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BY BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsAfter the recent exit of one Henry County Conservation Department staff member, it?s now up to the Henry County Conservation Board to decide how to proceed in filling his shoes.During Monday evening?s regular board meeting, Conservation Director John Pullis made the sad announcement that Park Ranger/Assistant Naturalist, Trenton Hoekstra, is no longer with the department.?Trenton...

The Cardinal Comets football team had another rough game Friday, losing to Wilton 52-0.?Wilton is a very good team,? Cardinal coach Adam Hadenfeldt said. ?We knew going into the game that we would have to play as well as we possibly could to compete with them, and that did not happen.?Cardinal was able to move the ball through the air during certain points of the game, but the ground game was completely ...

The Fairfield freshmen volleyball team hosted a tournament Saturday in Fairfield.The Trojans earned second place. The girls defeated Van Buren, Ottumwa and Central Lee. The only match of the day they lost was against Davis County. All the games were finished in straight sets.Kaylee Watson finished the day with 13 aces and went 46-48 serving. Haylee Beard had ten aces.Watson led the team in assists with 23 and ...

Pekin dismantled English Valleys 56-0 Friday.Pekin (5-1) dominated in all three phases of football; defense, offense, and special teams.The Panthers played stout defense, holding English Valleys to 115 yards rushing and forcing two interceptions. Pekin only allowed one completed pass.Eric Adam tallied eight tackles and continually disrupted the English Valleys running game. Two of his tackles were behind the ...

Adair-Casey 65, Grandview Park Baptist, Des Moines 16ADM, Adel 38, Atlantic 0Akron-Westfield 20, Sibley-Ocheyedan 7Albia 49, PCM, Monroe 6Ames 48, Ankeny 18Ar-We-Va, Westside 33, Woodbine 14Audubon 33, Guthrie Center 6B-G-M, Brooklyn 69, North Mahaska 0Ballard 34, South Tama County, Tama 13Beckman Catholic, Dyersville 42, Columbus Catholic, Waterloo 7Belle Plaine 38, Iowa Valley, Marengo 8Bettendorf ...

Mt. Pleasant Community High School?s Theater Department will be performing Neil Simon?s ?Rumors? on Friday, Nov. 11, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Nov. 13, at 2 p.m., at the Heatilator Performing Arts Center, in Mt. Pleasant. The comedic play centers around an upscale New York dinner party turned upside down.

The Warriors could not find a way to score enough points Friday when they traveled to Highland Riverside.Quarterback Garrett Saunders was stymied by the Huskies defense, managing only two yards on the ground. Highland went on to win 22-8.The Warriors scored in the fourth quarter on a 15-yard touchdown pass from Saunders to Casey Jones. Saunders ran in the 2-point conversion, putting the score at 14-8.The ...

AMES (AP) ? It didn?t matter how Texas beat Iowa State.The Longhorns just needed to escape Ames with a win.They survived ? in a way the seething Cyclones might never forget.Case McCoy scored on a 1-yard plunge with 51 seconds left and Texas rallied to beat Iowa State 31-30 on Thursday night.McCoy threw for 244 yards for the Longhorns, (3-2, 2-0), who will head into next week?s game against Oklahoma with at ...