Obituaries

Thursday, Jan. 4 game1st place tie: Anne Schoch and Mary Kay HigginsBetty Kilborn and Lea Bradley2nd place: Jim McClure and Chuck WoodruffMonday, Jan. 8 game1st place: Difie Horsey and Jerry Kilbourn2nd place: Ralph Andersen and Joanie KusterThursday, Jan. 11 game1st place: David Jakkson and Daniel Walker2nd place: Jan McClure and Don SchantyMonday, Jan. 15: no game because of weatherThursday, Jan. 18 ...

At 98-years-old, Mable Posz has been giving back to her community as a hospice volunteer for almost seven years.?I feel like volunteering is my way of helping others out,? Posz said. ?Helping others could be sitting with a patient or working on an office project. No matter what it is, I feel like I'm giving back.?Hospice volunteers are an essential piece of any hospice program. They care for patients and their ...

Mt. Pleasant Community High School's show choir InMotion placed second among eight groups competing in Class 3A on Saturday, Feb. 10, at the Touch of Class Invitational at Benton Community High School in Van Horne.InMotion's director Marlene DePriest was voted Best Director through a poll conducted on Twitter during the event.MPCHS will be competing again on Saturday, Feb. 17, at Pella High School for the Dutch ...

City offices will be closed Monday, Feb. 19, in recognition of Presidents Day. Garbage collection will be one day later this week than usual.

CEDAR RAPIDS ? Some area veterans are receiving a special gift this Valentine's Day thanks to a more than decade-old tradition between two Linn County departments.On Monday, staff with the Linn County Treasurer's Office presented Don Tyne, director of Linn County Veteran Affairs, with 17 gift baskets containing such items as a spaghetti dinner, canned fruit and vegetables, jello and some candy.Also on Monday, ...

A new beginner square dancing class kicks off Monday, Feb. 19. The first class begins at 6 p.m. for sign ups. Feb. 26 is the last day to register.The class is 12 sequential lessons every Monday until May 7, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. It is held at The Eagles at 1707 S. Main St. in Fairfield. Enter at the north entrance at the far end of the building.The class is sponsored by Iowa Corp. a nonprofit dedicated to ...

The Theatre Museum at Midwest Old Threshers is producing a fund raiser comedy show with open auditions on Feb. 16 and 17 at 7 p.m., and Feb. 18, at 1 p.m.The show is titled ?Comedy Circuit.? Those chosen for cast and crew could possibly be compensated for their work. For anyone wanting to audition, prepare a favorite physical comedy bit from vaudeville, tent theatre, classic radio and classic TV and be prepared ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three people were shot and wounded near the U.S. National Security Agency's headquarters in Maryland, and one person was in custody, local media reported on Wednesday.The Federal Bureau of Investigation sent agents to investigate the incident, its Baltimore office said on Twitter.CBS News broadcast images of a black sport utility vehicle parked near the entrance of the NSA with what ...

PYEONGCHANG - Staffed by millennials and crammed with computer screens, the social media ?war room? of U.S. Olympics broadcaster NBC is starting to call more of the shots in the company's mission to generate a healthy return from Olympic sports.The room, housed inside NBC's multi-story broadcasting center at the Pyeongchang winter Games, is a world away from the nearby control booths where staff produce tradition...

GANGNEUNG, South Korea - A group of North Korean cheerleaders were briefly wowed by the apparent, sudden arrival of their leader, Kim Jong Un, at a Winter Olympics ice hockey game on Wednesday.Some cheerleaders immediately averted their gaze as the impersonator, who later only identified himself as Howard, smiled and waved to crowds who came to watch a unified Korean team play Japan at the Pyeongchang Games.?The...