The Mount Vernon City Council approved the f irst reading of ordinances on zoning for smoke and vape shops, as well as an ordinance about keeping youth under 21 from attending.
Kassy Rice with the Wellness...
Mount Vernon High School will be performing the play “26 Pebbles” Saturday, Nov. 9 and Sunday, Nov. 10 at Mount Vernon Performing Arts Center. Showtimes are 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
Director...
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...
It has all been leading to this.
Mount Vernon, the season-long No. 1 team in 3A, is returning to the state tournament after finishing runner-up in Xtream Arena a year ago.
“We ended up short,”...
Mount Vernon enjoyed the home portion of its playoff schedule, downing Carroll 42-6 on Friday, Nov. 1, at the Martha Parsons Activities Complex.
In the near-future, the UNI-Dome awaits.
But first,...
Lisbon High School will be performing multiple one-act plays as their shows this fall, with two different shows offered. Writer’s Bloc will be the featured show Thursday, Nov. 7, Saturday, Nov. 9, Thursday,...
Early in the third set Thursday, Oct. 24, in a Class 3A Region 1 semifinal win over PCM, Mount Vernon senior Chloe Meester smashed one of her floor-denting kills.
And immediately afterward, you could...
The Mount Vernon City Council extended a moratorium on new smoke or vape shops in the community of Mount Vernon for another six months.
The previous moratorium concluded in September after six months...
On Nov. 5, millions of people across the country will travel to polling stations in their state to cast the ballots for the next president. Some have even already taken this step by voting through...
Before receiving abortion care, Allison Bierman, 31, of Iowa City, did not consider herself to be politically active. If someone had asked her if she would be speaking at public forums and appearing...
Months ago, voters’ collective outlook on the 2024 election wasn’t optimistic. Not many were excited by the impending presidential race. With President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump...
The 2024 general election will take place on Nov. 5. In order to vote in Johnson County in this election, a voter must be at least 18 years old, a U.S. citizen, and an Iowa resident. Election day polls...
