BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsHenry County supervisors, under a mandate from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), are crafting a new map on the construction and reconstruction of county roads and bridges.Supervisors passed the first reading on the proposed ordinance Tuesday.?FEMA is requiring every county to have an ordinance on the construction and reconstruction of roadways and bridges,? ...
Mt. Pleasant Police Department officers responded to a pair of accidents this week.Officers were called to a two-vehicle accident near Mt. Pleasant Electric on Wednesday, Sept. 23. Investigation revealed that a 2008 Chevrolet, operated by Kyle Kirchner, had been stopped for the stop sign at the intersection of Polk and Washington streets.The Kirchner vehicle then proceeded to back up, striking a 2013 Chevrolet, ...
Weather again decided to rear its ugly head Friday, and the Fairfield boys? tennis team had play suspended for the second time in 2012.The Trojans had to settle for their second tie due to weather, this time against Albia at Fairfield Middle School courts. The Trojans were up 4-3 against the Blue Demons when lightning cut short play of No. 2 and No. 3 doubles, though the No. 2 team of Punj and Burnstedt was ...
The Maharishi School boys? tennis team rode senior Sam Arsanjani?s coattails to victory Saturday at its own Pioneer Invitational.Arsanjani won 48 of 52 games played in No. 1 singles action to capture the title. The senior Pioneer?s wide wargin of victory gave Maharishi School the cushion it needed to fend off talented Davenport Assumpion.The Pioneers, who also had the No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles champions, ...
DES MOINES ? Fairfield?s all-senior team of Max Johnson, Braz Johnson, Zach Vivier and Corbin Harwood finished 53rd in the 4x100 of the Drake Relays.Running in preliminary heat No. 5 out of 10 Friday afternoon, the foursome finished with a time of 45.15 seconds. Cedar Falls won the event in 42.17 seconds.The Trojan team qualified the relay 40th with a season-best clocking of 44.38 seconds at Eddyville-Blakesburg...
DONNELLSON ? The Fairfield girls? golf team came up empty Saturday at the Central Lee Invitational in Donnellson.The Trojans finished last in the five-team field at Green Acres Country Club with a score of 495. Washington ran away with the team title with a score of 362, and Mount Pleasant came in second at 379.Tori Ogden was the low Trojan on the par-74 course with a 116, followed by Ashley Henkel at 123. ...
An admirer eyes a 1911 Buick that was on display on the west side of the Mt. Pleasant square Thursday morning. Participants in the Red Flag Horseless Carriage Tour brought their vehicles on display on the square before departing on the day?s tour.
BY BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsSurveys were mailed late last week by the City of Mt. Pleasant in its quest for a $600,000 community development block grant (CDBG) to help fund the $2 million Jay Street sanitary sewer project.City Administrator Brent Schleisman said it is imperative that residents receiving surveys, return them. ?We need an 80-percent return rate to qualify (for the grant),? Schleisman ...
Dan Pauley, left, and his brother, Dick Pauley, stand beside the 1917 Maxwell that Dan is driving on this weekend?s Red Flag Horseless Carriage Tour. Dick will be driving a 1908 Maxwell. Dan Pauley owns six vintage automobiles ? ranging from a 1910 Sears to a 1931 Ford Model A Roadster.
BY BRYCE KELLY Mt. Pleasant NewsIt doesn?t take a customer too many trips to Mt. Pleasant?s Family Video to see a staff that clearly works well together. And if a casual observation of staff camaraderie isn?t enough, their work during their annual Round It Up campaign will likely be proof enough.For the fourth consecutive year, Family Video hosted the Round It Up Campaign to raise money for lymphoma, a type ...
Even without its No. 1 singles player, the Maharishi School girls? tennis team managed an impressive 6-3 meet win over Holy Trinity Thursday.Without Minna Mohammadi, Nos. 4-6 came through to win in singles action and the Pioneers swept all three doubles matches.At No. 4 singles, Alina Knight rallied back to win her match 9-8. Knight trailed 2-5 before forcing a tiebreaker, which she won 9-7. No. 5 Flower Shreck ...
KALONA ? The Fairfield boys? soccer team was the winner of one of two games Saturday at the IMS Invitational.The Trojans won their semifinal matchup 3-2 over Fort Madison before falling 1-0 in the championship contest to host IMS.According to head coach Felisto Guezimane, bad refereeing marred what was otherwise a good tournament for the Trojans.?I?m not one to blame referees for a loss, but this was by far ...
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