Iowa Wesleyan College has a new exhibit ? ?Iowa Wesleyan College: Being Bold? ? on display at the Chadwick Library.Some of the features include a newspaper column from then-First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who discusses the challenges faced by IWC during the Civil War, World War I and World War II.IWC grad William Huber Hurt, Class of 1904, is known as the father of the Cub Scouting movement.An exhibit also ...
The Fairfield freshman football team lost to Pella 41-8 Friday at Trojan Stadium.Tanner Deao led the offense with 5-of-9 for 53 yards passing, including one touchdown throw to Narendra Martin, who had four catches for 44 yards. Nick Jackson carried the ball nine times, racking up 53 yards.On defense, Jackson had five tackles. Austin Crable had four stops and a fumble recovery, and Alex Christensen and ...
SAYLOR TOWNSHIP ? If the Junior High Cross Country Championships were any indication Saturday, the Pekin cross country teams are going to continue hoisting state titles at the high school level for a very long time.The Pekin cross country teams had three individual winners in four races and won team titles in the seventh- and eighth-grade girls? events. The team victories cap a year in which both teams went ...
Henry County supervisors will discuss county-held tax certificates with Joe Buffington, county zoning administrator, and Darin Stater, county attorney, during their regular meeting tomorrow (Thurs.)The only other tentative agenda item is sub-committee reports from the supervisors.The meeting begins at 9 a.m. in the Henry County Courthouse.
The Fairfield freshman volleyball team continued its Saturday success with a tournament win last weekend in Centerville.Fairfield beat Davis County 21-4, 21-14 and Centerville 21-10, 21-3 before sweeping Kirksville in the finals.Madison Roberts had another huge day in the back row with 19 aces on 33-of-33 serving. Roberts also led the team with 18 kills.Karley Williams recorded 13 aces, nine kills and 12 ...
BRIGHTON Â? Pekin?s Celsey Conger followed up her Southeast Iowa Superconference Meet victory by winning the Lake Darling Cross Country Classic by more than a minute last Thursday in Brighton.Conger led the top-ranked (Class 1A) Panther girls in a time of 15:13 as Pekin won with 25 points. Lone Tree was second with 65 points.The Panthers squeezed four additional runners into the top 10. Brenna Conger ...
The biggest obstacle standing between Pekin and a district title may just be a 5-foot-11, 185-pound running back named Mitchell Harger.The Alburnett back leads all of Iowa prep football with 1,726 yards and 26 touchdowns on 130 carries, and Friday it will be Pekin?s turn to try to slow him down.?He?s just a really strong runner and he gets a ton of carries for them,? Pekin head coach Joe Donovan said. ...
The Fairfield football team is the final major roadblock on Pella?s path to claiming a second consecutive district championship, and the Trojans wouldn?t want it any other way.Pella (6-1, 5-0 District 7) is coming off a dominant performance against Keokuk and looks to carry its six-game win streak into Trojan Stadium. Fairfield (5-2, 4-1), meanwhile, has its own plan, which includes winning its final home game ...
The Fairfield Park and Recreation Department is taking registration forms for its Fairfield Youth Basketball Program, open to all children in third through sixth grade.The program is broken up into skill clinics and Saturday morning games. Along with several volunteers, former Fairfield girls? basketball coach Dan Breen leads the program.The skill sessions are divided by age and gender and will be held in ...
A hefty dose of deja vu settled over the Southeast Conference Meet in Waterworks Park Thursday as the two defending SEC champion teams took their spots on the winners? podium.Fort Madison won the boys? team title for the third straight year, and Mount Pleasant finished first in the girls? event for the second consecutive season.In the boys? race, Fort Madison squeezed its five top runners into the top seven ...
If Van Buren is going to find win No. 2 this season, a Friday matchup with Highland should provide the Warriors with their best opportunity in weeks.Van Buren has struggled in its first year back to varsity action, but Highland (2-5, 1-4 District 6) hasn?t been able to find the win column since Week 3 and has been outscored 146-63 in that span.Despite a balanced attack that has gained 1,138 yards through ...
When West Branch comes to Eldon Friday, a Class 1A, District 6 battle between complete opposites will be on display.West Branch (5-2, 4-1 District 6) will be looking for its fifth straight win while the Comets just hope to end their five-game slide.The run-heavy Bears are third in the district in rushing yards with 1,920, which is bad news for a Comets? squad that has had trouble stopping the run all ...
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