Gerald “Garry” Stewart,

By Hayden Douglas · Friday, December 20th, 2024 at 6:13 am CDT

Gerald “Garry” Stewart, 86 of Ainsworth, IA died Wednesday, December 18, 2024, at his home in Ainsworth.

His body has been cremated and a visitation will be 4-7:00 PM, Monday, December 30, 2024, at the Beatty-Peterseim Funeral home in Washington followed with a Masonic Service at 7:00PM. Private family burial will be at the Indian Creek Cemetery near Columbus Junction with military honors.  A general memorial in the name of Garry Stewart has been established.

Garry was born January 6, 1938 in Burlington, IA, the son of Paul D. and Cecile W. (Feldman) Stewart. He graduated from Columbus Junction High School in 1956 and was united in marriage to Nancy Carron Pine, April 10, 1958, in Bellflower, CA. He served in the US Army and was employed at Std Oil and Chrysler Motors in California, before moving back to Iowa in 1961. Garry owned and operated Stewart and Sons in Ainsworth along with his wife for 63 years. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Shriners, Lions Club, Ainsworth Fire Department and City Council. He enjoyed vanilla ice cream, racing cars and attending grandchildren and great-grandchildren’s sporting events

Survivors include his sons, Chris Stewart of Hayesville, Kurt (Dawn) Stewart of Ainsworth and Eric (Deb) Stewart of Riverside; sister Joyce Morris of Homer, NY; grandchildren, Nicole (Derek Walker), Matthew (Amy), Tyler (Alyssa Hayes), Dylan (Lexi), Geoffrey (fiancé Katey Sieren), Brittany Thompson (Cody), Derrick (fiancé Audrey Tharp), Emily and Cory; great-grandchildren, Karson, Quinn, Jaxon, Crue, Sage, Lily, Bo, Abyl, Emerie, Luka, Murphy and Josie.

 

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Nancy, July 19, 2020, and a stillborn daughter.

Donald Duane Crowl

By Hayden Douglas · Friday, December 20th, 2024 at 6:12 am CDT

Donald Duane Crowl, 95 of Fairfield, formally of the Trenton area, died Monday, December 9, 2024, at Parkview Care Century in Fairfield.

His body has been cremated and a graveside service at North Hill Cemetery near Wayland will be later. The Beatty-Peterseim Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements.

Donald was born on March 27, 1929, in Henry Co, Iowa, the son of Jesse and Hannah (Schantz) Crowl. He lived north of Trenton most of his life and operated a salvage business.

Survivors include a son Darrell and nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and brothers Clarence and Dean.

Swedesburg Lutheran Church Hosts ” Lessons & Carols Concert-Service” This Sunday

By Hayden Douglas · Friday, December 20th, 2024 at 6:09 am CDT

The Mount pleasant community has been without one of their most traditional holiday events since the closing of Iowa Wesleyan; Lessons & Carols. Blair Buffington is the Director of the Mount Pleasant Chorale and of the Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra Chorus. Blair has put in the extra efforts for 2024 to bring back a spectacular event. Blair talks about what that event is.

Lessons and Carols is a service of Scripture and song held by churches around the world during the Christmas season. During the service, each Scripture lesson is followed by a carol or other song that reflects on the lesson’s message. Blair talks about what you can expect at this Lessons and Carols.

Lessons and Carols is this Sunday (Dec. 22nd) The event starts at 3 PM. It is a free concert but free will donations will go towards the upkeep to the church’s 1928 pipe organ. Lessons and Carols is located at Swedesburg Lutheran Church in Swedesburg, Iowa, just 8 miles north of Mount Pleasant.

Hershey Hall Was The Topic For Henry County Supervisors At This Week’s Meeting

By Hayden Douglas · Thursday, December 19th, 2024 at 11:05 am CDT

The Henry county supervisors met on December 19th for their weekly meeting. The room was full with members of the public, along with representatives of Southeast Iowa regional planning, IWU Hershey LLC, and Mount Pleasant Community School District.

The Supervisors meeting started with an update from the county engineer, Jake Hotchkiss, followed by the main topic, Hershey Hall.

The public hearing started in conversation about the proposed “Hershey Hall Urban Renewal Plan.” Speaking first and voicing concern on behalf of the MPCSD was Superintendent Henriksen. He mentions proposed plans for the school to construct new facilities on the downtown campus and wants Southeast Iowa regional planning to consider the environment around an elementary school.

Item (6) a resolution was approved that determines Hershey Hall as part of an Urban Renewal Project and the county adopted the “Henry County Hershey Hall Urban Renewal Plan.”

A motion was put into public discussion for item (9) and then approved, authorizing execution of a Development Agreement between Henry County and IWU Hershey LLC.

The Housing will be section-42-housing, which is your moderate income families, and verifies income annually. Construction could start spring time and be done December of 2026.

Vern E. Dorothy

By Allison Jacobs · Thursday, December 19th, 2024 at 7:49 am CDT

Vern E. Dorothy, 98, of Mt. Pleasant, died Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at Arbor Court in Mt. Pleasant.

Arrangements are pending at the Kimzey Funeral Home, 213 North Main Street, Mt. Pleasant.

Online condolences may be directed to www.kimzeyfh.com

Area Recyclers Offer Holiday Trash Tips

By Hayden Douglas · Thursday, December 19th, 2024 at 7:10 am CDT

With Christmas next week, a lot of trash and packages will be thrown out over the next few weeks.

Darvin Kendall with Area Waste has a few pointers about some does and dont’s with your trash.

As you bring in new electronic devices to the home this holiday season, its important to know how to dispose your old electronics.

You can drop electronics off at the HazChem center located at 13758 Washington Rd, West Burlington.

Call Area Recyclers at (319) 753-8126 if you have questions.

Sports, December 19th

By Slaten Swords · Thursday, December 19th, 2024 at 6:30 am CDT

High School Basketball

Mediapolis will travel to Winfield-Mt. Union tonight for a doubleheader with game time at 6 pm.

Columbus will take on New London tonight at home with the girls playing first at 6 pm.

WACO will stay on the road tonight to compete against Highland with the girls leading off the night at 6 pm.

Van Buren County will take on Danville with the girls tipping off the night at 6 pm tomorrow, December 20th, at home. 

Holy Trinity Catholic will face off against Burlington Notre Dame tomorrow with game one at 6 pm. 

West Burlington will compete against Central Lee tomorrow with the boys following the girls’ game at 7:30 pm. 

Wapello will face off against Columbus tomorrow with game time at 6 pm. 

Mt. Pleasant will host Washington tomorrow in a doubleheader with the girls’ tipping-off the night at 6 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 5:45 pm.

Fairfield will travel to Keokuk tomorrow with the girls’ tipping-off the night at 6 pm.

High School Wrestling

Mt. Pleasant will dual Fort Madison tonight at home. 

Fairfield will take on Burlington on the road tonight.

The New London boys’ team will face off against Pekin tonight on the road. 

WACO will compete in a double dual tonight against Mediapolis and Burlington Notre Dame at home. 

The Wapello boys’ team will celebrate their senior night tonight in a triangular against Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union and Van Buren County. 

The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ team will compete in the John Randles Invite at Prairie on Saturday, December 21st. 

The Wapello girls’ team will travel to Chariton for an invitational on Saturday. 

High School Bowling

Mt. Pleasant will travel to Burlington tomorrow, December 20th, for a triangular.

Southeast Iowa Playbook

Last night’s episode of the Southeast Iowa Playbook featured Jeff Broeg, a member of Iowa’s Racing Hall of Fame’s 2024 class. Through his nearly 50-year career, Broeg was quick to recall his favorite memory,

“Oh well, probably my favorite time was when we ran a racing series that benefited the National Kidney Foundation of Iowa back from 1998 through 2001 and I made so many friends through that time period, not just with racers, but also, you know, the ladies from the Southeast Iowa Renal Dialysis unit. They would come and help us out at our races at Burlington and at Donaldson and as we raise money for the dialysis unit. And that has to be my favorite time period. And not only that, but you know, one of the things that I make my daughter cry every time I talk about this because she worked for me on the final two seasons that we ran it at the age of 17-18, you know, and it’s like how many dads get the opportunity to work with their daughter and spend that much time driving down the road, going to a race track here or there and that really helped boost our relationship. Definitely, that’s been my favorite time.”

If you missed last night’s episode of the Southeast Iowa Playbook, then follow this link: Jeff Broeg’s Episode

Southeastern Community College

The #20 men’s basketball team will take on Western Iowa Tech at home on January 8th with tip-off scheduled for 7 pm. 

College Football

#18 Iowa State will face off against #16 Miami in the Pop Tarts Bowl on December 28th at 2:30 pm in Orlando. 

Iowa will take on #19 Missouri for the Music City Bowl on December 30th in Nashville at 1:30 pm. 

College Basketball

The #3 Iowa State men’s team will host Morgan State on Sunday, December 22nd, with game time scheduled for noon. 

The Iowa men’s team will meet Utah on Saturday, December 21st, at 5 pm in a road matchup. 

The #22 Iowa women’s team will face off against Northern Iowa tomorrow, December 20th, at 6:30 pm at home. 

The Iowa State women’s team will look to get back in the win column on Saturday on the road against Oklahoma State at 4 pm. 

This Day in Sports History

1904 – The Dawson City hockey team begins their 9 day walk to get a boat to Seattle to catch a train to Ottawa to play in the Stanley Cup. 

1984 – Wayne Gretzky, at the age of 23, is the 18th and youngest NHL player to score 1,000 points. 

2010 – “Miracle at the New Meadowlands”, the Philadelphia Eagles trail the New York Giants by 21 points with eight minutes to play, before scoring four touchdowns in the final seven minutes, including a dramatic walk-off punt return for a touchdown by DeSean Jackson.