Sports

The Fairfield wrestling team competed in a meet Thursday at Keokuk involving Davis County and Centerville. Fairfield narrowly defeated Davis County by a score of 30-28. The Trojans defeated Centerville by a score of 39-24.?Our kids wrestled extremely hard, win or lose,? said Trojan head coach Steve Miller. ?I?m very proud of our team effort.?The Trojans competed at the Bob Murphy Invitational Saturday at West ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News SALEM ? A seemingly never-ending dispute between a Salem resident and the Salem City Council gained the most discussion at Tuesday?s Salem City Council meeting.Dillon Haynes and the city have been at odds for nearly two years over what the city terms a nuisance and Haynes refers to as a business. Haynes had a number of vehicles, vehicle parts and other items on a residential ...

By Ed Tibbetts, Quad-City Times DES MOINES ? A top Iowa Democrat said Tuesday there needs to be a resolution to questions over whether Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds has the power to appoint a successor when Gov. Terry Branstad steps down.A day after Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller issued an opinion saying Reynolds doesn?t have the power to appoint a new lieutenant governor, the Democratic leader in the state Senate, ...

By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News Jan Kurlz didn?t hesitate before grabbing her umbrella and making her way to the 400 block of East Monroe on Sunday for the Mansions on East Monroe event.Kurlz, who hails from Oskaloosa, was in town visiting her sister. She said she has often driven through Mt. Pleasant and admired the historic homes that make up much of the cityscape.?We often drive past these houses and ...

By Bryce Kelly, Mt. Pleasant News When it comes to addressing the issue of childcare, various organizations in southeast Iowa are coming together in the hopes that open, honest conversation might boost positive change and better meet the demand for quality childcare for local working families.On Friday, Southeast Iowa Early Childhood invited local business leaders, educators and childcare workers to a luncheon ...

By Erin Murphy, Lee Des Moines Bureau DES MOINES ? As people across the country prepare for a day of demonstration designed to show what life would be like without immigrants, families in Iowa?s immigrant community are preparing for that literal possibility.Arrests and deportations of immigrants living in the U.S. without documentation have increased in the roughly three-month tenure of President Donald Trump, ...

A traffic stop April 30 by Henry County Sheriff?s deputies resulted in the arrest of a Mt. Pleasant man.Leonel Garcia, operating a 2016 Chevrolet, was stopped at the Pilot Truck Stop and charged with fraudulent use of registration.A further investigation revealed that Garcia was driving under the influence of alcohol.Garcia was arrested and transported to the Henry County Jail for operating under the influence ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Henry County supervisors put their final stamp of approval Thursday morning on creating zoning districts in the former City of Mt. Union.The board, after some debate, approved the third and final reading and adopted an ordinance which creates five zoning classifications in Mt. Union. Prior to the unincorporation of the community on March 8, the entire town was zoned A-1 or ...