The community newspaper for Mount Vernon and Lisbon

Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun
The community newspaper for Mount Vernon and Lisbon

Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun
The community newspaper for Mount Vernon and Lisbon

Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun
The Mount Vernon girls basketball team with the trophy after the game. Members include Alivia Truitt (no. 3), Quinn Pershing (No. 4), Eryn Jackson (No. 5), Savanna Wright (No. 10), Taylor Franck (No. 11), Lucy Wischmeyer (No. 14), Chloe Meester (No. 20), Sophia Meester (No. 21), Courney Franck (No. 22), Sydney Huber (No. 23), Rylee Rasmussen (No. 24) and Ella Wilson (No. 25).
News
Members of the Swingin’ Stangs perform “Boo-Dah” at the Voxman.
Lisbon, MV among performers for Corridor Jazz Project
Brother’s Market sign taken down
Iowa’s Civil Rights history, importance of third spaces discussed
Chalk the Walk returns May 3 and 4
Bijou receives $50,000 grant for renovations
Sports
Mount Vernon’s Sydney Huber (No. 23) leads an offensive run.
MV boys, girls basketball earn post-season honors
Lisbon, MV track teams compete at indoor meets
Sports Briefs
MV FB players determining post-high school plans
MV girls Class 3A State champions in 2025
Top Stories
Lisbon earned 12 Division 1 ratings at State Individual Speech Contest
Mount Vernon earns 31 Division 1 Ratings at state
MV boys, girls basketball earn post-season honors
MV FB players determining post-high school plans
E-Edition
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Opinion
Living in Iowa | St. Patrick’s Day and the shadow of globalism
Sunnyside | We should be wary of any overstepping of local control
Editorial | Impacts from cuts, tariffs hitting local community
Letter to the Editor | Budget Resolution and possible shut down
Community
New books for middle graders at Cole
Hills Bank announces 2025 Ag Outlook event
Explore the Imaginative: Artist Talk with Russell John Lumb
Long-time builder, community member passes away
Come discuss ranked choice voting
Obituaries
Carol Bean

March 19, 2025

Timothy Tuberty

March 19, 2025

Dennis Pisarik

March 12, 2025

Mitchelann Woods

March 5, 2025