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The Billion Dollar Dream has been over for a while. Most bracket sheets are loaded with red X?s. Still, there is plenty of March Madness ahead of us in the NCAA tournament?s round of 16.You want favorites? Three No. 1s ? Florida, Arizona, Virginia ? are alive and well after two rounds.You want underdogs? How about three with double-digit seedings ? Stanford, a 10, with 11s Dayton and Tennessee.You want a ...

An area resident, a Mt. Pleasant woman and a Quincy, Ill. woman have been charged with thefts at Mt. Pleasant businesses.Adam Nolz, 30, Ft. Madison, was arrested on Feb. 11, following a several-month investigation for a burglary and theft at Kempker?s True Value on Dec. 26, 2016.A safe, eventually found in the Mississippi River, was allegedly stolen from Kempker?s. Nolz was charged with second-degree theft, a ...

Another round of indoor track meets were ran Thursday at the indoor track at Central College in Pella.The Fairfield and Pekin girls? track teams both competed against regional foes. The Trojans were able to nab second in the shuttle relay and fourth in both the shuttle hurdle and 4x800 races. Fairfield senior Marisa Repp had top five finishes in the 55 hurdles, high jump and as a member of the distance medley ...

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) ? Phone messages between Oscar Pistorius and the girlfriend he shot dead indicate that she was sometimes afraid of him.The couple had also argued about what she alleged was the athlete?s short temper and jealousy, police Capt. Francois Moller testified Monday, citing text messages he extracted from cell phones.Moller says that about 90 percent of the messages he downloaded were what ...

PHOENIX (AP) ? The sentencing of the former Fiesta Bowl chief executive marks the end of criminal cases arising from a scandal that led to guilty pleas by six bowl employees but only one prison sentence.Former bowl leader John Junker was sentenced Thursday in state court in Phoenix to probation for his acknowledged role in an illegal campaign contribution scheme. A week ago, he was sentenced in federal court to ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Maison Ashton and Payton Kelly are good friends and there?s nothing better than spending time with a friend.They will be hanging out a lot this summer when they represent Mt. Pleasant American Legion Post #58 at the Iowa American Legion Hawkeye Boys State June 11-16 at Camp Dodge in Johnston.According to the American Legion of Iowa website, Iowa American Legion Hawkeye Boys ...

Without change there is no innovation, creativity or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable. ? William PollardSimply by looking at today?s edition of the paper, it?s obvious we?ve introduced some changes. The most notable of these is the narrower width of our pages. The narrower width has become an industry standard in recent ...

The Fairfield boys? track and field team comes into the 2014 season looking to replace 15 seniors from last year?s team.Two of those seniors in particular left behind rather large shoes to fill. Daniel Schwarz was the state champion in the high jump, while Jonny Swanson placed third at the state meet in the 110-meter hurdles and eighth in the 400-meter hurdles.Fairfield boys? track coach Brian Dunlap is looking ...