Obituaries

ELDON ? The Cardinal girls? basketball team didn?t find a lot of offense, but made up for it on defense on its way to a 40-30 non-conference victory over Moravia (3-6) Thursday night.Sam Nickel had one of her best nights of the season as she led the Comets (4-5) with 10 points and eight rebounds ? five coming on the offensive end. Cory Campbell also had 10 points and eight boards while Lindsay Moore added five

BLOOMFIELD ? The Cardinal wrestling team split a double dual with host Davis County and Pekin Thursday night in Bloomfield.The Comets came out on top of Pekin by a final score of 49-24 but fell to the Mustangs 61-15.Ryan Cale, Robert McLaughlin and Austin Cassat picked up the three victories vs. Davis County as part of a 2-0 record for the night.Cale won by fall vs. the Mustangs and received a forfeit at 112

A Burlington man was arrested on drug related charges after police officers noticed his disabled vehicle and attempted to help him find a ride home.Jason Dewayne Hatton, 18, of Burlington, was found to be in possession of drugs and paraphernalia and later arrested.At approximately 9:44 a.m., the Henry County Sheriff?s Office received a report of an occupied disabled vehicle in the 2300-grid of Highway 34. ...

Main Street Mt. Pleasant hosted its Holiday on Main event Dec. 4 to kick off the season of giving. Santa made his first visit to town, top photo, and Grace Gonzales, 7, was the first child to visit him. Gonzales said she had been waiting an hour for the bearded one.

Fairfield opened up a five-point advantage early, Davis County led by as many as 16 in the third quarter and Fairfield climbed back to within three before one final burst made everything add up to a 69-56 victory for the Mustangs.Aaron Halls and Kyle Graves each dropped a game-high 20 points and were integral to several Davis County (5-1) runs that created the final result. The Mustangs had an 11-0 burst in the

NEW LONDON ? Three players scored in double digits as Van Buren picked up its sixth win overall and in the Southeast Iowa Super Conference South Division Tuesday night with a 77-34 trouncing of New London.Van Buren?s Kassie Myers led the team in scoring with 23 points to go along with 13 rebounds and Makenzie Zeitler followed up with 17 points, including a 6-of-6 performance from the free-throw line. Jessica

BLOOMFIELD ? Fairfield got things started at the free throw line, ended things at the free throw line and picked up its first win of December with a 58-53 victory at Davis County Tuesday night.The Trojans (2-5) went to the line a total of 40 times and turned a three-point lead with under three minutes remaining to a 10-point advantage with a 7-0 run that spanned two minutes.?We?ve been in those situations before

NEW LONDON ? If a person were to have seen the way the Van Buren boys? basketball team played at New London, it would be very hard to believe the team was winless so far this season.At the end of four quarters Tuesday night, Van Buren did pick up its first win. And with a 40-point lead at halftime, it was more than dominate.There was little New London could do to stop the offensive output that Van Buren showed in

ALBIA ? Fairfield couldn?t hold its fourth-quarter lead and Albia ran away with a 56-50 victory in girls? action Tuesday night.After Fairfield (1-4) jumped out to a slim lead in the final period, the Lady Dees (3-2) took off an 11-3 run that spanned more than five minutes to take a lead they would never give back.McKenzie Wynn led Albia with 16 points and did much of that damage from the free throw line. The calls

ELDON ? Cardinal?s fast start made for a big early lead that the Comets rode through the final buzzer in Tuesday?s win vs. New London.Cardinal (3-2, 3-1 SEISC south) put together a 16-3 run that spanned most of the first quarter to open up a double-digit lead and cruised the rest of the way to take a 50-42 victory. The win was the third straight for Cardinal after beginning the year 0-2.Full-court pressure bothered