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BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsChristmas may be history but the after-glow was present for the Henry County Conservation Board of Directors during the board?s regular meeting Jan. 9.During the meeting, the board recommended 5 percent salary increase for the director, operations supervisor and naturalist.John Pullis, executive director, had passed out two surveys to the board during its December meeting. One ...

BY BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsNEW LONDON ? Being neighborly took on a whole new definition Monday evening as the New London School Board discussed sharing opportunities with Danville Community School District.In a meeting that only included members of the New London School Board and some key faculty, the idea of sharing a transportation director, guidance counselor and some upper level academic courses were ...

A truck-pole accident on Wednesday, Jan. 4, in the Walmart parking lot in Mt. Pleasant resulted in $8,200 damage.The Mt. Pleasant Police Department said a 2010 GMC Sierra, owned and operated by Robert Wright, New London, was driving north in the parking lot and struck a yellow pole holding up a stop sign near Murphy?s Oil.There were no injuries. Damage to the truck was listed at $7,000 and the pole sustained ...

BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsState Rep. Dave Heaton (R-Mt. Pleasant) is feeling a considerable amount of apprehension regarding the 2017 session of the Iowa Legislature.There are needs to be met, but no money to meet those needs, he said.Iowa is facing a $130 million shortfall in the fiscal 2017 budget and House and Senate leaders have asked committee chairpersons to take out the scissors and start ...

Boys' BasketballAlburnett 65, Lisbon 51Algona 70, Clarion-Goldfield 32Alta/Aurelia 61, Lawton-Bronson 60Ames 55, Des Moines, East 47Ankeny 78, Linn-Mar, Marion 77Ankeny Christian Academy 93, Melcher-Dallas 40Aplington-Parkersburg 71, Columbus Catholic, Waterloo 59Ar-We-Va, Westside 56, Paton-Churdan 46Assumption, Davenport 43, Rock Island Alleman, Ill. 30Beckman Catholic, Dyersville 69, West Delaware, ...

Cardinal boys beat MSAE to end losing streak The Cardinal boys? basketball team broke its five game losing streak by beating Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment 63-34 Tuesday at the Maharishi Fieldhouse.Cardinal applied full court pressure in the first quarter and led 16-8 after the first quarter. The third quarter is where the Comets blew it open, going on a 24-4 run to take a comfortable lead.?It ...

Pekin?s Trenton Conger stares down his opponent from Iowa City Regina during Saturday?s wrestling tournament at WACO. Conger earned third place in the 220 weight class. Teammates Zach Buller (126) and Michael Hadley (285) both got fourth place. Clayton McKim (106) earned fifth place. Matthew Bolinger (195) came in sixth place.

Oily lanes can be tricky to the uninitiated.The Fairfield varsity bowling team had success Saturday in Oskaloosa, earning three victories out of a possible four. The varsity girls defeated both Washington and Oskaloosa, while the boys only came away with a victory over the Demons. The team had this success while trying to feel out new lanes.The younger bowlers on the roster had some trouble adjusting to ...