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BY KARYN SPORY Mt. Pleasant NewsThe official day to vote may not be until Tuesday, but Henry County Auditor Shelly Barber said nearly 400 people have already voted early for the Mt. Pleasant Community School District special election.The ballot for the special election will have two items to vote on, a revenue purpose statement and selection of a school board member.The Revenue purpose statement is an ...

PACKWOOD ? The Pekin girls used a mixture of depth and conditioning to wear down Wapello en route to a 65-40 win Tuesday in Packwood.?We were able to substitute a little bit and that made quite a difference,? said Pekin head coach Davis Eidahl. ?I think we just wore them down and that?s what we?ve been working on this year.??During Christmas break we tried working hard on rebounding, man defense and conditioning...

PACKWOOD ? The Pekin boys? basketball team went right back to where it left off to open the second half of the season Tuesday.Riding a seven-game winning streak entering winter break, the Panthers showed little rust in their return Tuesday, thoroughly dominating Wapello 65-36 to extend their streak to eight games.The dominating performance has become something of an expected result for the Panthers (8-1, 7-1 ...

AMES (AP) ? Iowa State?s transfer-laden team has struggled with consistency at times this season.The newcomers didn?t have any trouble carrying the Cyclones in their Big 12 debuts.Chris Babb scored 17 points and Iowa State beat Texas 77-71 Wednesday night in the Big 12 opener for both teams.Royce White added 14 points and Chris Allen scored 13 for the Cyclones (11-3), who won their league opener for the first ...

Local fire departments gathered on Saturday, June 20, for a round of battle of the hoses. The friendly battle was suppose to begin at 2 p.m., but kept being delayed due to multiple response calls. Pictured above, members of the New London Fire Department battle to get the barrel, which has been placed on a line, to the opponents end of the line by moving it with water from the hose.

By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsNow a college, soon a university.Steve Titus, president of Iowa Wesleyan College, announced in a letter this week to college alumni that IWC will become IWU, effective Aug. 10.In essence, the college is taking a step back in time ? name-wise, that is ? as it was a university from 1855-1912 before returning to its college status.Titus said the college?s board of trustees ...

The final Mt. Pleasant Area Chamber of Commerce-sponsored legislative forum of the year is set for Saturday, June 27, at 8:30 a.m. at the Chadwick Library on the campus of Iowa Wesleyan College.The forum will serve as a wrap-up to the 2015 general assembly.State Sen. Rich Taylor, D-Mt. Pleasant, and State Rep. Dave Heaton, R-Mt. Pleasant, will be in attendance to offer their appraisals of the session.The ...

Dozens of cancer survivors, caretakers and supporters gathered at the Iowa Wesleyan College campus to take part in the Henry County Relay for Life events on Saturday, June 20. Opening ceremonies began at noon with remarks from event chair Amanda Clark and the survivors walk, as shown above.