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Freshman, JV teams win big in Washington

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WASHINGTON, Iowa ? Fairfield volleyball continued its dominant reign over the Southeast Conference with victories in the JV and freshman matches Tuesday.Fairfield?s JV squad picked up a 25-20, 25-20 victory and the freshman team swept the Demons 25-19, 25-19 at Washington High School.In the ninth-grade match, Mackenzi Harwood led the attack for the Trojans with 10 kills, and Delaney Neil had five kills and a ...

Two vehicles totaled in Friday accident

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MT. UNION ? Two vehicles were reported to be a total loss following a Feb. 12 accident on Racine Avenue near 190th Street, or just south of Mt. Union.The Henry County Sheriff?s Office says a car driven by Dennis Bedford, of Mt. Union, struck the back of a truck parked on the roadway. The driver of the truck, Lara Beelman, of Mt. Union, was removing hay from the roadway.No injuries were reported.

Trojans beat Oskaloosa in JV volleyball

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OSKALOOSA ? Fairfield picked up a win against the host team in the Oskaloosa JV volleyball tournament Saturday.The Trojans got by Oskaloosa in two sets: 26-24, 21-17. They lost to Nevada (15-21, 17-21) and Pella Christian (15-25, 21-25) in two sets and dropped a close three-setter to Gilbert (15-21, 21-19, 15-12).Madison Roberts led the way with 38 digs, 20 kills and 11 aces. Karley Williams provided 42 digs ...

Iowa?s Hyde apologetic

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:46 pm2693d ago

IOWA CITY (AP) ? Iowa cornerback Micah Hyde apologized to his family, coaches and teammates on Tuesday in his first public comments since being booked on suspicion of public intoxication and interference with official acts early Saturday.Hyde has since been removed as a team captain, but the three-year starter is expected to play in Saturday?s game at Michigan State.

WACO invites public to ride pep bus to state wrestling tournament

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:46 pm2693d ago

WACO invites the public to ride the pep bus to support sophomore Cody Crawford at his State Wrestling debut on Thursday, Feb. 18. The bus will leave at 6:30 a.m., Thursday from the High School parking lot, and will return later that day. Class 1A bracket begins at 9 a.m.Sign up in the High School office. The sign up deadline is Wednesday, Feb. 17, by 10 a.m. At least 25 people must sign up and pay in order for ...

WACO?s superintendent search leads to Washington, Columbus

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:46 pm2693d ago

BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsWAYLAND ? WACO School District?s search for a superintendent has the district looking northward, school board members learned during Monday night?s regular meeting at the secondary building in Wayland.Interim WACO Superintendent Fred Whipple said WACO officials have had informal talks with both the Washington and Columbus Community School (Columbus Junction) districts about ...

A night at the symphony

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The Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra (SEISO) presented Gustav Mahler?s Symphony No. 5 on Sunday night at the Iowa Wesleyan University Chapel. Despite winter weather that hit most of southeast Iowa on Sunday morning and into the afternoon, conditions were favorable by the 7:30 p.m. concert.

Bodenham, Pieper excited for upcoming Boys State experience

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BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsMt. Pleasant Community High School juniors Aaron Bodenham and Jack Pieper know how they?ll be spending at least one week of their summer, and they are looking forward to it.Bodenham and Pieper will be representing Mt. Pleasant and American Legion Post #58 at Boys State in June at Camp Dodge, in Des Moines.Both said they are anxiously awaiting the event and said they did some ...

Comets start slow in 36-3 loss to Wapello

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:46 pm2693d ago

ELDON ? For three quarters Friday, Cardinal looked like a football team capable of playing with anybody in Class 1A District 6.But a game is decided by four quarters of play, and a slow start in the first period put the Comets in a 22-0 hole in Eldon. The Comets allowed just two more touchdowns the rest of the way but lost to Wapello 36-3.?Once we got past the first quarter we played well, but we have to find a ...

Fifth-ranked Pekin upset by Montezuma

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:46 pm2693d ago

PACKWOOD ? Pekin head coach Joe Donovan has been preaching the ?little things? all season long.Those little things ended up biting the Panthers Friday against Montezuma on homecoming night in Packwood. Montezuma pulled off a 28-20 upset win over the fifth-ranked (Class A) Panthers.?The little things really hurt us and we seemed to get complacent on third down,? said Donovan. ?We got undisciplined on defense and ...

Comets sweep Harmony

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:46 pm2693d ago

FARMINGTON ? Lexi Fullenkamp recorded nine aces on 18-of-21 serving and the Comets swept Harmony 25-18, 25-15, 25-15 in Southeast Iowa Super Conference volleyball Thursday.Fullenkamp also finished with nine digs and Lindsay Moore had a team-high 14 digs. Cassidy McMartin was 11-for-13 from behind the service line with six aces. Shelby Smith had 11 assists and two blocks and Delaney Ridgway ripped eight kills.The...

New District Court Judge selected

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:46 pm2693d ago

The 8B District Court Judges met on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, to interview for the District Associate Judge vacancy, which was created when Judge Mark Kruse was appointed to serve as a District Court Judge. The District Associate Court position serves Des Moines and Louisa counties in Iowa.The 8B District Court Judges selected Jennifer Slocum Bailey, of Burlington. Bailey is a native of Burlington. She graduated ...