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KEOSAUQUA ? In a steady rain and windy conditions Sunday, 10 members of the M.U.M. Running Club took part in the annual race at Lacey-Keosauqua State Park in Keosauqua.In the 5-kilometer race, Jason von Miller was second overall and first in the 30-34 age group (19:47), and Steve Pedrick finished second in the same division with a time of 22:47. Hernan Posada, club president, finished second in the 15-19 ...

WINFIELD ? Maharishi School saw its season come to an end Tuesday with a three-set loss to Winfield-Mount Union in the Class 1A regional volleyball opener.The Pioneers lost their 24th match of the season by final scores of 1-25, 3-25 and 11-25.Winfield-Mount Union continues on to the second round to face New London, which topped WACO on Tuesday.

Members of the Fairfield Middle School eighth-grade football team are pictured, from left, front row: managers Reese Klehm, Evan Huff, Brittan Bowman, Hakim Simmons, Mason Allen, Trenton Nelson, Thomas Booton; second row: Austin Winslow, James Bechtel, Baily Kemp, Brian Buch, Tyler Huff, Ben Anderson, Dallas Peebler, Dylan Abbott, Kleyton Benedict, Jacob Morgan; third row: Jose Rojo, Spencer Else, Alex Sisomphane,...

Fairfield arrived in Centerville looking for its playoff-clinching, statement win Friday.Instead, Fairfield was met by a hungry Big Reds squad intent on playing spoiler. Nearly four hours and a lightning delay later, the Trojans left soggy Paul Johnson Field with their sixth loss of the season, a 26-23 defeat at the hands of the Big Reds.?The Centerville kids came out and played hard, and they made big plays ...

The Pekin girls have been flirting with cross country?s idea of perfection all season long.On Thursday, the Panthers took another step in that direction at their regular season finale at Waterworks Park in Fairfield.The Pekin girls scored just 18 points ? three points shy of a ?perfect? 15 ? for a 74-point win at their home meet. Anchored by freshman Gwynne Wright?s tape-breaking time of 15:08, the Panthers ...

BY KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsThe Mt. Pleasant School Board will have money on the mind Monday night as they hold a budget work session and discuss tuition rates for three-year-old preschool.The school board discussed tuition rates during their Feb. 8 meeting, but decided to give the matter some more thought before settling on a tuition hike.During the meeting, Interim Superintendent Dr. John Roederer said ...

The Mt. Pleasant Area Chamber Alliance Government Affairs Committee invites the public to a forum with area lawmakers Saturday, Feb. 27, from 8:30 to 10 a.m., in the International Room of Chadwick Library at Iowa Wesleyan College. The event is free and open to the public.The forum topic is ?Taxation and State Budgeting.? Rep. Dave Heaton, R-Mt. Pleasant, and Sen. Rich Taylor, D-Mt. Pleasant, are both scheduled ...

BY BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsIt?s been several years since the Henry County Health Center?s (HCHC) board of trustees have had to raise the tax budget for the health center, but largely due to modifications being made in Iowa?s Medicaid program, that all changed on Tuesday.?We are all in agreement of moving the levy rate to $1.17 from $0.81. It?s a small change for the constituent, but it will generate about ...