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Southeast Iowa Ridge Blasters Snowmobile Club to hold annual meeting

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The Southeast Iowa Ridge Blasters Snowmobile Club will be holding their annual meeting Saturday, June 24, at the Cross Roads RV Park, 708 South Iris Street, in Mt. Pleasant.Dinner by free will donation and social hour will begin at 6 p.m. The annual meeting will begin at 7 p.m., to recap the 2016-2017 snowmobile season, provide updates on state funding, trail improvement plans, and election of officers and ...

Downtown merchants say ?Thanks with Franks?

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By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Downtown Mt. Pleasant merchants paid thanks to their customers ? and potential new customers ? Tuesday night with free hot dogs during the ?Thanks with Franks? promotion in Central Park.This year marked the second time the Downtown Retail Committee has hosted the event. The first occasion was two years ago, and following a one-year hiatus, the merchants brought it back.?We ...

Tropical Storm Cindy to hit U.S. Gulf Coast late Wednesday

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(Reuters) - Tropical Storm Cindy is likely to hit the Gulf Coast near the Texas-Louisiana border on Wednesday night, threatening to bring flash floods from Texas to Florida, according to the National Hurricane Center.Cindy was located about 165 miles (265 km) south of Morgan City, Louisiana, early on Wednesday with maximum sustained winds of 60 miles (95 km) per hour, the NHC said.The storm was moving northwest ...

Rural projects benefit from federal program involved in USDA reshuffling

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By Erin Murphy, Lee Des Moines Bureau DES MOINES ? Officials at Methodist Manor Retirement Community in Storm Lake were planning a renovation project.Then along came a federal loan program that gave them the resources to not only complete the renovation but also construct a new facility.A $25 million loan, offered through the U.S. Department of Agriculture?s Rural Development program, helped Methodist Manor ...

Trump adds Kirkwood visit ahead of rally

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By James Q. Lynch, The Gazette CEDAR RAPIDS ? President Donald Trump has added a tour of Kirkwood Community College to his ?Technology Week? visit Wednesday to Cedar Rapids.Trump will tour agricultural facilities at the southwest Cedar Rapids campus. He is scheduled to be joined there by U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and Commerce Secretary Wilber Ross.Following a tour and remarks ...

Vehicle strikes guardrail on U.S. Highway 218

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An accident June 15 at mile marker 42 along U.S. Highway 218 caused $8,000 damage to a motorist?s vehicle.According to the Mt. Pleasant Police Department?s accident report, a 2016 Chevrolet Silverado, owned and operated by Caleb Connop of Winfield, was traveling southbound on the inside lane of traffic when another vehicle, described as a white truck swerved into Connop?s lane causing Connop?s vehicle to swerve ...

NL School Board struggles with how to pay for summer camps

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By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? Once school days are over, many student athletes keep their school spirit in check by attending summer athletic camps. That, however, might be in jeopardy as the New London School Board questions how those camps should be paid for.In the past, New London students would have fund-raisers in order to pay for out-of-season camps for their respective sports or ...

My realistic take on the Iowa State Cyclones

Jarrod Peterson Ledger sports editor Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:56 pm2689d ago

You can?t go wrong with Fred Hoiberg. He has quickly become one of my favorite coaches not only in college basketball, but in all of basketball.I love the way he is able to get his to team play an unselfish brand of basketball, but still maximizes his players? talents and, at times, lets them play how they want.Today, the Iowa State Cyclones will take on the University of Alabama-Birmingham Blazers in a first ...

Fairfield youngsters skype with college basketball players

Jarrod Peterson Ledger sports editor

Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:56 pm2689d ago

Sixth-grade students interacting with college athletes. What a brilliant idea!Fairfield Middle School teachers Matt Schenck and Justin Copeland have been making this happen for five or six years now, they can?t remember.?We started whenever [Matt] Gatens was playing at the University of Iowa,? Copeland said. ?We can?t remember how long we?ve been doing this project.?The project combines social studies and ...

AARP pushes against GOP health care bill

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By Ed Tibbetts, Quad-City Times One of the most prominent voices with Iowa?s older population has launched a campaign to push back against elements of the Republican effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.AARP is in the midst of sponsoring a series of public forums across the state targeting House legislation approved last month. In addition, it has begun airing television ads aimed at influencing...

Trump returning with fond memories of Cedar Rapids rally

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By James Q. Lynch, The Gazette CEDAR RAPIDS ? Donald Trump once passed over Tana Goertz, but now the former Apprentice runner-up is working to make sure the president spends a full eight years in his job.Goertz, co-chairwoman of Trump?s 2016 Iowa campaign and now is busy with re-election plans, is looking forward to the president?s visit to Cedar Rapids June 21.Unlike his visit to Des Moines, Trump?s 7 p.m. ...

Offenders will be working at West Liberty Foods

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By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Offenders at the Mt. Pleasant Correctional Facility soon will be employed at West Liberty Foods, Henry County supervisors learned during their meeting Thursday.Dan Clark, director of Iowa Prison Industries, told the board that West Liberty Foods approached him about employing offenders. ?West Liberty Foods has asked us about employing incarcerated offenders. They said they ...