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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.

By BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsIt was Arin Jones, of Community Partnerships for Protecting Children (CPPC), who had the floor for most of this month?s Healthy Henry County Communities (HHCC) board meeting, which was held on Tuesday afternoon. Jones gave the board a brief update on Henry County?s CPPC organization, hitting on some of the county?s needs in regards to children.?One of our main goals is to reduce ...

BY KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsNEW LONDON ? How do you solve a problem like Cleveland Street?There was no question in any of the five New London City Council member?s minds on Tuesday night that Cleveland Street needs to have something done, but what exactly??Denny (Bozarth, public works director) wants direction from us,? said Councilman Kirk Miller. ?Does he go back to just patching the sides or do we want ...

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 ...

BY KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsWednesday night?s special meeting of the Mt. Pleasant Community School District?s Board of Education may have either seemed like an eventuality or a complete shock. However citizens felt before the meeting, one thing is clear, some residents left with more questions about the newly elected school board than they came in with.The meeting, which was announced Tuesday afternoon, had ...

WINFIELD ? Bad weather could only prolong the inevitable as the Pekin girls? track team returned to Winfield Monday to be crowned Southeast Iowa Superconference champs.The Panthers secured the north division title Monday after the meet was postponed with four events remaining Thursday. With a final total of 141 points, the Panthers finished well ahead of second-place Mediapolis? 116. Columbus Junction finished ...