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Two charged with OWI on Valentines Day

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Two men were arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated during the romantic holiday.Brian Francis, 39, of New London, was arrested on Feb. 14, 2015, at approximately 12:25 a.m. by the Henry County Sheriff?s Office. According to police documents, deputies were on a routine patrol when they observed Francis? vehicle swerving on the roadway. Deputies made a traffic stop near Penn Avenue on Highway 34. ...

Ft. Madison gets past Fairfield

Carson Tigges, ledger sports editor Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:39 pm2695d ago

One big inning in each game of Monday?s doubleheader proved to be the difference for Fort Madison as it picked up a Southeast Conference sweep of Fairfield.The Bloodhounds scored six runs on seven hits in the top of the fifth to win game one 9-7. They then used four straight two-out errors by the Trojans to score six in the top of the second and went on to win the nightcap 9-6.?We just aren?t a strong ...

No. 3 Van Buren goes big vs. Holy Trinity

Carson Tigges, ledger sports editor

Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:39 pm2695d ago

Van Buren made quick work of Holy Trinity winning an 18-1 game in four innings Monday night in Keosauqua.The Warriors batted through the order nearly three times and scored 15 runs in the first inning.Blake Scott started the game and went two innings before being relieved by Jacob Wolf and Thomas Fitzsimmons.Scott was also 2-4 at the plate with four RBI, Mitchell Countryman hit a home run and drove in ...

Birth: KROLL

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:39 pm2695d ago

To Lisa and Jeff Kroll of Muscatine, a girl, Elizabeth Marie, 7 pounds, 14 ounces, born Tuesday, June 14, 2011, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.She has one brother, Alex, 4.Grandparents are Stan and Sharol Kroll of Lockridge and Irv and Liz Holub of Cresco.

M.U.M. runs at Kalona Days 5K

Carson Tigges, ledger sports editor

Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:39 pm2695d ago

Eight members of the M.U.M. running club participated in the Kalona Days 5K and 1-mile races June 17.Maharishi School seventh-grade student Jivani Rodriguez won the girls? mile race with a time of 7:25.Vimodthan Nayagar led the club on the long course finishing his first ever 5K in 19:56 to place 10th overall and fourth in the 20-29 age group.Chris Collins (24:28), Yeshayah Finkelstein (25:47), Simon ...

Luck still not on Fairfield?s side in SEC play

Carson Tigges, ledger sports editor

Sports Sep. 30, 2018 9:39 pm2695d ago

Fort Madison had enough both offensively and defensively in the seventh inning and handed two tough-luck losses to Fairfield Monday night.The Bloodhounds (12-8, 5-1 SEC) held off a Trojan rally to win game one 4-3 before coming up with their own late scoring spree and shutting the door on Fairfield?s bases-loaded threat in the bottom of the seventh to win the nightcap 4-2.Joe Hietpas worked six rock-solid ...

Upcoming meeting docket

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Next week?s public meetings in Henry County include the following.Tuesday ? Henry County Board of Supervisors, 9 a.m., Henry County Courthouse.Wednesday ? Mt. Pleasant City Council, 5:30 p.m., Mt. Pleasant City Hall.Thursday ? Henry County Board of Supervisors, 9 a.m., Henry County Courthouse.

Pink slips begin Monday at Mt. Pleasant MHI

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DES MOINES (AP) ? Layoffs will begin in March at mental hospitals in Mount Pleasant and Clarinda, despite efforts by some legislators to keep the centers open, a union official said Thursday.Danny Homan, Iowa president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, told The Des Moines Register that an administrator informed employees at the Mount Pleasant hospital that the first round of ...

Panthers take care of Trojans in SEC twinbill

Carson Tigges, Ledger sports editor

News Sep. 30, 2018 9:39 pm2695d ago

Henry Krieger-Coble struck out 12 and Connor Shull fanned 10 to propel Mount Pleasant to a doubleheader sweep of Fairfield in Southeast Conference play Thursday night.?Mount Pleasant?s pitchers had us pretty baffled all night at the plate,? said Fairfield head coach Josh Allison. ?We had way too many strikeouts, and clearly, too many strikeouts looking.?The Panthers (14-5, 6-2 SEC) ran away to win game one ...

IWC nursing students take their petitions to the governor

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:39 pm2695d ago

By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant News DES MOINES ? Iowa Wesleyan College nursing students, clad in their purple scrubs, and their professor marched on the state Capitol Wednesday.Well, marched may be an exaggeration, but they were armed. Armed with petitions, that is, containing more than 7,100 signatures protesting the closing of the Mt. Pleasant Mental Health Institute (MHI).The students and professor were ...

Building bright, drug-free futures

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:39 pm2695d ago

By BRYCE KELLY Mt. Pleasant News2,700 community leaders from across the nation and 10 countries took part in Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America?s (CADCA) 25th Annual National Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C., and Henry County wasn?t left out of the mix. Chris Kempker, a representative from the Henry County Substance Abuse Coalition, was also invited to attend and Kempker said the forum was not only ...

MP robotics ? The team that is wired together stays together

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:39 pm2695d ago

By BRYCE KELLY Mt. Pleasant NewsTo hear the words ?Mt. Pleasant Robotics? one might picture a locally owned small business or a large engineering plant. Well, although Mt. Pleasant Robotics is made up of some very professional individuals who do know more than a thing or two when it comes to the world of robots, technology, and all the nuts and bolts in between, Mt. Pleasant Robotics is not a store or a ...