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Bill Riley Jr., left, head of the Bill Riley Talent Search, visited the Mt. Pleasant Talent Search at the county fair. He is shown visiting with Tim Taylor of Mt. Pleasant, MC for the program.

KEOSAUQUA ? If the rim seemed extra wide to Harmony Thursday night, there?s no telling how big it appeared to the Van Buren boys.Despite Harmony hitting seven treys in the first half, the Van Buren boys rallied to score their second highest point total of the season and grabbed a 84-71 win in Keosauqua.?This is probably the best team Harmony has had in the past eight years,? said Van Buren head coach Fred ...

WAPELLO ? The Pekin boys? basketball team nearly doubled Wapello?s point total in a 63-34 drubbing Thursday.The Panthers (16-3, 14-3 SEISC north) went on a 16-6 run to open the game and never trailed, grabbing a 30-15 lead by halftime.Trey Sathoff again paced the Panthers with 30 points on 10-for-17 shooting, and he also had seven rebounds and seven steals. Tyson Lamb scored 11 points along with four assists, ...

Joy Lynn Conwell wants to return to the Mt. Pleasant Community School District Board of Directors.Conwell field nomination papers Wednesday for the District V position on the school board. The position is being vacated by Brad Holtkamp, who submitted his resignation, effective following the September board meeting.Prior to Holtkamp?s service on the board, Conwell represented District V on the board for two ...

The high school wrestling field is about to become a lot less crowded.The win-or-go-home sectional tournaments are scheduled Saturday, and more than half of all wrestlers? seasons will be over by Sunday morning. In the 12 Class 2A sectionals throughout Iowa, as many as six wrestlers at each weight will compete, but only the top two will advance to the district tournament and move one step closer to the state ...

Matchups have been set for the 2012 Southeast Iowa Super Conference girls? basketball shootout.The shootout, scheduled Friday, pits teams that finished in the same position in their respective divisions against each other. This season, north division teams will host their south counterparts.Van Buren, which finished the season undefeated in SEISC play, will face north division No. 1 seed Mediapolis for a ...

Average retail gasoline prices in Iowa have risen 4.7 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.72 per gallon July 20, according to GasBuddy?s daily survey of 2,036 gas outlets in Iowa. This compares with the national average that has fallen 0.9 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.76 a gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.Including the change in gas prices in Iowa during the past ...

SIOUX CITY ? Travis Schombert, a Fairfield High School graduate and Lockridge native, swam on Morningside College?s winning 200-yard freestyle relay team in a swimming quadrangular Jan. 28 in Dubuque.Schombert, a freshman, teamed up with fellow freshmen Cole Malin, Kieran Sweeney and James Svoboda to swim the winning time of 1:30.71.In addition to the 200-yard freestyle relay, Morningside College swimmers won ...