Sports

The Fairfield Middle School eighth-grade girls? track team is, from left, front row: Carly Ferrel (manager), Sophia Allen, Claire Christiansen, Ella Pollet, Devika Pharasi (manager); second row: Cherie Anderson, Natalie Brader, Anna Beasley, Carin Corrick, Aluna Olaniyi, Amiah Neff, Kristin Burnstedt, Trenady Sammons, Brittney Schafer, Kirsi Bland; back row: Taylor Myers, Nicole Buch, Ashtyn Drish, Hailey ...

Dates, times and locations have been finalized for the Henry County Jail Committee?s meetings with citizens in county communities.The jail committee decided at its last meeting to take drawings of jail proposals, pros and cons of each option being decided and other related material to communities in the county for informational meetings.There will also be a box at each location to leave comments. The schedule ...

FMS boys? track competes in BurlingtonThe Fairfield Middle School seventh and eighth-grade boys? track teams ran at the Burlington Middle School Invite Tuesday.The seventh-grade team finished in second place with 106 points. The 4x400-meter relay team, featuring Nickel Iseman, Brian Parcell, Carson Crile and Caden Jones, finished in first place with the time of 4:38. Austin Simpson won the shot put.The ...

By Bryce Kelly, Mt. Pleasant News The Henry County Board of Health is waiting for further instruction before commenting on some possible health violations currently taking place at five Mt. Union residences.During the Henry County Board of Health?s regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Henry County Environmental Health Specialist, Jodi Sutter informed the board that there are at least five properties in Mt. ...

The Fairfield Trojans girls? track team ran into elite squads Tuesday at the 39th Annual Timm Lamb Pen City Relays in Fort Madison.Mt. Pleasant, which possesses one of the best girls? track teams in the state, took first place in Class A with 144 total points. Washington and Cedar Rapids Jefferson came in second and third, while Fairfield came in fourth place with 80.50 points. Meet host Fort Madison and the ...

Ben Sirdoreus, 8, of Fairfield, bagged the first turkey of his young hunting career today. Sirdoreus shot the 22-pound bird with a 20-gauge youth model shotgun while hunting with his father, Jerry Sirdoreus. The turkey?s beard measures 10.5 inches and its spurs measure 1-1/8 inches.

NEW YORK (AP) ? Marking the 67th anniversary of the day Jackie Robinson broke baseball?s color barrier, the Rev. Jesse Jackson praised Commissioner Bud Selig for the strides the sport has taken in minority opportunities over the past two decades.Jackson traveled to baseball?s 1992 winter meetings to criticize its lack of minorities in management, and he pushed for change.Selig retired Robinson?s No. 42 in 1997 ...

Michael Phelps is coming out of retirement, lured back into the pool by the fun of it and the possibility of swimming at a fifth Olympics in Rio in 2016.The 22-time Olympic medalist will compete for the first time since the 2012 London Games at a meet in Mesa, Ariz., on April 24-26.Bob Bowman, the swimmer?s longtime coach, told The Associated Press on Monday that Phelps is entered in three events ? the 50- and ...