Grace Escritt, Mount-Vernon-Lisbon Sun
• June 17, 2026
On June 12, the Mount Vernon-Lisbon-Springville Youth Soccer Club (MVLSYSC) and Bijou Movie Theater hosted a community showing of the 2026 World Cup opener.
As a player donning a red-striped jersey...
It’s official. The repaving project for the Mount Vernon Middle School parking lot can begin as soon as this week.
Mount Vernon Community School District published information on the closure of...
Mount Vernon Schools completed the bond sales for their Middle School exterior renovations and parking lot improvements.
Northland Securities of Minneapolis, Minn., was the winning bidder with a...
Lisbon Library and Cole Library held kick-off parties for their summer reading programs.
Cole Library’s kick-off party was Saturday, May 30, at Cole Library. Snow Cones, face painting as well as bubbles...
Ella McEntaffer, For the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun
• June 10, 2026
was always more than a place to teach. It was a place she could see herself staying.
“I would never take a job that I didn’t see as a potential home,” Winder said.
Winder, who graduated from...
The City of Mount Vernon awarded a bid to B.G. Brecke, Inc., (Brecke Construction), for $286,694.80 for an installation of a sanitary sewer main along Bryant Road.
Veenstra and Kimm’s estimate for...
Ella McEntaffer, For the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun
• June 10, 2026
For more than 30 years, Jean Wade has helped guide Mount Vernon students through some of their earliest learning experiences, building relationships with generations of families along the way.
Wade,...
If you have no plans on Tuesday evenings this summer, the Mount Vernon Community Band will be performing at the Memorial Park Gazebo at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, June 2, the concert started with the band’s...
If you want to catch the opening game of the World Cup, the Mount Vernon Lisbon Springville Youth Soccer Club (MVLSYSC) has you covered. They will be hosting a screening of the game at the Bijou this...
Current projects completed, future projects to be completed and the status of park rangers were discussed at Voices United Wednesday, June 3 at Whitey’s Pub and Grub.
Lucas Wagner with the Iowa Department...
Cadence Dighton, For the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun
• June 10, 2026
Coming soon to the First Street Community Center in Mount Vernon, ” is Foraged and Found, a vintage second-hand shop owned by Mount Vernon resident Tina Conroy.
Conroy, a wife and mother of five children,...
been involved in food service their whole lives, so when the opportunity to open a restaurant in Mount Vernon was available, they jumped at the chance to rent the space.
“It was just a beautiful space...
