Obituaries

Tuesday? Mt. Pleasant girls? soccer hosts Burlington at East Lake Park for regional semifinal, 5 p.m.? Mt. Pleasant girls? golf at Class 4A state meet in Ames, 12 p.m.? New London girls? golf team and W-MU?s Grace Edwards @ Class 1A state meet in Marshalltown, 12 p.m. Wednesday? Mt. Pleasant baseball hosts Mid-Prairie, JV starts at 5:30 p.m.? Mt. Pleasant girls? golf at Class 4A state meet in Ames, 9 ...

Mt. Pleasant Community High School has announced that there will be a public reception for Bob Jensen upon his retirement as activities director at MPCHS.The reception will be at Mt. Pleasant Golf and Country Club from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, recognizing both Jensen and his wife, Carolyn, for their years of service in the community.

The power hitting of nine Ottumwa seniors ? including two who will play NCAA DI softball next season ? was too much for young Mt. Pleasant softball team, which was swept in its home and season opener by the second-ranked Bulldogs on Friday.The Panthers lost game one, 17-0, and fell by a score of 12-0 in game two.Mt. Pleasant had three hits on the night. Sammi Goble connected for a single in game one, while Jena ...

The Mt. Pleasant girls? golf team picked up a win at Fairfield on Tuesday, 201-219, led by medalist Courtney Mabeus? score of 46.?Courtney had a very solid round which included five pars in her nine holes for her medalist score,? Coach Jim Kelly said.Emily Cox shot a 50 for the Panthers, followed by Haley Booton (51), Elle Schleisman (54) and Madison Stearns (74).?Our girls were able to accomplish a couple ...

Mt. Pleasant?s Cameron Frank has signed his letter of intent to attend the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and play basketball for the Rangers next season.?It?s a good program ? they went 20-9 last year ? and I wanted to play at the Division II level,? Frank said, explaining why he chose UW-Parkside. ?(I look forward to) competing with other people who are just trying to be the best players they can be, ...

Spring turkey hunters in Iowa should notice more birds. Dry conditions in 2012 meant a better hatch and first year of growth for poults. As about 45,000 hunters head to the woods through April and May, that can?t hurt their chances of taking a gobbler.?Across the state, we had about a 25 percent increase. North central and northeast Iowa had great increases in reproduction,? notes DNR forest research biologist ...

The Iowa Wesleyan College baseball games against Robert Morris ? Springfield, which were supposed to be played on Sunday, March 17, have been rescheduled for April 23. The games will be played in Springfield, Ill.The Tigers play a doubleheader today at Hannibal-LaGrange, starting at 1 p.m. Today was supposed to be the Tigers? home opener, but field conditions forced the game to be played in Hannibal, Mo., ...

The Mt. Pleasant eighth-grade girls? traveling basketball team placed second at Burlington in their latest tournament.They went 2-1, beating Keokuk and the Burlington Greyhound, but losing to the Iowa Barnstormers.The team is pictured at left. Front row, from left: Brianna Shelman, Rylee Amos, Allison Buckert and Kirsten Smith. Back row from left: Sarah Moffett, Genna Cristoforo, Ashley Schinstock and Bailey ...

CEDAR FALLS ? The Mt. Pleasant girls? track and field team competed at the Dickinson Relays at the University of Northern Iowa on Monday night, wrapping up their indoor season.Grace Lutovsky and Hannah Becker were among the high jumpers at the meet who finished at 4-10. Tie-breakers put Lutovsky in fourth place, while Becker took seventh.Becker also came home with a fifth-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles ...

Friday? Mt. Pleasant wrestlers @ state tournament in Des Moines.? W-MU girls' basketball @ Notre Dame in Burlington for regional semifinal, 7 p.m. Saturday? IWC basketball hosts Clarke University, women start at 1 p.m., followed by the men at 3 p.m.? IWC men's and women's indoor track and field @ Wartburg Indoor Invitational in Waverly? Mt. Pleasant wrestlers @ state tournament in Des Moines. Next ...