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By BRYCE KELLY Mt. Pleasant NewsHenry County Health Center is now providing certified midwives to mothers in Henry County. Official introductions of new obstetrics staff members were made to the board during the Henry County Health Center Board of Trustees? monthly meeting on Tuesday. These new staff additions to the hospital were made in an effort to provide a wider variety of birthing options to expecting ...

Seventh grader, Jaci Childers, left, and fifth graders, Carter Foerch, center, and Kylee Adams, right, were recently selected for participation in the 29 annual Opus Honor Choir Festival. Over 3,500 students were nominated by their directors for 720 positions in the four Opus Honor Choirs. The 2014 Opus Honor Choirs will perform at 4 p.m., Nov. 20, 2014 in C.Y. Stephens Auditorium in the Iowa State Center in ...

If you look to the left, the lead sentence in the story from Friday night says the Pella defense has flexed its muscles this year.To be perfectly honest, it?s not brawn that has gotten them to where they are, but rather, speed and athleticism. And Friday night at least, speed killed.Fairfield was noticeably the bigger team, but clearly, games aren?t played on a scale. In the preview story from Thursday?s Ledger,

As Fairfield makes the trip to Pella Friday night to take on the No. 1 ranked team in the state, obviously, a great challenge awaits.A great opportunity goes hand in hand.?This is one of those games why we do what we do as coaches,? said Fairfield head man Jason Ganoe.The top-ranked Little Dutch haven?t suffered a loss in seven games this year and boast a daunting win margin that approaches 40 points per game.?We

FARIMINGTON ? The Cardinal volleyball team put together a 25-11, 25-23, 25-22 sweep of Harmony Thursday night.Chelsea Aschenbrenner was big for Cardinal ripping 12 kills and hitting on 14-of-14 serves with three aces. Andrea Kayser followed up with eight kills, five blocks and a team-high 20 digs in the back row. Liz Nichols had five kills, Courtney Smith distributed 10 assists and Sarah Greiner picked up four

On Nov. 13, 2014, at approximately 5:41 p.m., the Mt. Pleasant Police Department responded to a report of a single vehicle accident with injury. The accident occurred in the 200 block of N. Wilson St., according to police reports.Brent Keaster, of Mt. Pleasant, was driving his 2003 Ford Ranger northbound on Grand Ave., approaching the overpass, when he lost control of the vehicle due to slippery road conditions....

OSKALOOSA ? Fairfield put together a dominating first half, but Oskaloosa didn?t seem to care coming out of the halftime locker room.And by the end of the night, the scoreboard didn?t either.The Trojans (4-2, 2-2 District 7) jumped out to a 19-0 halftime lead with an astounding 286-15 advantage in total offense, but Oskaloosa (4-2, 3-1) rallied to take a wild 20-19 district victory in front of a homecoming crowd

Jumping from a board into a pool of water one meter beneath sounds simple enough.However, things tend to get complicated when you consider that the board is designed to fling someone as high in the air as possible. Then you?re expected to be doing flips, twists and everything in between before hitting the water.And one more thing ? there are judges.Fairfield sophomore Jaci Bell hasn?t been around the sport of