Obituaries

For years, Marion resident Marcy Lehman stored what she calls a mental Filofax of trivia knowledge. On Wednesday, all of America will see Lehman put those facts to use on ?Jeopardy!?Lehman is a contestant in the game show episode airing Feb. 7, on KWWL-TV, Eastern Iowa's NBC affiliate. The episode was taped in November 2017.As a child, Lehman watched ?Jeopardy!? with her mother and grandmother. The three would ...

Before and after school, Greet St. is closed from Locust to Corkhill for school busses, Lincoln staff and residents only.There are do not enter signs posted and citations will be issued for violators.

By Gloria Yoder Patience. Perseverance. We all want it, but don't necessarily want to take the path that it may take to get there.As a little girl, I didn't have an exceptional amount of patience. I remember when I was 12 or 13 years old writing in my journal how much I had a hard time being patient with my brothers. At other times I felt tried with my little sisters whom I loved so dearly. I wondered what it ...

BURLINGTON ? A showcase of story, dance, song and play, Dublin Irish Dance will bring their extravaganza of sights and sounds to Burlington Memorial Auditorium's stage at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14. The show is sponsored by John H. Witte Jr. Foundation.Dublin Irish Dance is a troupe of world champion Irish step dancers together with a sensational eight-member traditional Irish band and vocalist. The all-star ...

CEDAR RAPIDS ? Students at Harding Middle School had high hopes going into their annual Kids vs. Cops dodgeball tournament.?We think it's going to be Harding's year this year,? said Megan Feldmann, an 8th-grade student at Harding and member of the student council.Unfortunately for the students, the members of the Cedar Rapids Police Department had other plans. Though outnumbered by the students, the dozen or so ...

WASHINGTON - Two U.S. senators unveiled a bipartisan compromise on immigration on Monday that would protect young ?Dreamer? immigrants who were brought to the United States illegally as children and would also boost security on the Mexican border.But President Donald Trump appeared to dismiss the plan immediately, saying any deal should provide funding for his long-promised Mexican border wall, and blaming ...

Trenton United Methodist Church is hosting its annual Groundhog Breakfast on Sunday, Feb. 4, at 10 a.m. following the worship service at 9 a.m.Worship will include special music. Breakfast will include light and hearty fare. It is for everyone who is glad that winter is half gone. There is no admission charge and no free will offering requested.The church wants to get a solid start to the month, change the ...

The Fairfield Area Weighted Blankets group will hold their first 2018 Workshop following a two-week display set up at the Fairfield Public Library by Carol Sutton.The workshop will be held from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 10 at Sunnybrook Assisted Living, 3000 W. Madison Ave., Fairfield. This is open to all ages and gender, and there is no charge. Over 100 of the weighted blankets made by members of the ...

(Reuters) - South Carolina's Charleston International Airport was evacuated for about two hours before dawn on Friday after screeners found a suspicious package that turned out to be a laptop computer, the airport's top official said.The package was spotted shortly after 5 a.m. EST (1000 GMT) by U.S. Transportation Security Administration screeners as it went through an x-ray unit, airport Executive Director ...

Eight Henry County residents received a certificate, diploma or associate degree from Southeastern Community College at the end of the Fall 2017 semester, completing their graduation requirements.Graduates are as follows: Coleton Masterson, of Danville; Matthew Waterman, of Danville; Robert Tomow, of Mt. Pleasant; Arthur Tousignant, of Mt. Pleasant; Michaella Beckman, of New London; Michaella Beckman, of New ...