Losing the first four games in a season might make some teams a little impatient for their first win.Not so for the Trojans, who used the patient approach en route to burying Albia and claiming their first victory of the 2011-12 season Tuesday in Fairfield. The Trojans blasted past Albia 44-13 in what was a scrappy battle throughout.?I thought our girls did a really good job of working the basketball, ...
NEW LONDON ? A big fourth-quarter run for Cardinal coupled with New London?s struggles at the hoop gave the Comets a win, 42-30, in last night?s SEISC south matchup.The game was tied at 27 going into the final quarter, but while the Cardinal starting heating up, New London went ice cold on the floor, and the Comets went on a 15-3 run in the last eight minutes of the game.?We need someone to step up and put ...
Cessford Construction will be doing some milling and resurfacing of Mt. Pleasant streets June 3-5.Work will be done in the blocks of 300 S. Adams St; 100 S. Van Buren St.; 100 N. Van Buren St.; and 300-400 W. Broad St.Cessford will be in each block on two different occasions.There will be limited access to these blocks at different times during the road project.If possible, please make other arrangements to ...
Jeremy Pohren and his son, A.J., will be taking a week-long trip beginning this weekend as they participate in the 2015 Hot Rod Power Tour. The Pohrens (A.J. is on the left in the top photo) will be driving the senior Pohren?s 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 which they pose with in the photo.
PACKWOOD ? Twelve players found the court for Pekin Tuesday and the Panthers rebounded from a tough Friday loss to breeze past Winfield-Mount Union.The Pekin boys beat the Wolves 61-28 in Packwood, and this one was never even close.The seniors did most of the heavy lifting on the senior-laden Panthers. Trey Sathoff led the way with 12 points off 5-of-8 shooting, grabbed five boards and two steals. Bailey ...
The Van Buren boys? basketball team was sick of playing from behind, so Tuesday they decided to do something about it.Following two straight losses to open the season, the Warriors (1-2, 1-2 SEISC south) jumped out to an 18-13 first-quarter lead against Holy Trinity before burying the Crusaders in the second quarter. The Warriors went on to win 78-47.Up 44-22 at halftime, Van Buren cruised the rest of the ...
DONNELLSON ? A season-high 26 turnovers was way too much to overcome and the Maharishi boys lost 56-12 against conference opponent Central Lee Tuesday.The Pioneers were limited to zero points in the first and third quarters, with seven points coming in the second period and another five in the fourth quarter.Paul DeAngelis contributed in all areas with seven points, three rebounds and two blocks. Rashan ...
Warner Engineering Associates, Inc., the engineering firm for the Iris Street project, is hoping that paving can begin on the final stretch of the project next week (week of June 8).The project began in the spring of 2014, but wet weather for most of the summer of 2014 prevented the project from being completed. The remaining portion of the project is basically from the railroad tracks near the Monroe Street ...
U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, hosted a town-hall meeting Friday at Access Energy Cooperative in Mt. Pleasant. Grassley, who will be seeking his seventh term in the Senate in 2016, appears annually in each of Iowa?s 99 counties.
Henry County supervisors will consider a resolution during their regular meeting tomorrow (Tues.) regarding the proceeds from the Mt. Pleasant spec building.Other agenda items for the 9 a.m. meeting at the courthouse include the weekly update from the county engineer; promotion of a county roads employees; and a subdivision matter from Joe Buffington, county zoning administrator.Supervisors will also give ...
The Fairfield ninth-grade boys? basketball team dropped a pair of contests Friday and Saturday to Mount Pleasant and Ottumwa.In the first game, the Panthers blasted Fairfield 55-31. Nick Jackson scored 13 points and tallied three rebounds, two assists and two steals. Logan Fleeman had eight points and three rebounds. Cody Craff had three points, while Tanner Deao, Narendra Martin and Cody White scored two ...
A Stockport woman has been arrested for an OWI on Saturday, May 30.At 9:15 p.m., on Saturday, the Henry County Sheriff?s Deputies preformed a traffic stop on a red Chevrolet S10 near the intersection of Dakota Avenue and Salem Road after observing the vehicle making multiple driving offenses.According to police reports, during an investigation conducted during the traffic stop, it was revealed the driver, ...
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