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BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsWINFIELD ? During a special meeting on Monday night, the Winfield City Council approved the posting of the public works director position and adding two more employees to the city payroll.The public works director position became vacant due to the death of the former director, Rick Rodgers. Council members also approved hiring a second assistant to the department, expanding the ...

BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsResidents of Mt. Union are not going to be happy next month when they open their sewer bills from the Regional Utility Services System (RUSS).That may be putting it mildly as the RUSS Board of Directors voted Wednesday in their monthly meeting to nearly double monthly sewer bills in the community to $150. Currently, Mt. Union customers are charged $75.85 per month. The vote to ...

OSKALOOSA ? The Je-Wa-Ke 12-and-under all-star softball team took top honors at the State Little League Championship, dropping Burlington by the final score of 8-3 in the championship game Monday in Oskaloosa.The state champions advance to the Central Region Tournament in Indianapolis, Ind., where they open play at noon Saturday vs. Wisconsin.Je-Wa-Ke had a 5-1 record in the tournament and won its first four ...

A Fairfield Trojan Football Camp for middle school and high school age children will run July 31-Aug. 3.Students entering grades seven and eight will meet from 10 a.m. to noon, and camp for ninth- through 12th-graders will be 6-8 p.m. each day. All sessions will be on the FHS practice field.Cost to attend the camp is $50, but each additional family member is $25. Camp fee includes a moisture management T-shirt....

BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsGreg Hamberg is a patient guy. There aren?t many people who would wait 16 months for their new ?toy.?Hamberg, however, waited, waited and waited some more before his custom cab rolled into the Mt. Pleasant Walmart Distribution Center late last month. The blue Western Star with special suspension, television, microwave and numerous other bells and whistles was Hamberg?s reward ...

The Cardinal softball team came within one win of a state tournament bid and landed the second most players on the First Team All-Southeast Iowa Superconference South.Seniors Laci Moore and Liz Nichols along with junior teammate Lindsay Moore received first team recognition, leading the Comets to the regional final round and a 24-16 record in 2012.Laci Moore won 18 games from the mound and finished the year ...

The Fairfield baseball team opens the district tournament in Oskaloosa today.The Trojans (16-19-1) will look to continue their recent success vs. Southeast Conference rival Washington when the two teams square off in the first round. The Demons (19-14) won a share of the Southeast Conference title but lost three of four games to Fairfield and four of their final five games overall. Fairfield, on the other hand, ...

The annual Elks Junior Golf Tournament for boys and girls ages 10-17 will be held Tuesday at Walton Club.Pre-registration for the free event, hosted by Fairfield Elks Lodge No. 1192, is at 8:30 a.m. Tee-off will be at 9 a.m.The tournament is split into four age divisions, and winners move on to state-level competition where scholarships can be won.?Just about every year we have kids placing up there, so it ...