Sports

Mentoring activity

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Henry County?s Club M Mentoring Program had special visitors on Saturday afternoon as students from the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse stopped by on a Midwest service tour as an alternative spring break. The UW-LaCrosse students spent the day playing games and eating lunch with kids who are on the waiting list for a full-time mentor.Samantha Crawford, left in photo, helps Harley Carle, center, step from one ...

ICBA honors Two Rivers Bank and Trust

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BURLINGTON- The Independent Community Bankers of America named Two Rivers Bank and Trust, Burlington, a top honoree in the 2013 ICBA National Community Bank Service Awards for the bank?s outstanding leadership in its annual Paint-A-Thon project.?ICBA founded the National Community Bank Service Awards program to help celebrate the outstanding volunteer efforts of the nation?s community banks, which exist to serve ...

Rounding 'em up

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:24 pm2696d ago

Mt. Pleasant Christian School will host its annual kindergarten round-up Friday, April 5, from 1-3 p.m. at the school, 1505 E. Washington St., Mt. Pleasant.The event will include a screening for next year?s kindergarten students and a preview of what a day in the life of a kindergarten student is like at the school.Parents are asked to call 385-8613 for more details and to reserve a spot.

Looking over the construction

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:24 pm2696d ago

Project Manager Cragon Caboth, center, shows Henry County Health Center trustees Jan Towne, left, and Kent Severson, right, where the waiting room area will be in the new surgery addition being constructed at HCHC. The windows to the gift shop can be seen behind Caboth.

Sexual abuse can occur even without actual physical assault

DEAR ABBY - Abigail Van Buren

News Sep. 30, 2018 9:24 pm2696d ago

DEAR ABBY: Is there such a thing as non-physical sexual abuse? When I was young, my father would fondle my mother when I came to sleep with them when I had a nightmare. (She would rebuff his advances.) He would also watch porn in front of me.As I matured, he made comments about my figure. He would barge into my room without knocking and insist he didn?t have to knock. He?d tell dirty jokes or talk about sexually ...

Sign up for the garden

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:23 pm2696d ago

Community garden sign-ups are under way for the community garden at 211 S. Jackson St. in Mt. Pleasant.The Fellowship Cup is seeking individuals who would like to ?adopt? garden plots.Adoption means planting vegetables, weeding, watering and harvesting.Water and seed are available. Most plots will be 4x8 feet and are free of charge.For more information, call The Fellowship Cup at 319-385-3242.

WACO directors meet Monday

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WAYLAND ? Directors of the WACO Community School District will consider a bus lease, the school calendar and receive the preliminary fiscal 2013-14 school budget during their regular monthly meeting Monday at 6:30 p.m. in the high school media center.The board will also discuss laptop computers for teachers and review board policies.

New owner takes Salem Century ?Underground?

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Rob Thornburg brings a familiar name back to Henry County?s roster of restaurateurs ? but he?s taking it ?Underground.?A chef and chef trainer for more than two decades in Virginia, he has purchased the Salem Century Bar and Grill and renamed it the Underground. The ?Underground? name is a bow to Salem?s Lewelling House, a tourist attraction today that was an integral stop on the Civil War era ?Underground ...

IndianHills graduates

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:23 pm2696d ago

The following area students completed their graduation requirements at the end of the 2012-2013 winter term at Indian Hills Community College:New London: Gage M. Bedenbender, associate of applied scienceWayland: Bradley L. Walker, associate of applied scienceWinfield: Christopher J. Rusch, Jr., associate of applied science

Compensation for her officers concerns Fairfield police chief

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:23 pm2696d ago

By DIANE VANCEGolden Triangle News ServiceFAIRFIELD ? Counties and municipalities have drafted budgets for fiscal year 2014 and elected officials will finalize department budgets this month.Two agencies based in Fairfield share a building and similarities in job duties but have different pay rates ? Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office and Fairfield Police Department.Fairfield Police Chief Julie Harvey did a ...

Gina Sisk faces another sex abuse lawsuit; Jane Doe II files claIm in Lee County

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:23 pm2696d ago

By MEGAN SPEESSpecial to the MP NewsKEOKUK ? The Keokuk School District and a former high school principal are being sued in a second case brought against Keokuk teacher and coach Gina Sisk.A statement released today by Keokuk Superintendent Tim Hood said that Sisk, a physical education teacher at Keokuk Middle School, ?is currently on administrative leave pending an investigation into other, unrelated issues. ...

Shakespeare play coming to Iowa Wesleyan

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:23 pm2696d ago

The American Shakespeare Center will present the comedy Twelfth Night on Tuesday, March 12, at 7:30 p.m. in the Iowa Wesleyan College Chapel Auditorium.This is a free performance open to the public.?This is ?fun Shakespeare??light, witty, and fast-paced; a play full of fools, knaves, clowns, scoundrels, cross-dressing tricksters, nerds in love, and a crusty drunken uncle named ? we kid you not ? Sir Toby ...