Harold Munson

By Yorke Prough · Wednesday, September 11th, 2024 at 5:57 am CDT

Harold W. Munson, 96, of Fairfield and formerly of the Lockridge community passed away on Sunday, September 8, 2024, surrounded by his family in Fairfield.

  A Celebration of Harold’s life will be held on Saturday, September 14, 2024, at 4 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Fairfield, with Pastor John Kermott, Pastor Dan Munson, and Ted Munson officiating.  The family will receive friends on Saturday at the church from 3 p.m. until the service time.  Graveside service will be held at Maple Hill Cemetery on September 15, at 1:30 p.m. in Birmingham, Iowa.  In lieu of flowers, memorials in Harold’s memory may be directed to First Baptist Church in Fairfield or to Dayton Oaks Camp.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.murphyfuneralandmonuments.com

 Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant, is caring for his arrangements.

Van Buren County Community School District Special Election Results

By Yorke Prough · Wednesday, September 11th, 2024 at 5:56 am CDT

Below are the results from the Van Buren County Community School District special election on September 10th. The measure did not pass.

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS – Special VBCCSD Debt Service Levy Election 2024   Van Buren County, Iowa   September 10, 2024
  Absentee Central East North Southwest Total
Total registered voters   1 ,339 1,312 1,319 823 4,793
Total # voting 154 457 505 526 278 1 ,920
% Grand Total Voting (includes Absentees)   34.13%       40.06%
Total # Provisional Ballots   0 0 0 2 2
PRECINCT: Absentee Central East North Southwest Total
Shall the Board of Directors of the Van Buren County Community School District in the Counties of Davis, Henry, Lee and Van Buren, State of Iowa, be authorized to levy annually a tax exceeding Two Dollars and Seventy Cents ($2.70) per Thousand Dollars ($1 ,OOO), but not exceeding Three Dollars and Seventy-Five Cents ($3.75) per Thousand Dollars ($1 ,000) of the assessed value of the taxable property within said school corporation to pay the principal of and interest on bonded indebtedness of said school corporation, it being understood that the approval of this public measure shall not limit the source of payment of the bonds and interest, but shall only operate to restrict the amount of bonds which may be issued?
 
Yes 37 171 30 56 43 337
No 117 286 468 470 233 1574

 

Henry County Special Election Results

By Yorke Prough · Tuesday, September 10th, 2024 at 9:09 pm CDT

The 2024 special election on September 10th has wrapped up, with all ballots counted up just after 9:00pm, one hour after polls closed. The EMS measure has passed with a resounding 92% of the votes. A total of 2273 residents voted in favor, with 200 voting against. Below are the full results provided by the Henry County Auditors Office.

Unofficial Results
2024 Henry County Special Election
PUBLIC MEASURE KB
YES NO PAGES CAST UNDER OVER TOTAL PAGES CAST
Absentee 1001 55 1062 5 1 1056
Precinct 1 187 20 207 0 0 207
Precinct 2 129 26 155 0 0 155
Precinct 3 229 42 271 0 0 271
Precinct 4 MP1 98 7 105 0 0 105
Precinct 5 MP2 109 4 113 0 0 113
Precinct 6 MP3 134 11 145 0 0 145
Precinct 7 MP4 116 14 130 0 0 130
Precinct 8 85 11 96 0 0 96
Precinct 9 185 10 196 1 0 195
TOTAL 2273 200 2473
PASSED 92%
PUBLIC MEASURE UQ
YES NO PAGES CAST UNDER OVER TOTAL PAGES CAST
Absentee 0 0 0 0 0 0
Precinct 3 1 19 20 0 0 20
TOTAL 1 19 20
5%

Sports, September 10th

By Slaten Swords · Tuesday, September 10th, 2024 at 4:13 pm CDT

High School Football

Mt. Pleasant will stay at home to compete against Tipton on Friday, September 13th, at 7 pm for Military Appreciation Night. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm.

West Burlington/Notre Dame will go against West Liberty on Friday at 7:30 pm at home.

WACO will celebrate homecoming this Friday at 7 pm against Winfield-Mt. Union.

New London will host Iowa Valley on Friday at 7 pm.

Fairfield will face off against Washington on Friday at 7:30 pm on the road.

Danville is back at home to take on Pekin on Friday at 7 pm.

Van Buren County will host Highland on Friday at 7 pm for their home opener.

Central Lee will take on Durant on Friday at 7 pm at home.

Mediapolis will attempt to upset Regina Catholic on Friday at 7 pm on the road.

Columbus will hit the road to face off against Lisbon at 7 pm on Friday.

Wapello will compete at home against Louisa-Muscatine on Friday at 7 pm.

High School Volleyball

WACO will face off against Wapello tonight at 7:30 pm at home.

Winfield-Mt. Union will take on Pekin tonight at 7:30 pm on the road.

West Burlington will host a rematch against Burlington Notre Dame tonight at 7:30 pm.

Van Buren County will face off against New London tonight at 7:30 pm at home.

Holy Trinity Catholic will look to right the ship tonight against Danville at 7:30 pm on the road.

Mt. Pleasant will attempt to get back in the win column tonight at home against Fort Madison with the opening serve at 7:15 pm.

Central Lee will host Mediapolis tonight at 7:30 pm.

Fairfield will travel to Keokuk tonight at 7:15 pm.

High School Cross Country

Winfield-Mt. Union, New London, Danville, Holy Trinity Catholic, Meidapolis, and Van Buren County will run tonight at 4:30 pm at the Riverview Club.

Fairfield will host their invitational on Thursday, September 12th, with Burlington Notre Dame, Central Lee, Danville, Holy Trinity Catholic, Mediapolis, Mt. Pleasant, Winfield-Mt. Union, Van Buren County, and New London all attending.

High School Cross Country Rankings

The Iowa Track Coaches Association released their third edition of the individual rankings for the 2024 season and Class 1A features the best local competition with seven runners ranked in the top 30.

Starting in Class 3A on the boys’ side, Washington’s Tyler Alderton was the lone man standing as the senior was bumped from #10 in Class 3A last week to #27 this week. Alderton finished in the top 10 of the Bob Brown Invitational over the weekend with a time of 17 minutes and 48 seconds.

The girls’ side of Class 3A saw Avery Rump’s first place finish at the Keokuk Meet last week of 20 minutes and 10 seconds elevate her from unranked to #12 in this week’s rankings.

In Class 2A, Will Schmidgall of Mediapolis entered the rankings at #7. The sophomore has clocked in a time of 17 minutes even for the season through two meets.

The boys’ Class 1A rankings featured five local runners ranked within the top 30, including three within the top 15.

Lincoln Bainbridge of Van Buren County headlines the list of local runners as the junior is ranked #7 in Class 1A. He raced to a time of 17 minutes and 42 seconds in his first race of the season and has helped the Warriors grab second place as a team in each of their first two meets.

Winfield-Mt. Union’s Kohlby Newsom snuck into the top 10 at #10. In the only race of the season for the Wolves, the senior finished with a time of 17 minutes and 30 seconds.

At #13, Danville’s Jackson Shacklett has helped the Bears finish in first as a team in their only meet of the season. Jude Dykstra of WACO entered the rankings at #22 and Ty Muniz jumped into the top 30 at #29 for Columbus.

On the girls’ side, Marie Yoder of Hillcrest Academy ranked #10 and Danville’s Alaina Gourley was placed at #19 for Class 1A.

Southeastern Community College

The volleyball team will face off against Des Moines Area Community College tomorrow, September 11th, at 7 pm on the road.

College Football

Iowa will attempt to get back on track against Troy at home on Saturday, September 14th, with kickoff at 3 pm. The broadcast will be on KILJ 105.5 FM.

Iowa State is on a bye week.

College Football Honors

Iowa State’s last second victory over Iowa yielded a handful of honors for some of the stars of the game.

Darien Porter’s two interceptions for the Cyclone defense led to the defensive back earning the East-West Shrine Bowl Co-Breakout Defensive Player of the Week. He is just the third Cyclone to capture two interceptions in one game and the first since David Sims in 2009.

Additionally, Kyle Konrady was named Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week after he nailed a 46-yard field goal and the game-winning 54-yard field goal. His game-winning kick was also named the Pop-Tarts Crazy Good Play of the Week.

This Day in Sports History

1960 – Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia runs a World Record time 2:15:16.2 barefoot to win the men’s marathon at the Rome Olympics; Bikila became the first East African to win a medal.

1972 – American freestyle wrestler Dan Gable wins the 68kg division gold medal at the Munich Olympics; he’s the only Olympic wrestler not to have a single point scored against him in the competition.

1989 – Indianapolis Colt running back Eric Dickerson rushes for 106 yards against San Francisco to become the fastest player to top the 10,000 yard plateau in only his 91st career game.

Mt. Pleasant City Council Work Session Meeting Agenda 09/12

By Yorke Prough · Tuesday, September 10th, 2024 at 3:26 pm CDT

The Mount Pleasant City Council will hold a work session on Thursday, September 12, 2024, at City Hall, 307 E. Monroe Street, City Administrator’s Conference Room at 4:00 pm.

AGENDA

  1. Roll Call.
  2. Approve agenda.
  3. New Business
  4. a) Discuss Public Works Director Position
  5. Public Forum

Mt. Pleasant City Council Meeting Agenda 09/11

By Yorke Prough · Tuesday, September 10th, 2024 at 3:26 pm CDT

The Mount Pleasant City Council will meet in Regular Session on Wednesday, September 11 , 2024, at City Hall, 307 E. Monroe Street, second-floor meeting room at 5:30 p.m.

AGENDA

  1. Roll Call.
  2. Consent Agenda: To the Public — All items with an asterisk (*) are routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion and a roll call of the Councilmembers. There will be no separate discussion of items unless the Mayor, a Councilmember or citizen so request, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and will be considered in its normal sequence on the Agenda.
  3. Receive & file communications.
  4. Approve agenda.

*5. Approve minutes of previous meetings.

*6. Approve payment of bills.

*7. Receive report of Officers including Resolution No. 2024-82 approving August transfers.

  1. Old Business-
    1. 3rd reading/adopt the Ordinance appealing and replacing certain sections regarding animal control of the City Code of Ordinances.
    2. Renewal of a Special Class C Retail Alcohol License for Main Street Mount Pleasant at 101 W Washington Street.
  2. New Business-
    1. Approve Mayoral appointments to the Community Development Committee.
  3. Public Forum.
  4. Adjourn to meet in regular session on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, at 5:30 p.m.

Chad Hudson Unveiled as President of Community Bankers Services and Insurance Board

By Yorke Prough · Tuesday, September 10th, 2024 at 3:04 pm CDT
Chad Hudson

Chad Hudson is a familiar name in this area, as he has been involved in banking for nearly 20 years in Southeast Iowa. He now has another wick in the fire that is the world of banking. After being announced as Senior Vice President for Danville State Savings Bank in February, Hudson is now the President of the Community Bankers Services and Insurance (CBSI) board. CBSI is the for-profit subsidiary of Community Bankers of Iowa.

According to their website, the Services and Insurance subsidiary is governed by a ten-person board of directors whose primary purpose is to oversee the operation of currently endorsed products and services and to evaluate vendor performance and suitability for continued use by CBI members. This board also evaluates new product and service providers for association endorsement, and their decisions are presented to the Community Bankers of Iowa Board of Directors for affirmation. CBSI Moard membership is made up of the Community Bankers of Iowa Executive Committee and five at-large members who serve three-year terms.

The mission statement of CBI is to “promote public endorsement of independent banking and to support and secure an environment that is favorable to independent ownership and local control of Iowa banks.”

Wayland Resident Wins Prestigious National Award for Driving

By Yorke Prough · Tuesday, September 10th, 2024 at 2:44 pm CDT

Wayland local Brian Troutman, a CPC Logistics truck driver assigned to drive for John Deere, was named a National Private Truck Council (NPTC) National Driver All-Star at the annual NPTC National Safety Conference September 5 in Orlando, Florida.

Every year NPTC National Driver All-Star awards are given to private fleet truck drivers who have demonstrated high performance standards against their peers throughout the country based on customer service, safety, adherence to company standards, regulatory compliance and community service

In a statement, he attributes the success to his dad, who taught him how to take pride in maintaining his vehicle and pleasing the customer.