Sports

Fritz earns slot on All-GTNS wrestling

Aaron Viner, GTNS sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:58 pm2564d ago

It was a big year for wrestling in the GTNS coverage area, highlighted by multiple state appearances.When the dust settled at the individual state wrestling tournament, five area wrestlers were competing for championships, with one pulling off the title victory. All five of those athletes were easy picks to the All-GTNS wrestling squad, while other weight classes were loaded with talent, which made decisions ...

Speed limit lowered, S. Pine St. residential developments still uncertain

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By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? New London City Council is holding a special workshop meeting next Tuesday, Sept. 12, to begin finalizing the details surrounding infrastructure on the S. Pine St. residential developments.During the City Council meeting on Sept. 5, the board discussed taking the land and making a tax increment financing (TIF) district, a public financing method used as a subsidy ...

The women of Kossuth Inn keep the fire going during Old Threshers

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:58 pm2564d ago

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Log Village is a self-sufficient town of its own during the Midwest Old Threshers Reunion, providing meals for volunteers in a community that exists for those five days of the year ?kind of like a symphony,? said Holly Jones, who has volunteered in Log Village for 26 years.The kitchen staff at Kossuth Inn arrives at 7 a.m. during the reunion, many not leaving for the day until ...

Area trio earn All-District honors

Josh Dillon, Ledger sports editor

Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:58 pm2564d ago

The Iowa Girls? Coaches Association named their 2015-16 All-District teams and three area players made the cut.On the Class 4A Southeast team, two Fairfield players received recognition in Nicole Buch and Sami Fritz.Buch, the Trojans? leading scorer this year, averaged 16 points per game, led the team with 82 assists and 74 steals and made 43.5 percent of her shots from the floor. The sophomore piloted head ...

Chapman accepts 30-game suspension

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Sep. 30, 2018 9:58 pm2564d ago

New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman agreed to accept a 30-game suspension under Major League Baseball?s domestic violence policy, a penalty stemming from an incident with his girlfriend last October.Under the discipline announced Tuesday, the four-time All-Star will serve the penalty from the start of the Yankees? season on April 4. He will lose 30 days of pay ? $1,856,557 of his $11,325,000 salary. The ...

Rays to play Cuban national team

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Sep. 30, 2018 9:58 pm2564d ago

The Tampa Bay Rays? exhibition game against Cuba?s national team in Havana on March 22 has been finalized, Major League Baseball?s first trip to the communist island nation since the Baltimore Orioles played there in 1999.MLB and the players? association announced the game Tuesday. It will be televised by ESPN and ESPN Deportes.Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says ?during a time of historic change, we ...

Archery club hits the mark in Washington

Josh Dillon, Ledger sports editor Sep. 30, 2018 9:58 pm2564d ago

Fairfield?s middle school and high school archery club members have participated in three tournaments this season up in Washington and come away with some pretty impressive scores.The archers shoot three scoring rounds at 10 meters apiece and three at 15 meters with a practice round before each flight. Each flight has five arrows shot and the score is tallied at the end of both.Gage Hook was Fairfield?s top ...

Police receive scam report

N/A News Sep. 30, 2018 9:58 pm2564d ago

Mt. Pleasant?s Police Department received a report Sept. 5 of a scam.The victim said someone identifying himself as an employee with a utilities department advised the victim that service was going to be shut down.During the conversation, the victim provided his name, date of birth, Social Security number and a credit card number to the scammers. The victim?s credit card was then used soon after.Mt. Pleasant ...

Truck strikes parked vehicle in MP

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:58 pm2564d ago

Mt. Pleasant policemen responded to an accident Aug. 31 in the 100 block of North Jefferson Street.The accident report relates that a 2009 Chevrolet truck, operated by David Felton, was traveling northbound. Felton made an illegal U-turn and struck a legally parked 2004 Dodge truck owned by Joan Rowland.Total damage was estimated at $1,500. There were no injuries, and Felton was cited for failure to obey a ...

Wissman clan grows up with Old Threshers

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 9:58 pm2564d ago

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News There hasn?t been a Midwest Old Threshers Reunion this century without the Wissman family providing some of the free ground entertainment.Loren and Gloria Wissman and their children marked their 17th year at Old Threshers, ranking as either one of the longest or the longest continuous entertainment group.Although when asked, Loren Wissman said the family keeps returning ...

Country Gold creates new memories, brings back old ones

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:58 pm2564d ago

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News When Leroy Van Dyke took the stage at Country Gold during Midwest Old Threshers on Thursday night, Lillian Starks was thinking about her mother.Ten years ago, Starks waited in line at Old Threshers to get signed sheet music of the song ?Auctioneer? for her mother. That much-anticipated and much-loved song by Starks means even more to her now as she listens to it in memory of ...

Road work projects to begin Tuesday in MP

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:58 pm2564d ago

A pair of street construction projects will begin Tuesday, Sept. 5, in Mt. Pleasant.On that day, Cessford Construction will begin removing the surface from West Washington Street from the west side of Kinney?s driveway to Saunders Avenue.Traffic will be able to travel on Washington Street during construction with the aid of floggers. The milling overlay projects will take approximately two weeks, weather ...