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The following area houses of worship have submitted calendars for Sunday through July 8.Any congregation wanting to have its calendar for the week of July 9-15 published in The Ledger July 7, should provide information to the newsroom by 9 a.m. Thursday.Listings are not perpetually printed. A weekly or monthly calendar must be submitted for the listing to appear in The Fairfield Ledger; specify if the submitted ...

After wrapping up the Midwest Collegiate Conference regular season title, the Iowa Wesleyan College baseball team won the MCC tournament title on Thursday afternoon with a 5-3 win over Grand View University. IWC (33-18 overall) won the MCC's automatic berth to the NAIA national tournament, qualifying for the national tournament for the first time in school history. Neil Yemm scored on a sacrifice fly ...

One and a half points. That was the difference between winning and finishing the Southeast Conference girls' track meet in second place on Thursday evening. Unfortunately for Mt. Pleasant, Fairfield's one-two finish in the 1,500 meter run proved to be the difference as the Panthers took second place, 111-109.5. "When you come up 1.5 points short, that is about as close as you can get. That is just ...

Packwood churches put on vacation Bible school campPrairie View United Methodist Church along with the Packwood First Christian Church are kicking off a vacation Bible school camp at 5 p.m. July 14-15 on the Prairie View grounds. The VBS closing program is at 4 p.m. July 15.Campers will enjoy fun activities and adventure and are encouraged to bring their own tents if interested. However, those without a tent ...

The New London boys' golf team finished in second-place at the Southeast Iowa Super Conference South Division golf tournament on Thursday afternoon, behind winner Central Lee. Kyle Helmerson finished the meet third individually with an 18 hole score of 78, trailing medalist Tyler Dick of Notre Dame/West Burlington (75) and runner-up Brian Krehbiel of Central Lee (76). Kris Millard was fourth in ...

The Midwest Collegiate Conference has released the brackets for the final round of the 2011 MCC Softball Tournament, to take place May 7-8 at Drake University in Des Moines. A wild first weekend of the tourney has resulted in an intriguing mix of teams still left as well as a pair of surprising opening games for the Final 4 double-elimination tourney. The two top seeds heading into the tourney (William Penn ...

The Mt. Pleasant boys' tennis team edged out Keokuk Tuesday afternoon in a 5-4 win, "avenging" its only loss of the season, according to coach Tyler Rodgers. Though Keokuk won two of the three doubles matches, Mt. Pleasant took four of the six singles matches with wins from Eric Hahn, Jerad Ruble, Jack Bell and Peirce Lorenz. "Eric Hahn and Jerad Ruble had a great night and led the way. Peirce Lorenz ...

Todd Christensen knocked in three runs and Roderick Barcelo hit a two-run home run and the Iowa Wesleyan College baseball team opened the Midwest Collegiate Conference Tournament with a 10-5 win over Waldorf College Tuesday night at A.J. Spiegel Park.? Barcelo?s home run keyed a five-run fourth inning for the top-seeded Tigers, who never looked back in winning their 12th straight game. IWC advanced to a ...