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WASHINGTON, Iowa ? Fairfield?s eighth-grade volleyball team concluded its season with a trip to Washington Thursday.The ?A? team won 21-12, 21-8 to finish the season at 6-3 overall. Top players were Kenady Waugh, who recorded six aces on 14 serves, and Natalie Angstead, who served up five aces. Angstead and Brynna Bowman had seven assists each, and Haley Beard paced the attack with five kills.The ?B? team won ...

Friends of the Harlan-Lincoln House will host their annual Brown Bag Lecture series every Tuesday in March. All presentations are held at noon in the International Room at Chadwick Library, Iowa Wesleyan University. There is no charge. Guests are invited to bring a lunch.Programs and presenters are as follows: Tuesday, March 1 - Ladies of the LibraryMartha Johnson serves on the Board of Trustees of the Mount ...

Sandwiched between contests against Class A District 6 title contenders, Pekin faces a Southeast Warren team that has yet to find its first win.To suggest the Friday matchup has the makings of a trap game would be a stretch, but Panther head coach Joe Donovan insists his team isn?t about to overlook the Warhawks. Instead, he looks for his team to continue to play its hardest and jump back into the district title ...

Van Buren hits the road Friday for a Week 8 contest against winless Winfield-Mount Union.It?ll be the best opportunity for a win since they earned one Week 5 against New London.The Wolves (0-7, 0-5 Class A District 5), have struggled mightily out of the gates this season and most recently lost 48-14 to WACO.Van Buren (1-6, 1-4), meanwhile, lost to Lone Tree 62-0 last Friday as Vaughn Helling gained 85 yards on ...

Iowa Wesleyan University recently received notice that Accredited Schools Online ranked IW as a best online college in Iowa.AccreditedSchoolsOnline.org (ASO), a leading resource for online learning and college affordability information, has released its ranking for the 2015-2016 Best Online Colleges for Iowa.According to a recent study by the Babson Survey Research Group, over 100,000 undergraduate students in ...

KALONA ? Breaking her own record was so nice she had to do it twice.In fact, for the second contest in a row, Pekin senior Leslie Stone broke the school record for assists in a match ? tallying 37 to shatter the five-day-old record of 25. Her effort helped pace the Panthers offense to a tight, five-set win over IMS on Tuesday.Pekin won the match, which determined the third-place team in the Southeast Iowa Super ...

DONNELLSON ? Seth Dickinson, Thomas Fitzsimmons and a close pack of Warriors behind them raced to a runner-up team finish at the Central Lee Invitational at Green Acres Country Club in Donnellson.The Warrior boys had one of their best meets of the season, scoring 105 points in the 10-team field. Mediapolis won the meet with 28.Dickinson was 10th (17:04) and Fitzsimmons took 18th place (17:26) to once again lead ...

WILLIAMSBURG ? Illness and no diving event left the Fairfield swim team severely undermanned at Monday?s Raider Invite in Williamsburg.The Trojans were just six members strong and able to compete in eight off 11 events, yet they still edged Tipton by one point in the four-team field. Fairfield?s 24 points placed them behind both host Williamsburg (97) and Vinton-Shellsburg (76).?This was a meet that we could ...