Sports

Mike Schenck watched every Fairfield football game a year ago. It was the first time in more than 36 years he wasn?t on the sideline.Schenck said he ?would?ve been a fool not to take? the early retirement package following the 2009-10 school year, and with it came technicalities that prohibited him from coaching football ? something he had done at Fairfield since becoming an assistant in 1974 and taking over ...

The second of four Mt. Pleasant Area Chamber Alliance-sponsored legislative briefings will be Saturday, Feb. 28, at 8:30 a.m. in the International Room of the Chadwick Library on the campus of Iowa Wesleyan College.During the legislative session, the government affairs committee of the Chamber hosts the briefings on the fourth Saturday of the month.

Four years ago, Steve Miller was asked to jump-start the middle school wrestling program.He did just that, but missed the intensity from the seven years he spent as an assistant coach in the high school wrestling room. Miller will now get that back as he takes over the head coaching position at FHS.?I love the competition and the intensity level, and that?s what you get at the high school,? Miller said. ?At ...

By BRYCE KELLY Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? The New London Community School District is getting their school pride on as they now have an official school logo. After a lengthy discussion regarding the issue and employing the help of the student body, the board voted unanimously to decree a new logo as the official logo for the school and use that logo on all school-sponsored products, teams and events.Accor...

Rachel Dunlap hit a bases loaded double in the top of the first inning and 12th-ranked Keokuk cruised from there to sweep Fairfield in a Southeast Conference doubleheader Wednesday in Fairfield.The Chiefs won game one 7-0 before piling up eight runs in light rain in the top of the third of game two to win the nightcap 13-0.The Trojans put runners on base in each of the first five innings ? beginning with ...

WAYLAND ? A public hearing and resolution to accept the sale of city property heads the tentative agenda for the Wayland City Council meeting tonight (Wed.) at 7:30 p.m. at Wayland City Hall.Other agenda items include adoption of an update to the Henry County Multi-Jurisdictional Pre-Disaster Mitigation Plan, consideration of an asbestos removal quote for a building at 113 W. Main St. and authorizing the mayor ...

Vacation Bible School students and parishioners at the Olds United Church of Christ worked hand-in-hand Sunday, Feb. 15, to pack meals for 2,000 people through the ?Kids Against Hunger? program. Purchasing and packaging the meals was a project of last summer?s Vacation Bible School attendees.

By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant News OLDS ? Children and adults left the pews following the Feb. 15 worship service at the Olds United Church of Christ, rolled up their sleeves and helped ?Kids Against Hunger? fight a battle to help feed the world.?It was a lot of fun, it seemed like everyone was enjoying it,? said the Rev. Elaine Vass, who pastors the congregation along with her husband, Carl. The Vasses have ...