Kids and those young in heart enjoyed a performance of the Southeast Iowa Symphony's performance of ?Peter and the Wolf.? The performance was part of Kidsymphony. The performance on Saturday, Nov. 11, was a great introduction to all the instruments of the orchestra. Following the performance, families were encouraged to join the musicians on stage to meet their instruments, up close and personal.
Several Mt. Pleasant students were selected to participate in the All-State Music Festival. Back row: (left to right) Cara Canby, Meagan Sutherland, Wyatt Carlston and Lucas Lee. Front row: Callie DePriest, Charles H. Greene and Paige Stater. Participants will rehearse in Ames on Nov. 17 and 18, and the Festival Concert is Saturday, Nov. 18, at 7:30 p.m. at Iowa State University. Iowa Public Television will ...
Several students were selected to participate in the 32nd annual Opus Honor Choir Festival, which will perform on Thursday, Nov. 16, at 4 p.m. Students were back row: (left to right) Andrew Rauenbuehler, Kionna Parrish and Katie McCormick. Front row: Evelyn Nygren and Natalie McCormick. They will perform in the Iowa State Center in Ames. Almost 3,000 students in Iowa were nominated by their music directors to ...
The Fairfield Trojans demolished host Chariton 54-15 on Thursday night as part of a tri-meet.In the first contested match, Trojan Trenton Hanen, at the 220-pound weight class, pinned Taylor Good at 1:45.?Trenton had a very good takedown,? Fairfield head coach Steve Miller said.At 285, Trojan Brendon Lunsford pinned Nick Wood at 1:54.?In that match, I was pleased that Brendon started to open up offensively,? ...
Fairfield senior wrestler Michael Fritz upped his season record to 10-0 with a win by decision (10-3) over Bondurant-Farrar?s Louis Long on Thursday night.Fritz is currently ranked No. 5 in Iowa in Class 2A at the 195-pound weight class.?It?s nice to see what others think of you,? Fritz said. ?But rankings aren?t that big of a deal. You can?t let them intimidate you if you?re facing a highly ranked opponent ? ...
By Erin Murphy, Lee Des Moines Bureau DES MOINES ? When they pull into the station and fill up their gas tanks, drivers pay to the state of Iowa 10 cents more per gallon than they did a few years ago.That gas tax hike has produced an extra $515 million for state and local governments to put toward fixing Iowa's roads and bridges.Because of that influx of cash, hundreds of road and bridge construction or ...
Iowa looks to win its fourth consecutive game when it hosts North Dakota on Tuesday. The Hawkeyes put a four-game losing skid in the rearview mirror by beating Stetson, then No. 25 Iowa State and Northern Iowa on Saturday to climb back over .500; they hope to continue their recent resurgence by improving to 6-2 in Iowa City this season.Iowa gave up an average of 91 points during its losing streak but has ...
By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Fred Miller was looking for a service project for his freshmen students at Iowa Wesleyan University when he reached out to a representative of United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) about volunteering in Houston, Texas, after Hurricane Harvey.With Houston needing more seasoned disaster responders, Katie Newman, head of UMCOR for Iowa, instead directed the IW students in ...
By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? The Winfield-Mt. Union School Board was not ready to make any decision regarding moving the football team into an 8-man class. However, students, staff and parents were ready to have their opinions heard.The original agenda for Wednesday night's school board meeting included the discussion and possible action of moving the football team from 11-man to 8-man. ...
By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? The Winfield-Mt. Union Community School District will once again ask residents to go to the polls and vote for a bond referendum in order to renovate the school building. But before any vote can be cast, the school board will have to decide the size, scope and design of the project.Sam Johnson, of BLDD Architects, met with the school board Wednesday night to discuss ...
A routine traffic stop Nov. 4 led to two citations for a Mt. Pleasant man.A Henry County Sheriff's deputy stopped a 2004 Buick LeSabre for having a headlamp not working. After an investigation, it was found that Trent Joseph Hootman, Mt. Pleasant, was operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license.In addition to a citation for driving with a suspended license, Hootman was cited for failure to provide proof ...
Mt. Pleasant police were summoned Nov. 8 to the intersection of South Grand Avenue and East Harvest Drive to investigate a two-vehicle collision.According to the accident report a 2005 Honda, owned and operated by James Lobdell of Mt. Pleasant, was stopped at the stop sign on Harvest Drive facing east. Lobdell was attempting to cross South Grand Avenue to drive into the entrance to Mt. Pleasant Community High ...
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