BY KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsWAYLAND ? The City of Wayland finally received their answer on what kind of traffic control device could be placed at a high traffic intersection, and it wasn?t what the council was hoping for.During last month?s meeting, the council discussed the need to replace the hard-to-keep-functioning overhead flashing light at the intersection of Highway 78 and Jefferson Street. The ...
Iowa Wesleyan University has been ranked one of the top colleges in the country for its institutional commitment to service.The Washington Monthly, a publication covering politics, government, culture and the media, ranked 350 colleges offering bachelor?s degrees for their contributions to the public good. Iowa Wesleyan ranked 21st overall in institutional commitment to service. The university also ranked second ...
BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant News*Editor?s note: Candidate?s response was given via a written questionnaire.SALEM ? Salem will be electing at least one new member on Tuesday to its five person city council. Incumbents Bruce A. Eltrich and Charles Kramer are joined on the ballot by Mary Essary Hoyer and John Wagner.There are three seats open on the council and Councilman Bill Wixom Jr. is not seeking re-electio...
The Mt. Pleasant Public Library has nearly 70 cake pans available for checkout. One of the favorites of the library staff is the Darth Vader pan.
BY KARYN SPORY Mt. Pleasant News *Editor?s note: Candidates? responses were given via a written questionnaire. WAYLAND ? Three of the five seats on the Wayland City Council are up for grabs on Tuesday.Incumbents Greg Rich and Scott Shumacher are looking to renew their terms while Kevin Fort has decided to end his tenure on the council, leaving his seat wide open.Also throwing their hats into the ring are ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ? Incoming Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby says he is against stipends for student-athletes, pointing out that there are other places where they can play for money.Bowlsby also repeated the stance of acting commissioner Chuck Neinas, school presidents and athletic directors that the Big 12 supports a four-team playoff consisting of the highest-ranked teams to determine college football?s ...
PELLA ? Central College?s Tyler Crouse, a senior from Hedrick and former Pekin student, was named to the Capital One Academic All-District men?s track and field/cross country team by the College Sports Information Directors of America.Crouse, a biology major, carried a 3.42 grade point average. He was a first-team all-district pick and advances to the national ballot, to be voted on next week, for Academic ...
BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsMM Composite, Inc., Mt. Pleasant?s newest manufacturing plant, hopes to begin production in early November, Henry County Supervisor Gary See said during the supervisors? meeting Thursday. See was reporting on the latest board meeting of the Mt. Pleasant Area Development Corporation.The composite product firm, headquartered in Denmark, is moving its operation in the United ...
WILTON ? The Pekin baseball team managed just two hits off Wilton pitching and fell 11-2 on Wednesday.Tater Clubb and Thomas Slaney tallied the hits for Pekin ? both singles. Bailey Donovan had a sacrifice fly to knock in a run and Josh Sterling drew an RBI walk.The Beavers took a 3-1 lead into the third inning before opening the game wide open and scoring eight more runs by the bottom of the fifth.?They were ...
MOULTON ? Cardinal senior Tanner Chance struck out a career-high 16 batters and the Comets edged Moulton-Udell 10-9 in non-conference action Wednesday.The Comets trailed 7-3 in the game before a seven-run sixth inning gave them the lead for good.?It was a nice comeback and a nice win,? said Cardinal head coach Tom Hallgren.Chance (1-1) took the mound for the second time this season and pitched the seven-inning ...
CHARITON ? Fairfield baseball surrendered just one run in two games ? 16 innings ? but had no wins to show for it following Wednesday?s doubleheader in Chariton.The host Chargers (6-0-1) prevailed 1-0 in the opening game, and the two teams tied 0-all after nine innings in the second game. The nightcap ended with the tie due to a poorly lit field.?We tried a lot of things to jumpstart the offense, but nothing ...
BY KARYN SPORY Mt. Pleasant News *Editor?s note: Candidates? responses were given via a written questionnaire. NEW LONDON ? The New London City Council has two open seats at the table and four candidates looking to fill them.Of the four candidates, two are incumbents ? Kirk Miller and Tom Davis.Miller is hoping to go for two consecutive terms on the council as fellow incumbent Davis, who entered the ...
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