Fort Madison — Savana Walls and Melanie Olivas earned All-Conference doubles honors yesterday in the Southeast Conference tennis meet.
The Panther duo lost to Jacqui Workman and Emily Mosley of Burlington in the championship.
Gisele Fajardo-Pena teamed up with Malena Yocum for a 9th place finish in the conference.
That group defeated Emma Wendland and Emily Simpson of Fairfield.
In singles play, Eva Rounceville finished in 8th, while Ellie Situmeang placed 10th.
Wapello — The New London Tiger girls’ golf team earned yet another SEISC title yesterday, rolling to a near 80 stroke win at Heritage Oaks Golf Course.
New London was led by meet medalist Taylor Phillips, who finished with an 82, seven strokes better than that of second place Olivia Hines of Mediapolis.
All told, New London put five in the top-11, with Sophie Malott placing third, Saige Barron tied for 6th, Emma Nye was 8th.
Winfield-Mount Union was led by Alli Humphreys, who finished in 9th with a 111.
Louisa-Muscatine ended second in the team race, with Mediapolis third.
Highland and Winfield-Mount Union rounded out the top-five.
Mount Pleasant — Fort Madison opened the game up with five second half goals as the No. 11 ranked Bloodhounds rolled to a 6-0 win over Mount Pleasant last night.
Nathan Bowen scored twice for Fort Madison, while Leif Boeding added two assists.
Reiburn Turnbull made two saves for the Bloodhounds, who improved to 11-4.
Mount Pleasant fell to 1-13.
Fort Madison — Natalie Randolph’s two goal performance lifted Fort Madison to a thrilling extra time 4-3 win over Mount Pleasant last night.
Elly Manning, Tori Wilson and Andrea Lopreato all scored for the Panthers while Charice Auwerda picked up an assist.
Evelyn Escobar made six saves.
Fort Madison improved to 10-2.
Mount Pleasant fell to 7-5 and they’ll be back on the pitch
Ottumwa — Former Winfield-Mount Union star Madie Anderson pitched a complete game, two-hit shutout for Indians Hills, as the Warriors defeated Southeastern 3-0.
The win advances Indian Hills o the Midwest District Championships.
Anderson’s gem won her her team-high 17th game of the year. The former Lady Wolves ace struck out six batters without issuing a walk to hold the Blackhawks scoreless.
The region championship was the 25th in school history.
Join the Friends of the Harlan-Lincoln House for an Open House on Saturday, May 14, from 1 pm to 3 pm. During this event, guests will have the chance to view “The Women of the Harlan-Lincoln House,” a brand new exhibit showcasing the four generations of Harlan and Lincoln women who once called Mount Pleasant, Iowa, their home.
Along with the new exhibit, the Harlan-Lincoln House will have several new artifacts on display, including a signed Abraham Lincoln letter, a newly discovered James Harlan portrait, and the Harlan-Lincoln dollhouse.
This event is free and open to the public, and food and drinks will be provided! The Harlan-Lincoln House is located on the Iowa Wesleyan University campus. For more information, go to https://harlanlincolnhouse.org/events/
Iowa Wesleyan University: As Southeast Iowa’s regional comprehensive University, Iowa Wesleyan University is a transformational learning community whose passion is to educate, empower and inspire students to lead meaningful lives and careers.
The Mount Pleasant School Board met in regular session Monday night (May 9). May is School Board Recognition Month. Supt. John Henriksen took the opportunity to thank the Mt. Pleasant board and presented certificates of appreciation to Jennifer Crull, Angie Blint, Josh Maher, Willy Amos, Kevin Sandersfeld, Derek Mullin and Chuck Andrew.
Mullin reported to the rest of the board on his tour of the Kirkwood Career Academy in Washington County. Mullin liked what he saw and would like for Mount Pleasant to consider working with Southeastern Community College to establish a similar facility for Henry County Students.
Supt. Henriksen let the Board know that the final report from a recent traffic study at the High School site will be ready this week. He did say that if any facilities would be constructed at the site the entrance at Grand Avenue and Harvest drive would have to be improved and an additional drive would need to be constructed south from the student lot.
The Board voted to renew the district’s lease agreement for office space for another three years at a total yearly cost of $43,200. That’s up from $42,960.
The district received four bids for phase one of the HVAC Retro Commissioning project. Mr. Henriksen explains the work to be done…..HENRIKSEN. The bid was awarded to Brockway Mechanical and Roofing in the amount of $124,561 coming in right at the engineer’s estimate. Federal ESSER funds will be used to pay for the project.
DES MOINES, Iowa (May 9, 2022) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented today on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November.
“A noticeable shift in the cool and wet weather pattern appears to have given farmers a much-needed window for planting this week,” said Secretary Naig. “In the days ahead, unseasonably hot temperatures and isolated chances of thunderstorms should allow farmers to make good progress.”
The weekly report is also available on the USDA’s website at nass.usda.gov.
Crop Report
The week began with rain and colder than normal temperatures, but Iowa farmers found the end of the week fair enough to resume planting row crops with 1.8 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending May 8, 2022, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. Fieldwork activities also included spraying, when windy conditions allowed, and spreading manure.
Topsoil moisture condition rated 1 percent very short, 9 percent short, 73 percent adequate and 17 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture condition rated 4 percent very short, 19 percent short, 67 percent adequate and 10 percent surplus.
Farmers made little progress last week, with just 14 percent of Iowa’s expected corn crop planted, at least two weeks behind both last year and the 5-year average. Seven percent of soybeans have been planted, 12 days behind last year and 11 days behind average. Seventy-two percent of the expected oat crop has been planted, 17 days behind last year and 11 days behind the 5-year average. Thirty-two percent of the oat crop has emerged, 12 days behind last year and 8 days behind normal.
The first hay condition rating of the season was 1 percent very poor, 5 percent poor, 36 percent fair, 51 percent good and 7 percent excellent. Pasture condition rated 43 percent good to excellent. Pasture and hay growth improved with slightly warmer temperatures. Livestock conditions were good, with calves growing well despite muddy feedlots and pastures.
