Even though temperatures have dipped into the freezing zone, the Skunk River has yet to become a chunk of ice. Above, water still flows over the dam at Oakland Mills.
SALEM ? Salem?s monthly city council meeting, scheduled for last night, was postponed to Tuesday, Jan. 12, at 5:30 p.m., in the Community Building.The postponement was due to the agenda not being posted 24 hours in advance of the meeting, according to city officials.
BY KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsNEW LONDON ? Zoning permits sparked both heated debate and a long, uncomfortable silence from the New London City Council Tuesday night.Out of a list of six permit applications, half of the possible building projects were met with extensive conversation.Two of the debated zoning permits came from Jim Cordes Motors, which is located at 200 E. Main Street.Cordes sought to make a ...
BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsCedar Valley Corp. LLC, of Cedar Falls, nipped four other bidders to gain the first county road construction contract of 2016.Henry County supervisors, meeting on Tuesday for the first time in the new year, approved a resolution awarding the contract to Cedar Valley for $3,849,653.76.The work includes six miles of reconstruction work on 220th Street from the Highway 218-34 ...
AMES (AP) ? Iowa State knows it can lean heavily on Jake Knott and A.J. Klein, among the best pair of linebackers in the country.It?s the other nine guys who will start on defense that will determine just how far the Cyclones can go in 2012.Iowa State has plenty of depth on a defense that got better as last season wore on. But where all those pieces fit around Knott and Klein ? first-team All-Big 12 picks who ...
The Fairfield girls? swim team will be holding a car wash from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Iowa State Bank ATM on Highway 1 south.Monday earned from the wash will help purchase new swimsuits and caps.
If two is company and three?s a crowd, what does someone call a 66-member varsity football team?Turns out any number of positive terms will do.With 66 players out for Trojan football, including 27 sophomores, Fairfield is in the midst of a football renaissance. The result, according to head coach Mike Schenck, has been unprecedented depth and competition at nearly every position.?It?s probably the largest ...
WINFIELD ? The Pekin volleyball team went the distance in a pair of matches at Winfield-Mount Union?s triangular Thursday.The Panthers played to three sets in both matches, kicking the evening off with a 25-14, 22-25, 17-15 win over host 15th-ranked (Class 1A) Winfield-Mount Union before falling 19-25, 26-24, 4-15 to West Burlington.Senior Maranda Baker led the Panthers offensively with nine kills, and Cheyann ...
Trojan fans who like to throw around the term ?rebuilding year? should keep it to themselves ? at least when talking to Nancy Diers.Diers, who has led the Fairfield volleyball program for 26 seasons and counting, isn?t a big believer in the idea. Her disdain for the term might be why the Trojans seemingly never need to rebuild, and also why they find themselves ranked 11th in Class 4A after losing five major ...
Last season, the Panthers took one step forward and earned a postseason bid.Now, in Joe Donovan?s third year roaming the sidelines, the Panthers are looking to build off that success and take it one step further.?As a program I do feel we are moving forward,? Donovan said. ?I thought our black-and-white scrimmage [Friday] looked the best it has in the last three years, I think we?re quickly catching up to our ...
Lisa Greenig steps into a new element this fall as head coach of the Fairfield swim squad, but she should be pleased to find most of the program?s pieces already firmly in place.Two state qualifiers and school record holders from last year?s squad return, as do a wealth of upperclassmen to make an 11-member roster. The swimmers are already training anywhere from 2,500-4,000 yards per day, and some of the girls ...
Christmas tree pick-up for Mt. Pleasant residents has been scheduled.Christmas tree pick-up in Mt. Pleasant has been scheduled for the week of Jan. 4 through Jan. 8, weather permitting. Tree pick-up will be done in conjunction with your normal garbage pick-up.All residents of Mt. Pleasant can utilize this service. However, if residents do not use the City?s garbage collection service, they may need to contact ...
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