Sports

Summer sand volleyball league formed

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2691d ago

The Fairfield Park and Recreation Department announces a summer sand volleyball league. Co-ed, men?s, and women?s teams can participate.Women?s league will be Mondays, men?s league will be Tuesdays, and Co-Ed league will be Thursdays with three time slots: 5:30, 6:30 or 7:30 p.m. Games will begin June 17 at the sand volleyball courts at O.B. Nelson Park. There will be six weeks of regular season play, followed ...

HHCC board looks to help fund skate park in the county

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BY BRYCE KELLY Mt. Pleasant NewsAfter some discussion, the Healthy Henry County Communities (HHCC) board will now officially be looking to share some wealth.During the board?s regular meeting on Tuesday, members of the board?s executive committee suggested looking into ways to use roughly $4,500 that has been sitting with HHCC for several years. Originally, the money was raised to help fund a possible skate ...

Supervisors set hearing on road vacations

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2691d ago

BY BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsHenry County is planning to vacate some roads in the unincorporated towns of Lowell, Swedesburg and Trenton.County supervisors set a public hearing for 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, on the road vacations, which also includes a portion of 265th Street near the curve at Faulker?s Access.Jake Hotchkiss, county engineer, who recommended the road vacations, said they involve roads ...

Salem could be searching for a new sanitation hauler

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2691d ago

BY BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant News SALEM ? A new sanitation carrier may be needed in Salem soon.During Tuesday?s city council meeting, it was learned that Sedore, the current contract holder for sanitation service was under investigation by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Iowa Attorney General?s office for violations.This is the second time in the past year, that Sedore?s alleged ...

Nice weather equals large crowd

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2691d ago

Saturday?s beautiful weather brought the masses to the Midwest Old Threshers Reunion. In the photo, the vendors in Museum A drew a large crowd of prospective purchasers.

Pekin softball finds win column; Cardinal edges Van Buren

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2691d ago

WINFIELD ? Pekin was without starter Leslie Stone on Thursday, but teammate Cheyann Lankford filled in nicely to hand the Panthers their first win of the season.Lankford tossed six innings of two-run ball to lift Pekin to a 12-2 road win over Winfield-Mount Union. Lankford allowed four hits and struck out five to pick up the complete-game win.?Cheyann did a nice job pitching for us in Leslie?s absence. She kept ...

Buch's AAU team win ninth-grade title

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DES MOINES ? Nicole Buch and the seventh-grade Lady Barnstormers played up in the ninth-grade AAU State Tournament May 11-12 in Des Moines and came away with their second state title of the year.The seventh-grade team won three of its first four games to make it to the championship match, where they defeated Iowa Showtime 59-54 in a rematch to claim the title.The Lady Barnstormers, who are coached by Todd ...

Cardinal falls to Burlington

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BURLINGTON ? Cardinal dropped a pair of games in a softball doubleheader with Burlington Wednesday.The Comets fell 8-2 in the first game and lost the second on the 10-run rule, 11-1.Cardinal?s Lindsey Davis had an RBI double and Carlie Bennett also legged out a double. Delaney Ridgway added a single for the Comets, who managed just four hits in the opener.Ridgway went the distance in the first game, tallying ...

Broeker looks picture perfect as 2016 Miss Sweet Sixteen

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2691d ago

BY KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsMiss Sweet Sixteen is a childhood dream for many little girls who visit the Midwest Old Threshers Reunion. The difference for Danielle Broeker is that the crown, sash and vintage dress are no longer a dream.Broeker said since she was little she was always in awe of the girls and their dresses, but she knew dressing up wasn?t the point to the Miss Sweet Sixteen Contest. ?Honestly, ...

Day satisfies his appetite, returns to Old Threshers

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2691d ago

BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsMark Day figured it was time to return to Old Threshers.A half-century absence was long enough. The ?bug? hit Day, now working as a contractor in Atlanta, Ga., less than a month ago.It was a photo album that whetted the appetite.?My parents and I were looking through some old photo albums earlier this summer,? Day reflected Friday while standing near the steam engines at Old ...

Fairfield JV Black falls

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2691d ago

The Fairfield JV Black softball team was hit with seven errors in the nightcap Thursday, and Ottumwa saved its best for last to sweep the host Trojans 2-1 and 16-8.Fairfield led the first game 1-0, but Ottumwa took the lead with two runs scored in the top of the fifth. The Trojans put runners on second and third in the bottom of the fifth but weren?t able to capitalize.?Our offense had a couple of opportunities,...

Elder grand slams propel Comets to 2-0 start

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:50 pm2691d ago

ELDON ? Brennon Elder smashed a grand slam and drove in four runs Monday as Cardinal rolled to a 12-7 win over New London in the season opener at Cardinal High School.Junior teammate Conner McElderry finished 3-for-4 at the plate with a double and three RBI, and Kyle Kent was 2-for-4 with a double. Cole Campbell hit a two-bagger and Charlie Rachford ended up 1-for-2 as the Comets totaled 11 hits.On the mound, ...