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Assistant Executive Director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association Alan Beste, right, addresses Laurie and Lawrence Eyre during the Eyre Tennis Center dedication ceremony Wednesday at the Maharishi University of Management rec center. The two longtime Maharishi School tennis coaches were honored with the naming of the indoor tennis facility following 25 years of coaching excellence. Lawrence, who recently ...

ELDON ? The Cardinal baseball team was again the victim of its own mistakes on its way to falling to Eddyville-Blakesburg 12-8 on Friday.The Comets, who at one point led 8-6, committed two of their four errors in the pivotal sixth inning and the Rockets scored six straight runs.Austin Deshler led from the plate, going 3 for 3 with an RBI and two runs scored. Tanner Chance finished 3 for 4 with an RBI and run ...

A traffic stop by Henry County Sheriff?s Office deputies resulted in three charges against a Washington motorist.Roque Lucas-Gabriel, 25, of Washington, was charged with operating while intoxicated, second offense, aggravated misdemeanor; failure to have a valid driver?s license, simple misdemeanor; and improper use of lanes, simple misdemeanor.Lucas-Gabriel?s vehicle was stopped in the 2000 grid on Highway 34, ...

Officers from the Henry County Sheriff?s Department investigated a pair of accidents last weekend.The office received a report of a car-deer accident on Oct. 31, on Oakland Mills Road. An investigation revealed a 2002 Chevrolet pickup, owned by Smith Plumbing and operated by Doug Smith, of Mt. Pleasant, was northbound on Oakland Mills Road when it struck and killed a deer that entered the roadway.Damage to the ...

The 17th annual T.T.T. Tour of Homes and Holiday Market are fast approaching.The tour is set for Sunday, Nov. 22, from 1 to 5 p.m.The homes on this year?s docket are that of Gary and Deb Rodgers, 303 South Cherry Street; Robin and Jill Daniels, 515 West Race Street; Mike and Nancy Vens, 2926 Old Highway 218; and Tom and Kathy Holtkamp, 508 East Walnut Ridge.The Rodgers? home was built in 1961 and one of the ...

BY BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsHealthy Henry County Communities (HHCC) board had food on the brain during their regular meeting on Tuesday, as much of the board business focused in on the activities of the healthy eating committee.Taking the top of the list was Ken Brown, director of The Fellowship Cup, as Brown spoke about how food could help bring in more people to the local organization.?At one time, The ...

BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsHenry County supervisors will determine the winner of a four-year city council term in Mt. Union, according to Henry County Auditor Shelly Barber.The auditor received two absentee ballots Wednesday, Nov. 4. Both ballots met the deadline criteria and both votes were for candidate Randal Wiklerson. Consequently, Wilkerson and write-in candidate Kim Fenton each wound up with 20 ...

BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsSALEM ? Unfortunately, it?s becoming ?old hat? for the Salem City Council.The council learned during last night?s regular meeting that it would be searching for its sixth city clerk in the past five years.Laci Shull, who has been clerk for just over a year, announced her resignation effective Nov. 27. Shull has accepted employment elsewhere. She has offered to help train the ...