Board of Directors – Special Session | 05/08/2023 – 06:00 PM
Central Office | Board Room | 106 W. Wilson St., New London, IA
On May 7, 2023, at approximately 7:12P.M., the Henry County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a Semi rollover in the 2200 grid of Highway 34.
An investigation into the accident determined that Todd Heleine, 58 of White Heath, Illinois was driving a tractor-trailer West bound on Highway 34 when a wind gust blew the tractor-trailer onto its passenger side. Blocking the left West bound lane of Highway 34.
A severe thunderstorm was in effect during this time, producing up to 70 MPH wind gusts and black out conditions. No citations were issued.
Todd suffered no reportable injuries.
The Henry County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by New London Police Department.
High School Track and Field
Mt. Pleasant will be hosting the state qualifying meet on May 11th.
Central Lee will travel to Tipton to compete in their state qualifying meet on May 11th.
WACO will host the Class 1A District 10 state qualifying meet as Danville, New London, and Winfield-Mt. Union will also be competing at the meet on May 11th.
High School Soccer
The Mt. Pleasant girls team will host Fort Madison today.
The Mt. Pleasant boys team will travel to face off against Fort Madison tonight.
The WACO boys team will take on Wapello tomorrow, May 9th.
The Central Lee boys team will face off against Burlington Notre Dame tonight on the road.
The Central Lee girls team will take on Burlington Notre Dame today.
High School Golf
The Mt. Pleasant boys team’s next competition will be on May 10th for the 3A sectional meet.
The Mt. Pleasant girls team will compete in the SEC conference tournament on May 10th.
The boys teams of New London, Winfield-Mt. Union, Danville, and Holy Trinity Catholic will compete in the 1A sectional meet on May 10th.
The girls SEISC competition will be taking place tonight.
High School Tennis
The Mt. Pleasant boys team will compete at the District Meet today.
The Mt. Pleasant girls team will compete at their singles and doubles regional assignment on May 10th.
Iowa Wesleyan Athletics
The Tiger baseball team took on the top seeded team in the Continental Athletic Conference (CAC) tournament this past weekend in Georgia Gwinnett College for game one and fell 14-0 in seven innings. Carlos Vicente notched two hits in the loss.
The Tigers still had a path to the championship but they would have to win their next two games. Iowa Wesleyan would jump on Florida National University early scoring four runs in the bottom of the first and stay on top winning 9-5. David Amaya doubled home the first run for the Tigers, it was also the first of four doubles that scored runs. Rylee Rankin, Vicente, and Froymer Ortega all notched an RBI double. Cauy Massner picked up the win on the mound.
Unfortunately, the Tigers season would end as Fisher College put up five runs in the bottom of the 9th to force extra innings where they would eventually win 11-10 after 11 innings. Carlos Vicente picked up a double and two RBIs. Derek Marrufo and Philip Guerrero each tallied two RBIs in the contest. Iowa Wesleyan finished with a 22-22 record and 3rd in the CAC.
The Tigers outdoor track and field teams competed at the Fighting Scots Invitational at Monmouth College over the weekend and the Tigers saw two first place finishers. Jabez Rivers grabbed the win in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 57.75 seconds and Logan Lucas finished in first in the men’s 3000 meter steeplechase. Daron Jackson took third in the long jump with a leap of 6.38 meters. KeRon Blackwell finished in second place in the high jump with a jump of 1.90 meters. The North Star Athletic Association Championships take place on May 11th.
This Day in Sports History
1936 – Jockey Ralph Neves was unexpectedly revived after being declared dead after a fall. His wife fainted when he returned to the track.
1973 – Ernie Banks fills in for Cubs manager Whitey Lockman who is ejected during the game, technically becoming baseball’s first African American manager.
1994 – The Colorado Silver Bullets played their first game to become the first all-female professional baseball team to be officially recognized by the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues.
So far there have been no reports that any tornadoes were spotted Sunday in Henry County but the high winds, hail and heavy rainfall were enough to cause alarm. A severe thunderstorm warning went out about 6:30 pm followed by the high winds that brought what looked like a sandstorm. Temps dropped and the skies became dark as the winds reached reported speeds of 60 plus miles per hour. The rain finally arrived and continued thru the night. Totals varied. So far this morning the KILJ report is .52 inches Mount Pleasant Utilities had to dispatch crews to deal with a widespread power outage. Some parts of town maintained power thru out the storm. Other areas lost electricity as soon as the winds became severe and as of 8:30 pm were still without. There were also power outages reported in the rural areas. KILJ is checking in with electric providers and Mount Pleasant Public Works Department today for other reportable damages.
As far as damage, the front window of the HyVee convenience store behind the check out area blew out causing damage inside and outside the store. No injuries were reported. And the store opened as usual this morning. Semis had a hard time staying upright and of course limbs and trees came down.
Just after 8 pm there was a report of a motor vehicle crash at the corner of South Main and Warren in Mount Pleasant involving a Arkansas Vortex storm chaser vehicle and a truck. It looks like the storm chaser vehicle was headed south on Main when the driver of the truck pulled in to the path of the storm chaser vehicle. Just before 9 pm the Mount Pleasant Fire Department and other responders were called out headed north on Grand Avenue. We are checking in with fire and law enforcement officials for more details.
Iowa Wesleyan- The Iowa Wesleyan baseball team ended up one run short of the Continental Athletic Conference (CAC) championship but finished the season 22-22 and third in the CAC after falling to Fisher College 11-10 after 11 innings.
The #4 seed Tigers started the CAC tournament against the #1 seed Georgia Gwinnet College on Saturday. The Grizzlies proved why they are ranked 5th in the NAIA after taking down the Tigers 14-0 after 7 innings. Carlos Vicente led the team with two hits in the game. The Grizzlies defeated Fisher College in the second round 19-1 after 7 innings to earn a chance to play in the championship game.
In this double elimination tournament, the Tigers had to win two more games to make it to the championship game. The first stop on this journey was against Florida National University. After giving up one run in the top of the 1st, the Tigers put up four runs in the bottom of the 1st starting with a David Amaya double. Froymer Ortega picked up an RBI with a sacrifice fly and Rylee Rankin added his own RBI double. The Tigers would keep up the offensive dominance and win 9-5. Ortega would pick up another RBI; Holvin Catala and Vicente would each tally an RBI as Cauy Massner got the win striking out six.
Iowa Wesleyan would then face off against the #2 seed Fisher College. The game was knotted at four heading into the 5th inning, before the Tigers would score six runs between the 5th and 6th innings. Vicente added another two RBIs to his total along with Marrufo and Guerrero. Unfortunately, the Tigers would give up the 10-5 lead in the bottom of the 9th as the game was now destined for extra innings. Iowa Wesleyan would strand a runner on third base in the top of the 11th and a single by the Falcons Ivanuel Hernandez would walk it off for an 11-10 finale.
The championship game between Georgia Gwinnett and Fisher will be played tomorrow at noon. If the Falcons win, then another game will be played 40 minutes after the conclusion of the first game.
Saturday night at about 7:30 Mount Pleasant police were called to investigate a motor vehicle crash involving a motorcycle at the intersection of South Walnut and East Washington Streets. Eiman Mahammad Ali of Iowa City was driving a car south on Walnut. Ali failed to obey the traffic signal at Washington Street and continued south thru the intersection where his vehicle hit a motorcycle operated by Randy Corbisier of Mount Pleasant. The car then went over the curb and hit a fire hydrant and a tree. Corbisier was taken to Henry County Health Center and then airlifted to Iowa City.
Early Saturday morning Mount Pleasant Police attempted a traffic stop in the 1100 block of East Washington Street. The driver of the passenger van, Dewayne Lenoir Junior of Mount Pleasant, failed to stop and instead tried to elude the officer. The pursuit continued east on Washington for several blocks. The driver did finally stop in the 2200 block of East Washington but after getting out of the van failed to follow police directions. He was eventually taken into custody and charged with eluding, interference with official acts and driving under suspension. Mount Pleasant Police were assisted with the incident by Henry Count Sheriff’s Deputies.
