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Defense has been the key to the Columbus boys? soccer teams? success this season, and it was on full display on Wednesday night. In a substate semifinal game, the Wildcats only needed one goal to get past HTC, claiming a 1-0 victory, and advancing to the substate finals on Saturday. ?It means a lot,? Columbus head coach Luis Cacho said. ?It means that we?ve been working hard and I?ve told the boys that we need ...

By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsThe warmer weather has meant good things for Henry County?s roads.?It?s just about right,? County Engineer Bill Belzer told the board of supervisors on Tuesday morning. He noted that temperatures below freezing at night and above freezing during the day are good conditions for the gravel roads.The good weather has also allowed crews to accomplish a lot of road maintenance, ...

Henry County?s Board of Supervisors is scheduled to make an appointment to the board of adjustment during its regular meeting Thursday at 9 a.m. in the Henry County Courthouse.Other agenda items include budget work, supervisors? sub-committee updates and any other county business.

The season opened up with a strong offensive showing from the Washington baseball team on Tuesday night. The Demons hit the road to face Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont in a single game to open the year, and used 13 hits to claim a 10-1 victory over the Rockets. ?(It was) a complete effort out of the gate,? Washington baseball head coach Nathan Miller said. ?We did well with the little things we?ve been working ...

For the third season in a row, the Washington girls? golf team has pushed its season as long as possible. With a strong showing in their Class 4A regional tournament in Grinnell on Monday afternoon, the Demons took second in the 12-team tournament, carding a score of 356, qualifying them to return to the state tournament. ?Our goal was to get to state, and even though we didn?t win, you are still going,? ...

Poll workers for the New London school district special election said that they had been busy on Tuesday with a constant flow of people casting their vote in the $3.6 million bond issue.A small crowd is gathered around the sign-in table, top photo, before receiving their ballots.

After a tough season in 2015, a new coach and a new outlook has the Washington softball team focused on one thing: What?s coming next.The Demons introduced new softball head coach Ben Obermann this offseason, and he is hoping to introduce some new ideas this season.?A lot of it is more philosophy-based changes,? Obermann said. ?We are going one-pitch-at-a-time, and trying to teach that softball is a very ...

NEW LONDON ? Fourteen months did not make a lot of difference in New London regarding sentiments on a $3.6 million school bond issue for infrastructure improvements, primarily at Clark Elementary School.On Tuesday, voters once again turned down the measure. Although more voted for the measure (403-399), the referendum needed a 60-percent approval rating for passage. Tuesday?s vote was strikingly similar to the ...