Caitlyn DePriest, right, was crowned queen Sunday of the Midwest Old Threshers? Sweet 16 Contest, sponsored by Broeker Photography of Mt. Pleasant. Other winners included, from left, Sidney Taylor, third runner-up; Ally Lowe, second runner-up, and Amber Manning, first runner-up.
WAYLAND ? Wayland City Council members will discuss partnering with Iowa State University on a downtown vacant lot analysis.The discussion will be during the council?s regular meeting tonight (Wed.) at 7:30 p.m. in the Wayland City Hall.Other tentative agenda items include the purchase of sludge bugs for the wastewater treatment plant and receiving of quotes for purchase of a natural gas fusion machine.
By BRYCE KELLY Mt. Pleasant NewsThings have been slow due to weather.That was Henry County Engineer Jake Hotchkiss? main point during his weekly report at a Henry County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday.Hotchkiss admitted during the meeting that things were not going as quickly as planned largely because of the rain and thunderstorms that have occurred most of last week.?It?s not that we have had ...
By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant News SALEM ? Members of the Salem City Council, during their regular meeting Tuesday evening, unanimously passed a resolution supporting the $16.9 million Mt. Pleasant Community School District school bond referendum.Rural Salem resident Dave Helman, one of the organizers of the ?Our Kids-Our Future? political-action committee which is supporting the bond issue, presented the ...
The Fairfield boys? tennis team dropped a 9-0 match vs. a solid Fort Madison squad on its home courts Tuesday.Tommy Price and Matthew Burnstedt played the closest match of the day at No. 3 doubles falling 7-5, 7-6 after losing a second set tiebreaker. Kyle Brewington posted a victory in the second set of his No. 2 singles match before dropping the super tiebreaker by a score of 10-5.Quinton Bradfield posted a 6-2
KEOKUK ? Times have started to roll downhill for the Fairfield girls? track and field team, and it became obvious at Tuesday?s Keosippi Relays in Keokuk.Six different Trojans set a total of eight personal bests as Fairfield rolled to a second-place finish in the final team standings behind only Burlington.?We really competed well, and with that many PR?s, you can tell we?re starting to make that push towards
FORT MADISON ? The Fairfield girls? tennis team dropped an 8-1 match Tuesday on the road against Southeast Conference opponent Fort Madison.Haylee Gilpin recorded the lone victory for the Trojans with an 8-3 victory at No. 6 singles, but fell 8-5 in her doubles match along with partner Qianying Li. Emily Lemke fell a few games short of another victory for Fairfield as Fort Madison?s Stephanie Frenz won a 7-1
BURLINGTON ? President Obama did what he could to slow down Maharishi School boys? tennis team, but predictably, the Pioneers didn?t miss a beat.Traveling through southeast Iowa Tuesday, the commander-in-chief?s motorcade caused traffic ? including the MSAE team van ? to be blocked off for a half hour while passing through Mount Pleasant. The delay made the Pioneers a few minutes late for their match in Burlington,
MEDIAPOLIS ? The Van Buren boys? track team ended up fourth of seven teams at the Mediapolis Invitational Tuesday night.Central Lee won the meet with the host Bulldogs coming in second.Ben Moews, Zach Pilcher, Spencer Watson and Brad Goehring teamed up to place second in the 4x800 relay as Goehring and Pilcher also took runner up honors in the open 800 and 1600, respectively.In the field events, Jordon Hervey
EDDYVILLE ? Field events carried the Pekin boys? track team to a second place finish at Tuesday?s Rocket Relays in Eddyville, and nobody shouldered a heavier load than Zach Mosbey.The Panthers finished only behind host Eddyville-Blakesburg in the final team standings, but Mosbey came in behind nobody in both throwing events. The senior launched a career best ? by nearly 20 feet ? with a 157-feet, 3.75-inch discus
FORT MADISON ? The Fairfield boys? soccer team moved its record to 5-2 on the year, and they made it look easy.The Trojans shut out Fort Madison and posted five goals of their own in Tuesday?s victory. Pasha Bousquet and Jacob Lantz each found the back of the net twice and Deep Shrestha added one more to complete the Fairfield scoring. Kendall Mickels and Lantz each assisted on two of the goals with the other help
CEDAR RAPIDS ? With a few of its top performers gone to the Drake Relays, the Pekin boys? track and field team still posted a win as host of the Kohawk Relays Thursday in Cedar Rapids.The Panthers won the meet with 166 points ? eight ahead of second-place Marion.Zach Mosbey, Trey Sathoff and Bryce Sines were all preparing for early starts at the Drake Relays this morning.With Mosbey out of the way, two more Pekin
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