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Hibbett Sports coming to MP

N/A News Sep. 30, 2018 9:53 pm2690d ago

Just in time for fall sports, Mt. Pleasant will be getting a Hibbett Sports.The athletic retailer, based in Birmingham, Ala., announced the future opening of their newest store Wednesday afternoon.The store is slated to open in September and will be located at 901 Grand Avenue.Hibbett Sports has a long history of focusing on the needs of local teams and leagues, with a variety of services to meet the needs of ...

HCHC announces plans for clinic remodel

N/A News Sep. 30, 2018 9:53 pm2690d ago

By Bryce Kelly, Mt. Pleasant News It may not be long before Henry County Health Center (HCHC) begins another major work project.After recently completing work on the health center?s administration parking lot, and deciding to hold any additional parking lot improvement projects, HCHC CEO Robb Gardner announced Tuesday that the health center is in the beginning stages of planning a remodel of the specialty ...

Van Buren boys' track teams runs well at home meet

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:53 pm2690d ago

The Van Buren boys? track team hosted the Van Buren Invitational Thursday in Keosauqua.The Warriors competed in Class A with three other teams. Junior Garrett Saunders won the 400-meter hurdles and finished second in the long jump. He also was part of the 4x200 and 4x800 relay teams that finished first. The other three relay members were Tom Fitzsimmons, Wyatt Cole and Drew Nolting.Cole won the 800 and Gavin ...

LeVar Woods, Jim Reid revitalize Iowa?s linebackers

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 9:53 pm2690d ago

IOWA CITY (AP) ? LeVar Woods is a soft-spoken former linebacker who looks like he could still suit up for the Hawkeyes. Jim Reid is a loquacious coaching lifer who?s made Iowa City perhaps the last stop of an illustrious career.Together, they?ve helped make the middle of Iowa?s defense formidable again.With Woods coaching the outside linebackers and Reid handling the inside guys, the Hawkeyes got out about as ...

Woods has back surgery for pinched nerve, will miss next major

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:53 pm2690d ago

Tiger Woods chose surgery to heal his ailing back over a quest for another green jacket, announcing Tuesday that he will miss the Masters for the first time in his career.Woods said on his website that he had surgery Monday in Utah for a pinched nerve that had been hurting him for several months, knowing the surgery would keep him from Augusta National next week for the first time since he was a senior in high ...

Pekin boys dominate home relay

ALLYUS FRITZ/Ledger sports editor

Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:53 pm2690d ago

It may have taken two days, but Ruritan Relays have finally come to a close.The Pekin boys? track team?s first home meet of the season Monday allowed for the Panthers to finally get outside, but rain postponed the second half of the meet until Tuesday. Five class two teams, which includes Pekin and Cardinal, returned to finish the meet, but class one teams did not return and left their scores as they were on ...

Lolo Jones to run shuttle hurdle at Drake Relays

N/A Community Sep. 30, 2018 9:53 pm2690d ago

DES MOINES (AP) ? Drake Relays director Brian Brown said Tuesday that Lolo Jones will run the shuttle hurdle relay rather than the 100-meter hurdles at her hometown meet later this month.Jones, a Des Moines native and a two-time Olympic hurdler, competed for the U.S. in the bobsled at the recent Sochi Olympics.Jones has long been the face of the meet, which is held just a few miles from where she grew up. But ...

College athletes take labor cause to Capitol Hill

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:53 pm2690d ago

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Members of a group trying to unionize college athletes sought out potential congressional allies Wednesday as they braced for an appeal of a ruling that said full scholarship athletes at Northwestern University are employees who have the right to form a union.Former Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter, the face of a movement to give college athletes the right to unionize, and Ramogi Huma, the ...

Wayland to seek grant for asbestos removal

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:53 pm2690d ago

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News WAYLAND ? Wayland plans to apply for a grant from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) for asbestos removal in two city-owned buildings at 211 and 213 Main Street.City council members discussed applying for the grant during their regular meeting Wednesday night. Last year, the buildings were inspected for asbestos, and the inspectors estimated the asbestos removal ...

In a century at Wrigley, innovations abound

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:53 pm2690d ago

CHICAGO (AP) ? It?s hard to think of Wrigley Field as anything but a place of heartbreak ? a place where fans wait, season after season, for an elusive World Series title that never comes.Yet in the century without a championship, the ballpark has been in first time and time again in changing the way America watches baseball.It was the first to let fans keep foul balls. The first with permanent concession ...

MLB back with replays, metal detectors, comebacks

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 9:53 pm2690d ago

Jimmy Rollins began the season with a slam, Neil Walker with a walkoff homer and the Washington Nationals with a thrilling ninth-inning comeback.After a frigid winter of blizzards for much of the U.S., baseball came storming back Monday when 26 major league teams opened their seasons and seemed to make the outdoors feel a little warmer.Washington?s Matt Williams and Detroit?s Brad Ausmus won in their big league ...

Final four showdowns set for North Texas

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:53 pm2690d ago

The road to redemption goes through North Texas for a fearsome Final Four of power programs with something to prove.Florida, the top overall seed, returns to the Final Four for the first time since winning consecutive titles in 2006-07, this time without all those first-round NBA picks.Waiting for the Gators at Jerry Jones? billion-dollar stadium on Saturday will be Connecticut, back near the top of the bracket ...