According to dispatch, there is a barn fully engulfed in Wayland at 1370 Ash Avenue as of 8:00am on Thursday, October 17th. Mt. Pleasant Fire and Olds Fire have been requested for mutual aid. Prelimanary reports suggest that a tractor caught fire inside of the barn, which is next to a home. There is a large amount of black smoke and a tanker truck is on the way. KILJ will update this situation as details are made known.
Please stay clear of the area and allow emergency crews to do their work.
High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will travel to Fort Madison tomorrow, October 18th, at 7:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm.
Van Buren County will host #4 Lisbon tomorrow at 7 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will face off against HLV tomorrow at 7 pm on the road.
New London will take on English Valleys tomorrow at 7 pm at home.
Danville will host Columbus to end the season at 7 pm tomorrow.
Wapello will square off against Highland tomorrow at 7 pm at home to end the season.
Fairfield will travel to Solon tomorrow at 7 pm.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will compete against Davis County tomorrow at 7:30 pm in a road matchup.
Central Lee will face off against Mediapolis tomorrow at 7:30 pm for their regular season finale.
High School Volleyball
Fairfield will square off against Albia tonight at 7:30 pm on the road.
Danville will host a tournament tonight with Burlington Notre Dame and Mt. Pleasant also participating.
#2 Holy Trinity Catholic will compete in a quad at Mediapolis tonight at 5 pm.
Columbus will host Washington tonight at 7:30 pm.
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released the postseason brackets and for a breakdown of our local matchups, follow this link: IGHSAU Postseason Brackets
High School Cross Country
Mt. Pleasant and Fairfield will compete in their conference meet tonight at Keokuk.
The Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) and Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) released the team assignments for the upcoming state qualifying meets with Classes 1A and 2A scheduled to run at 4 pm on Thursday, October 24th.
For Class 1A at Regina Catholic, Danville will run against Van Buren County as the two boys’ teams will enter the race ranked. Joining them will be Wapello, New London, and the Holy Trinity Catholic boys’ team.
WACO and Winfield-Mt. Union will make the trip west to Pleasantville to compete, while Columbus will be on its own at North Linn.
In Class 2A, Central Lee and Notre Dame/West Burlington will make the trip to Monticello, while Mediapolis will follow the highly ranked Mid-Prairie teams to Pella Christian.
Southeast Iowa Playbook
New London was our school of focus for last night’s episode of the Southeast Iowa Playbook with special guests, senior Morgan Jones and junior Nicholas Loyd. Jones discussed how her leadership style is not only leading by example but providing encouragement,
“I honestly feel like I’m kind of a mix of both, like I definitely try to stay hype and cheer on my team, which that’s just a big thing in volleyball anyway. But on top of that, I also just make sure that I’m never slacking because I know that especially being a senior this year it feels different than last year. There are so many underclassmen and just people younger than me that I know are looking up to me and my other senior teammates, so just making sure that we’re not getting down on ourselves and playing to our best ability at all times and never breaking.”
For the football team, Loyd knows it will take a full 48-minutes of effort to exit with the win,
“We gotta play the whole game because last year we I think we actually were doing really good in the first half and then the second half, we kind of just fell apart. So I feel like if we just, like, play it together. We actually could have won.”
If you missed last night’s episode, then follow this link: New London Episode
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team will face off against Marshalltown Community College at 7 pm tonight on the road.
College Football
#9 Iowa State will host UCF on Saturday, October 19th, at 6:30 pm. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will have the broadcast.
Iowa will square off against Michigan State on the road on Saturday at 6:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM will be on the call.
This Day in Sports History
1976 – Then coldest World Series game; Reds beat NY Yankees, 4-3 in Game 2 at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati; 39 degrees Fahrenheit (until 1997).
1991 – Pittsburgh Penguin Paul Coffey sets the then-NHL defenseman scoring record with 1,053 career points (309 goals and 744 assists).
2015 – Star forward Cristiano Ronaldo becomes Real Madrid’s all-time leading scorer across all competitions, overtaking club legend Raul with his 324th goal in a 3-0 win over Levante.
Prep Cross Country- The Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) and Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) released the team assignments for the upcoming state qualifying meets scheduled to start next Wednesday, October 23rd.
Class 1A
The state qualifying meet for Class 1A is set to start at 4 pm on Thursday, October 24th, and Regina Catholic, Pleasantville, and North Linn will host our local teams.
At Regina Catholic, Danville will run against Van Buren County as the two boys’ teams will enter the race ranked. Joining the race will be Wapello, New London, and the Holy Trinity Catholic boys’ team.
WACO and Winfield-Mt. Union will make the trip west to Pleasantville to compete.
Columbus will be on its own at North Linn
Class 2A
Central Lee and Notre Dame/West Burlington will make the trip to Monticello, while Mediapolis will follow the highly ranked Mid-Prairie team to Pella Christian with both races to start at 4 pm on Thursday.
Class 3A
The Southeast Conference is ready to run wild at Pella on Wednesday, October 23rd, at 4 pm as Keokuk, Fort Madison, Fairfield, Washington, and Mt. Pleasant will all be participating.
Class 4A
Burlington, our final local team, will compete at Pleasant Valley on Wednesday at 4 pm.
More Information
For a full list of teams, follow the links below:
Class 1A: Team Assignments for Class 1A
Class 2A: Team Assignments for Class 2A
Class 3A: Team Assignments for Class 3A
Class 4A: Team Assignments for Class 4A
The Burlington Fire Department was dispatched at 1:10pm for a report of a fire at 1405 Division St in Burlington on October 15th. Firefighters arrived just two minutes later to the site of heavy fire showing from the second story.
The property is owned by Tarshika Sweezer and it was vacant at the time of the fire, with no utilities servicing the property.
The Burlington Fire Department was assisted by Alliant Energy and Gas, Mediapolis Fire, West Burlington Fire, Burlington Police, Burlington CID, and the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant Fire Department. All units cleared the scene at 4:16pm.
A joint investigation was conducted by the Burlington Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division and the Burlington Fire Marshal. A search warrant was conducted at the residence and evidence was collected. After multiple interviews, a person of interest was located. At approximately 5:49 P.M., a 17 year old juvenile female was placed under arrest for 2nd Degree Arson (Class C Felony). The juvenile female was transported to the Lee County Juvenile Detention Center.
Mary A. Pfeiffer, 61, of West Burlington, Iowa, died Sunday October 13, 2024, at her home.
Born on September 2, 1963, in Washington, Iowa, she was the daughter of Robert and Mary (Greer) Amlong. She and Richard Ritz were life partners, he preceded her in death on June 6, 2021.
Mary graduated from Highland High School. She enjoyed crafting, painting, fishing, riding motorcycles and was always up to go to thrift store shopping. Mary had an amazing sense of humor that would bring a smile or laughter to everyone. Most of all Mary loved spending time with her family especially her granddaughter.
She is survived by her two children: Lacie (Eric) Pringle of Washington, Iowa and Robert Ritz of New London, Iowa; granddaughter Lennyx Pringle and baby girl Pringle on the way. She is also survived by several siblings, nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; first husband David Nichols and life partner Richard Ritz.
A celebration of life for Mary Pfeiffer will be Saturday, October 19th, from 2:00-4:00pm at the 2nd floor meeting room at City Hall in Mt. Pleasant.
Per her wishes cremation has been entrusted and accorded to the care of Lunning Chapel.
Lindsay Ann “Linnie” Cornick, 39, of Davenport, IA, formerly of Mt. Pleasant, IA, died Sunday, October 13, 2024 at her grandmother’s residence under the care of Hospice, following a courageous five year battle with breast cancer. 
Linnie was born May 18, 1985 in St. Paul, MN, the daughter of Steven Lee and Linda Sue (Lampe) Park. She grew up in Mt. Pleasant and graduated from Mt. Pleasant Community High School in 2004. While at Mt. Pleasant High, she was a member of the 2002 MPCHS Iowa State Cross Country Championship Team. She enrolled at St. Ambrose University in Davenport and was a member of the Cross Country Team. She graduated from St. Ambrose with a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education in 2009. She furthered her education and received her Master of Arts in Teaching Special Education Degree from Morningside College in 2018. On May 21, 2011, Linnie was united in marriage to Wade Gaylen Cornick at St Alphonsus Catholic Church.
Linnie began her career in education at the Red Apple Child Care and Preschool in Bettendorf as a Pre-K Lead Teacher. She then became a Full-Time Guest Teacher in the Davenport School District. Next, she proudly accepted a staff teaching position with the Davenport School District at Keystone Academy. Linnie was then offered a position at Jackson Elementary School in Davenport as a Behavior Disorder Teacher.
Running was a love and life-long passion of Linnie’s. After her competitive days of running in school and college, she became an active participant and member of the Fleet Feet Running Club. Through the group, she participated in many races, marathons and half marathons. Even after her cancer diagnosis, running provided a focus that was critical to Linnie’s fight against cancer. In 2021, Linnie celebrated one of her many victories over cancer by running the Quad Cities Marathon with a time of 4:14:37 – a personal record!
Linnie’s battle against cancer led to her second passion. She was active in Gilda’s Club, a cancer support group named after comedian Gilda Radner. In Gilda’s Club, Linnie participated in many activities, which created a unique bond among other brave brothers and sisters who are actively fighting or surviving cancer. The activities were numerous, including crafting, baking, walk and talk, yoga and Linnie’s favorite activity – book club!
Those left to run life’s race with Linnie’s spirit include her husband Wade of Davenport; her parents, Steve (Linda) Park of Mt. Pleasant; her parents-in-law, David (Gayle) Cornick of Mt. Pleasant; her sister and husband, Stephanie (Albert) Schinstock of St. Paul, IA; her maternal grandmother, Katie Lampe of Bettendorf; her brothers-in-law and their wives, Grant (Amanda) Cornick and Nathan (Lacey) Cornick; her niece and nephews – Davis Cornick, McKayla Schinstock, Noah Schinstock and Isaiah Schinstock, and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, relatives, fellow teachers, runners and friends.
Linnie’s maternal grandfather – Dr. A.E. Lampe, her paternal grandparents – Clifford Park and Irene Park Glover and her uncle, Steven Lampe, precede Linnie in death.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 AM on Monday, October 21 at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, 607 S. Jackson St. in Mt. Pleasant. Fathers Ross Epping and Andrew Rauenbuhler will co-celebrate the mass. Burial will be in Grant Cemetery, rural Rome, IA. The Rosary will be recited at 3PM on Sunday, October 20 at St. Alphonsus. The family will greet friends following The Rosary from 3-6PM. The family encourages attendees to wear their favorite running race shirts or purple/lavender attire to the services.
Those considering an expression of sympathy may direct memorials to Gilda’s Club. The Kimzey Funeral Home, 213 N. Main St., Mt. Pleasant, is caring for Linnie and her family. Online condolences may be directed to www.kimzeyfh.com
Connie I. Woodsmall, 73, of Mt. Pleasant, died Thursday, October 10, 2024 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.
A funeral service for Connie will be held at 1:30 PM on Saturday, October 26, at the Kimzey Funeral Home, 213 North Main Street in Mt. Pleasant. Burial will be at a later date in the Pleasant Point Cemetery, rural Mt. Pleasant.
Visitation will be from 12 Noon until service time on Saturday, October 26. Memorials may be directed to the family.
Online condolences may be directed to www.kimzeyfh.com
