Obituaries

BY KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsThe Mt. Pleasant Community School District has filled the director of instruction and technology position, at least for the coming year.Pat Shier was selected as the interim director of instruction and technology.?Pat comes to us from the AEA (Great Prairie Area Education Agency), having been there for many, many years and is highly qualified to help us and fill in this year as ...

By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsWAYLAND ? WACO School District officials are considering charging admission to grade 7-12 concerts, musicals and plays.?I am thinking about charging the same as we do to varsity, junior varsity and junior high athletic contests,? Superintendent Fred Whipple told the WACO School Board during its regular meeting Monday night.?The receipts would go to the school activity fund,? ...

AMES (AP) ? Former Ames High star and current Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg is being inducted into the National Federation of State High School Associations Hall of Fame.The federation announced Thursday that Hoiberg is one of 12 members of the hall?s 2012 class.Hoiberg led Ames to the 1991 state title in basketball and was named Iowa's Mr. Basketball after averaging 29.8 points a game that season. He also was ...

NEW YORK (AP) ? The Braves are remembered for one of baseball?s epic collapses.Too bad for Atlanta the playoffs weren?t expanded a year earlier.Negotiators for baseball players and owners are working toward an agreement to increase the postseason field to 10 teams this season. They had hoped to reach a deal by Thursday, but both sides said talks could continue if they needed additional time to deal with the ...

Following is the schedule for governmental public meetings next week.Monday ? Henry County Conservation Board of Directors, 6 p.m., Oakland Mills Nature Center; Winfield City Council, 7 p.m., Winfield City Hall.Tuesday ? Henry County Board of Supervisors, 9 a.m., Henry County Courthouse.Wednesday ? RUSS, 1 p.m., Henry County Emergency Managment Building; Winfield-Mt. Union School Board, 6 p.m., Winfield High ...

Hayden Haines, 2, peeks out from the conductor?s seat in the photo as his brother, Graham, 4, looks ahead as the train begins to lunge forward at the Crooked Creek Days' carnival on Saturday.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) ? Denver Holmes banked in a 3-pointer with 0.6 seconds left to lift Evansville to a 63-62 win over Northern Iowa on Wednesday night.Holmes? 3 from the top of the key was his second in the final 18 seconds. The first put the Purple Aces (13-13, 8-8 Missouri Valley) ahead 60-59. Johnny Moran answered with another 3 for Northern Iowa (17-11, 7-9) with 8.6 seconds remaining before Evansville ...

LIBERTYVILLE ? The Libertyville Little League has announced sign-up dates for the upcoming season.League sign-up dates are from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Libertyville Community Center and 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at Libertyville Elementary School. Online sign-up using the Jevin system continues until Feb. 29 at ~Children of all area towns are invited to join. Any child aged 4-6, with birthdates May 1, 2005-April ...

Average retail gasoline prices in Iowa have risen 4.7 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.72 per gallon July 20, according to GasBuddy?s daily survey of 2,036 gas outlets in Iowa. This compares with the national average that has fallen 0.9 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.76 a gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.Including the change in gas prices in Iowa during the past ...

By BRYCE KELLY Mt. Pleasant NewsThe Henry County Engineer?s Office has been able to make some headway on a few county road projects and hopes the weather holds so that work can continue.?Franklin Avenue/W55 is closed to thru traffic right now. The contractor on the project completed the overlay portion of paving on Saturday, and is now working on shouldering the new overlay pavement,? said Jake Hotchkiss, ...