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The Southeast Iowa Super Conference held its annual conference meet on Thursday night, which highlighted four area teams in competition. The SEISC meet was hosted by Burlington, Notre Dame, with multiple area runners earning all-conference honors. Pekin swept both the girls? and boys? team competitions, with all five of their counting scores (on both teams) finishing in the top 10. Iowa Mennonite On the ...

Both the Mid-Prairie boys? and girls? cross-country teams continued their strong seasons over the weekend. The Golden Hawk runners went to North Linn on Saturday, facing tough competition and claiming top-4 finishes in the team standings, with four top-10 individual finishes among the pair of squads. On the girls? side of the meet, the Hostetlers continued their domination, with junior Anna breaking the ...

It was a successful night for most area football teams on Friday night, with the only loss among the coverage area coming in an intra-county matchup. Big performances highlighted Week 7, as teams look to finish the season strong. Check out Monday?s edition of The Journal for details on Washington?s big victory over West Burlington. Mid-Prairie 62 ? Northeast 22 The Golden Hawks posted 60 points in a ...

This week marks the final regular-season matches for many area volleyball teams, as they prepare for next week?s postseason openers. With the regional tournaments opening for Class 1A and 2A on Oct. 18, and the Class 3A and 4A tournaments opening on Oct. 19, area squads are looking to build positive momentum in the tail end of the season. Washington The Demons hosted their own tournament on Saturday and came ...

With high expectations flooding in early in the season, this isn?t where Washington expected to be with three games remaining. Ranked as high as No. 1 by some preseason polls, the Demons appeared to be a lock for the postseason. After their second loss of the season, they have some work to do. ?We all know what needs to be done,? Washington senior Karlton Skubal said. ?We just need to go out there with our ...

Friday evening the culinary, speech, music and arts departments at Mt. Pleasant Community High School teamed up for a fundraiser called Stir It Up. The jazz band performed, members of speech presented a skit, art students? work was on display and the culinary department served dinner to the 100 attendees.Pictured above, MPCHS senior Logan Campbell, second from right, teaches Wayne Rodgers, left, and Hallie ...

A single-vehicle rollover accident was reported in the southbound lanes of US Highway 218 Sunday afternoon at approximately 12:34 p.m.As a result of the accident, Robert Ozell Bradshaw Jr., 62, who was seated in the front passenger seat, was transported by Henry County Health Center ambulance to the Henry County Health Center. He was pronounced dead.Pamela Marie Bradshaw, 62, of Burlington was operating the ...

The Washington cross-country team didn?t have to travel far for its meet on Monday afternoon.The Demons went to Wellman, running at the Wellman Golf Course at a meet hosted by IMS, and picked up some strong times on the night, with three runners setting personal-bests and three earning medals on the night.The girls? team was without a couple of top runners on the night, but picked up sixth place out of the nine ...