By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsCity of Mt. Pleasant employees will receive 2.75 percent pay increases for fiscal 2015.Mt. Pleasant?s City Council approved the wages Wednesday night and also okayed fiscal 2015 salaries for members of the fire department. The wage increase will be effective July 1 of this year.Following are the new wage figures for city employees:Lori D. Davis, secretary/receptionist, ...
The sheer numbers of eight departed seniors from last year?s Fairfield basketball team has taken its toll.With a thin Trojan bench, a deep Oskaloosa squad slowly took its toll on Fairfield leading up to the fourth quarter where they seized the game. Taking a two-point lead into the final period, the Indians outscored Fairfield 14-2 the last eight minutes to ease in for a 59-45 victory in Monday?s season-opener.?We
Like just about all wrestling teams, Pekin hopes to be a tough match at every weight class.The 2009 Panthers appear to be able to back that up.Leading the charge will be tough as nails heavyweight Darin Adam, who tacked a state tournament appearance to his already impressive 2009 resume. The state meet is where Adam has his sights set for this season and a higher finish is certainly in view as well. Several other
Head coach Davis Eidahl has his seniors.If they come together like Eidahl hopes, the wins may follow.?This is the first year I?ve had five seniors starting, and it?s not so much the experience, but moreso, just the maturity,? Eidahl said. ?These girls have played for two years now and, with the talent, it will come down to working together.?Pekin loses leading scorer Mary Maeder from a season ago, but the laundry
By MEGAN COOPER Mt. Pleasant NewsThe Oakland Mills hydroelectric dam project is still making progress, even though it doesn?t seem like it.?On April 16, we met with Paul Roos, he?s the designer for the Amjet turbines and he did some more measurements,? said Executive Director of Henry County Conservation John Pullis during Monday?s Henry County Conservation Board meeting. ?At one point, we thought we were ...
This year?s All-Golden Triangle News Service football team is about numbers. The players selected put up some amazing numbers ? yards, touchdowns and wins.The coach led his team to five wins and the school?s first winning season since 1996. The team?s three running backs piled up an eye-popping 4,247 yards and 48 touchdowns. The defense made 845 tackles and came away with 33 turnovers. The quarterback threw for
A dominant cross-country season by more than a handful of area runners has stacked the 2009 all-Golden Triangle News Service cross-country team.Not only did they control the pace in and around southeast Iowa, but also challengers from the entire state. One team state title, one runner-up and one more individual champ highlight this year?s squad with more than enough state-meet tested talent to fill in the rest.Leadi
Rain held off long enough Saturday for the Swedesburg-Olds Fun Day, sponsored by Healthy Henry County Communities. Kieran Riordan of Swedesburghas fun blowing bubbles during the kids' games in Swedesburg.
It might have well of been a swift kick to the apples.As a Hawkeye fan, that one hurt. Bad. On Sunday, I coped the only way I knew how ? I went to Taco John?s. It wasn?t quite the same.At the beginning of the year, would I have taken a 9-1 record through 10 games? Yes. But Saturday was not the beginning of the year. Saturday was a home game against Northwestern, and expectations change as events happen ? events
FORT DODGE ? Heading into Saturday?s state cross country meet, Pekin had one goal on its mind ? a second state title in as many years.Last year?s 1A champ Panthers, running in 2A this year, fell just three points short of that goal but will gladly accept the runner-up finsish. Union-LaPorte City defended its No. 1 ranking they?ve held since the first meet of the season and posted its third straight Class 2A by
CEDAR RAPIDS ? Nearly every Fairfield swimmer posted season best times at Saturday?s regional swimming meet at Cedar Rapids Washington, but still didn?t have enough to qualify for the state meet.Against the top swimmers in Eastern Iowa, Rachel Swanson, who has been battling illness for the past several weeks, came within less than a second of qualifying in the 50-freestyle (26.40). Swanson ? Fairfield?s top sprinter
An unstoppable force may be lining up against an immovable object.In Wednesday?s Class 3A sub-state game, the potent Grinnell rushing attack will be going for all they can against a stout Fairfield run defense.?I?m expecting them to run the ball down our throats, that?s for sure,? said Fairfield head coach Mike Schenck.The Fairfield defense, led by big defensive lineman Matt Hotek and linebacker Jeff Guttry,
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