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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 ...

If the Comets are going to grab a win in the brutal Class 1A District 6, now is the time to do it.Despite losing the first four games in district play, Cardinal (3-4, 0-4 District 6) still has an outside shot at making the playoffs. It?ll require a few big wins, and quite possibly, a little bit of luck.The Comets open their final stretch of the season against Sigourney-Keota (3-4, 2-2). They then host West ...

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 ...

ELDON ? The Cardinal volleyball team concluded SEISC play in Eldon with a 21-25, 17-25, 25-23, 17-25 loss to Danville on Tuesday.The team?s only senior, Lindsay Moore, finished with 20 digs from the back row. Leea Ostrander, a junior, came through with 16 digs and a team-leading 10 kills. Danae Moses handed out 16 assists, and Delaney Ridgway spiked eight kills to go with four blocks. Dakota Durflinger tallied ...