Mount Vernon’s Junior Thespian troupe will be presenting its first ever show with “Suessical Jr.” Saturday, Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 26 at 2 p.m. Tickets for the show at the Mount Vernon...
More than 160 people participated in a First Day Hike at Palisades-Kepler State Park in rural Mount Vernon. It was the fifth annual First Day hike held at the state park.
This year’s hike...
Lisbon’s lighted holiday parade returned this year, bigger than last year.
Vehicles adorned with Christmas lights traversed the two blocks of downtown Lisbon.
Members of Studio 30 performed...
Mount Vernon Performing Arts Center and Lisbon Auditorium have been packed this past week, as holiday concerts have been squeezed in ahead of the holidays.
Washington Elementary Kindergarten through...
Temperatures may have been frigid Thanksgiving Thursday, but that didn’t stop more than 80 people from participating in the 14th Annual Turkey Trot in Mount Vernon. Organizers Jackie and Andy Morrical...
It’s a warm, clear homecoming night at Mount Vernon High School. The student section stands are packed shoulder-to-shoulder. It’s a white-out. Players jump up and down, wave their hands and do anything...
It is eerily calm a half mile away from the starting line of the Class 3A state meet at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course in Fort Dodge.
The sound of the starting gun, and then the chaos begins. Thousands...
Mount Vernon 2 (which encompasses Cornell College) reported that voting throughout the day had been busy. More than 130 made changes or updates to their registration using same day voter registration.
That...
Warm weather and sunny skies helped Wellness Coalition of Rural Linn County’s Trunk or Treat event draw a crowd of more than 460 people this year.
Themes for trunks this year included “Where’s...
Mount Vernon’s Chili Cook-off proved to be popular again this year, with steady crowds to the festival Saturday afternoon.
People’s choice and judge’s choice in traditional chili this year...
The Mount Vernon-Lisbon girls cross country team won the WaMaC Invitational for the third straight season, while senior Grady Olberding won his second straight title on the boys’ side Thursday, Oct....
Joel Kellar, Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun
• October 15, 2024
Lisbon’s homecoming celebrations were kicked off with a tradition as old as the celebration of homecoming itself.
The drums and horns of the marching band rang throughout the streets. They marched...
