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The Fairfield 7th grade football team is pictured, from left, front row: Cole Engle, Collin Breen, Carson Engle, Brad Swanson, Austin Simpson, Giaseppi Smith, Kosta Papagalou, Reese Klehm, Tristan Waugh, Hakim Blakeney; second row: Leone Gichure, Evan Masterson, Owen Lox, Cooper Drish, Clint Morrison, Brittan Bowman, Tanner Collins, Ashton Lankford, Jackson Weaton, Even Huff, Brendon Bechtel, Drake Rippey; back ...

The Warriors played eight matches in a three-day span.Five of them came on Saturday when Van Buren traveled to Harmony for a tournament. The team would leave Harmony with a 2-3 record on the day. Van Buren beat Harmony twice, but lost to West Burlington and twice to Cardinal. Nicole Coffin had four kills and 12 digs in the second match against Harmony.The Warriors played at the Holy Trinity tournament Monday ...

Gwynne Wright made her presence felt last night in Pekin.Wright started off her sophomore season on the Pekin cross-country team with a victory Monday at Albia. Wright broke a bone in her foot on May 30 at the state track and field meet. Last season Wright finished fourth at the state cross-country meet as a freshman.Wright?s teammates didn?t take it easy on her just because it was her first meet back. Shea ...

Freshmen footballThe Fairfield freshmen football team lost to Keokuk 48-8 Friday.?We give up a few too many big plays early in games and make it an uphill battle from there,? freshmen coach Brad Repp said. ?But the kids never quit.?Brandon Smithburg ran the ball 20 times and racked up 130 yards. Trenton Hanen rushed for 65 yards.Hanen led the team in tackles with eight. Josh Oby and Simon Spalla each had five ...

Team Navahoe won The Braves and Maidens bowling league this week.Team Kiowa finished second and was followed by Hopi, Cheyenne, Mohicans, Chippewa, Sioux, Commanche and Iroquois.Dennis Arbaugh had the highest men?s game with a 233. Alyssa Chatfield bowled the best women?s game when she scored a 215.Week four of The Chief Leauge was won by Kurtz Dozing. Best Western, Odd Balls-Taco John?s, Hideaway and Holder ...

BY KARYN SPORY Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? Where do we go from here?It?s the question members of the Winfield-Mt. Union Building Committee were asking BLDD Architects during the committee?s meeting on Wednesday.The meeting was a follow-up to the first community engagement meeting, which was held on Monday, Oct. 17.During the meeting, community members ? which totaled about 83 individuals ? were asked to ...

It?s getting downright spooky in some neighborhoods in Mt. Pleasant as residents have Halloween decorations out in full force. Mt. Pleasant children will be getting their fill of candy and treats Monday, Oct. 31, from 5-7 p.m.

BY BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsSarah Berndt, county coordinator of disability services/general assistance director, disclosed one of her ?wishes? Thursday to the Henry County Board of Supervisors.Berndt, distributed a copy of an Aug. 1 article in The Mt. Pleasant News reporting on a new transitional house in Wayland and said the county may have to mull transitional housing.?I think we have a need (in the ...