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BY KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsWAYLAND ? The City of Wayland is one step closer to implementing a tree ordinance.On Wednesday, during the city council?s regularly scheduled meeting, the tree committee brought fourth their recommendation for a tree planting ordinance.The city had spoken with Lisa Louck, with the Department of Natural Resources, and Hannah Howard, of Trees Forever, at the beginning of the year ...

BURLINGTON ? The Maharishi School girls? tennis team will be entering regional play with a spotless record following its season finale 7-2 victory over Burlington Thursday.The Pioneers improved to 9-0 on the season taking four of six victories in singles play and sweeping all three doubles matches on the Grayhounds? courts.?The girls had to play well today against stiffer competition with many of the matches ...

BY NICOLE HESTER-WILLIAMSGolden Triangle News ServiceFAIRFIELD ? The Jefferson County Farmers and Neighbors drew a large crowd Wednesday night during its annual meeting at the Stephen Sondheim Center for Performing Arts.?I think it?s education,? said JFAN board member Dean Draznin about the size of the crowd. ?I think people are waking up to the reality of [Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations] and how ...

For the ninth consecutive year, the Mt. Pleasant Noon and Evening Rotary clubs banded together to give dictionaries to all fourth-grade students in Henry County. Rotarians Don LeBlanc, left, and Emery Styron, right, are shown presenting dictionaries to Chris Stauffer, second from left, and Parker Wellington, third from left, at Harlan Elementary School, on Oct. 2.

A two-vehicle accident on Tuesday, Oct. 6, at the intersection of East Washington Street and South Grand Avenue resulted in a combined $3,500 damage to two vehicles.Mt. Pleasant police determined that a 1998 Mercury Mountaineer, owned and operated by Joseph Hall, of Peoria, Ill., was traveling west through the intersection.A 2008 Nissan Armada, owned and operated by Tiffany Curtis, of Mt. Pleasant, was traveling...

The Fairfield boys? soccer team was as strong offensively as it was defensively Thursday, shutting down Fort Madison in a 5-0 victory at Trojan Stadium.?It was good to see us scoring goals again,? said Fairfield head coach Felisto Guezimane. ?Hopefully we can carry on from here.?Fairfield senior Kendall Mickels and junior Roan Bachar served as major remedies for the team?s recent scoring troubles, netting two ...

Pekin seventh-graders Taylor Reynolds and Shea Dahlstrom and eighth-grader Gwynne Wright competed in the Iowa Association of Track Coaches State Middle School Meet held Saturday at Waukee High School.The small school classes were made up of all Class 1A and 2A schools, and the large school classes were made up of Class 3A and 4A schools. Dahlstrom and Reynolds finished 10th among 31 schools in the small school ...

Trojan linksters headline packed sectional The Fairfield boys? golf team will be looking to finish out one of the program?s most successful seasons ever with another trip to the state tournament.But first, the fifth-ranked Trojans must get past a stacked field at Friday?s sectional tournament hosted by the Demons at Washington Country Club.The Trojans will square off against a field that includes No. 6 ...