 for $25. Tickets are available from any Fairfield Lions Club member or at Arnold Motor Supply, Fairfield Dental Clinic and Ladies

The Henry County Sheriff's Office responded to a car vs. deer crash in the 2100 grid of Hwy 218 Sunday, Sept. 9, at approximately 7:17 p.m.After an investigation, it was determined that Jason Hawk, of Donnellson, was traveling south on Hwy 218 and struck a deer in the roadway. No injuries were reported.Damage was estimated over $1,500 and a State Crash Report was completed.

A vehicle drove into a ditch near the intersection of 210th Street and Iowa Avenue north of Mt. Pleasant on Friday, Sept. 7. The Henry County Sheriff's Office received a report of the accident around 11 a.m. that day.After an investigation, it was found that Debra Gerkits, of Mt. Pleasant, had lost control of her vehicle and drove it into the east side ditch of Iowa Avenue. It was found that Gerkits had been ...

By John Butters, Mt. Pleasant News The millennials have Steve Jobs. The boomers have Larry Raid.A tool and die man, Raid belongs to that class of machinists capable of making dies, molds, machine tools, cutting tools and almost anything needed in a manufacturing process. A true American craftsman, he can fix anything but a broken heart and the crack of dawn.What Jobs did for the computer age, Raid and his ...

By Gretchen Teske, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? The storm that raged through Henry County on Tuesday, Aug. 28, effected not only Mt. Pleasant, but emergency vehicles offering assistance.During the regular meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 4, the New London City Council announced their 2010 Crown Victoria police car was totaled during the storm. An officer was driving the car to Mt. Pleasant to help with damage when ...

By John Butters, Mt. Pleasant News It might have been raining Saturday on the Old Threshers grounds, but it wasn't raining inside the family tent where the Wissmann Family performed their signature blend of bluegrass and gospel.The Wissmann family was one of several bluegrass groups entertaining on the Old Threshers grounds this past weekend.The 11-member family group traveled from their home in Milford, ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Following heavy storms Tuesday evening, the main power feeders to Mt. Pleasant are up and running, while Mt. Pleasant Utilities works with isolated pockets of power outages to restore full power to the city.Mt. Pleasant Utilities began working immediately after the storm blew through around 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28, and has three crews out on Wednesday from New London, Muscatine ...