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BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsWAYLAND ? Although WACO saved nearly $30,000 in energy costs during the first seven months of the school year due to the use of solar energy, WACO Superintendent Fred Whipple admitted some disappointment.?I was hoping we would have closer to $50,000 in savings,? the superintendent said. ?It was not as good as I had expected.?Whipple said the school district paid $75,971 in ...

? Peterman and Dimmitt will be leaned on heavily in the early going. Height and Trojan boys basketball haven?t always gone hand in hand, but if there?s one thing the program has in spades this season, it?s size.Three players are listed on the depth chart at 6-foot-4 and above, and another three stand at 6-foot-1 or taller. While size clearly isn?t everything on the basketball court, the talent coupled with it ...

? Coach Miller welcomes back a solid senior class that includes three state-qualifiers. A few bumps and bruises are expected to come the Fairfield wrestling team?s way this season, but it should only make the Trojans stronger.Second-year head coach Steve Miller loves the fact his wrestlers face off against some of the best teams and individuals in the state. He believes a tough schedule will make his wrestlers ...

? Trojans eyeing winning record, big victories. More than half a decade has passed since a winning season graced the Trojan girls? basketball team, but Mick Flattery believes the program could be close to turning the corner in his second season sitting courtside.?The hope is for a winning season. There hasn?t been one for a while,? said Flattery, who led the Trojans to an 8-14 mark in his debut season. ?These ...

Pekin wrestling has leaned heavily on its senior class in recent years, and head coach Al Chapman expects the current group to be no exception.?You always look to your seniors, and you build your practice around that,? said Chapman, who is entering his fourth year in the program. ?They?ll be the ones who lead on the mat and off the mat. I?m looking for those guys to be our extra coaches.?At the top of the ...

All-state guard Trey Sathoff won?t be making opposing defenses pay from the 3-point line anymore, but Pekin head coach Ken Hutchinson thinks his team can succeed in other ways this winter.While the new group of Panthers is lacking in star power after losing Sathoff, the school?s record holder in multiple categories, as well as nine other graduating seniors, they make up for the talent turnover with unselfishness ...

DAVENPORT ? On March 30, 2016, Thomas James McLaughlin, 48, of Mediapolis, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 84 months in prison for receiving child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Hansen was ordered to serve 10 years of supervised release following his prison term, comply with the sex offender registry requirement in the state ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. ? Great Western Bank is pleased to announce the promotion of Jim Olson to Market President of the Burlington and Mt. Pleasant markets.Olson is a graduate of Iowa State University, earning a degree in industrial administration in 1978. Olson spent the past 38 years in the financial services sector, including five years at the Iowa Division of Banking. He joined Great Western Bank in October 2014 ...