3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (548+ words) 803 East Mapleleaf Drive Sunday: Worship Service: 10:30 a.m. Adult Bible Fellowships and Sunday School 9:15 a.m. Wednesday: Discipleship Classes: 8:30 p.m. (Ironmen, Ladies’ GIFT; Bible Study: Youth TEAM, Calvary Kids) With the Rev. Dr. Homer Larsen preaching, can be heard Sundays on these stations: 6:06 a.m. on…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (178+ words) Pekin School menus for Aug. 27-28 Join the Richland Woman’s Club for a Paint Party Fundraiser … Congratulations to Eli O’Rourke on his blue ribbon for his Thrifty Meal Challenge poster at the Iowa State Fair. Levi Weber earned a white ribbon…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (959+ words) WACO quarterback Hayden Shelman surveys the Winfield-Mt. Union defense before taking off up the middle on Sept. 4, 2026. Three Union area teams earned a Top-10 ranking in the newest Gazette high school football poll. Mid-Prairie fell to No. 5 in Class 2A after…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (148+ words) Andy and Jack discuss former Iowa and New London baseball pl… Mid-Prairie volleyball picked up its fourth win in five matc… Mt. Pleasant’s Bella Dodds serves the ball against Burlington on Aug. 18, 2026. KEOKUK — After falling to Keokuk 6-3 in their first…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (592+ words) Washington’s Lauren Drahota leaps up for a kill attempt in Fairfield on Sept. 8, 2026. FAIRFIELD — The Washington volleyball team responded to early adversity yet again on Tuesday night, and yet again it turned into a road rivalry win. One week after…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (594+ words) A manufacturer’s rendering of the planned Jared’s Park playground at Oakland Mills Park. MT. PLEASANT — The Henry County Conservation Department has made a deposit for the construction of a new accessible playground at Oakland Mills Park. The playground project, known…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (230+ words) Hollingsworth Farms of Packwood received an Iowa Farm Environmental Leader Award. From left, back, Gov. Kim Reynolds, Jody Hollingsworth, David Hollingsworth, J.D. Hollingsworth, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig, and Iowa Department of Natural Resources Director Kayla Lyon; and front Noah…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (190+ words) BURLINGTON — The Burlington baseball team had been a menace … MT. PLEASANT — When the Fairfield girls’ tennis team travels… MT. PLEASANT — The Mt. Pleasant and Washington volleyball teams both picked up wins late into last week. Mt. Pleasant swept Albia 3-0 in…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (194+ words) MT. PLEASANT — When the Fairfield girls’ tennis team travels to Burlington on Sept. 14, it will be for the Southeast Conference crown. The Trojans clinched at least a share of that title, and moved one win away from clinching outright with…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (352+ words) FAIRFIELD — The Fairfield Public Library is able to display artwork from a local artist thanks to the generosity of a donor, and of the artist herself. Fairfield Public Library Director Alecs Schmidt Mickunas and artist Bernice Shaller stand next to…...