Mount Vernon Schools approved additional reductions to next year’s budget at its April 17 meeting, as well as backfill for employees impacted by the cash stipend reduction for the district.
The renovations to the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Police Department conducted by Septagon Construction have been completed. The final contract price …
More than 45 racers participated in the first Friends of the Palisades-Kepler 5K run and walk, held Saturday, April 20. Proceeds from this rac…
The City of Mount Vernon approved the job description for the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Community Development Group director position on April 15.
The City of Mount Vernon approved their final levy for the coming 2024-25 fiscal year.
Lisbon boys track team picked up a meet after another was cancelled last week, and won it going away … So maybe they won’t be invited back?
The Mount Vernon girls and Lisbon boys track teams are taking a sizable contingent to the blue oval this week.
April in Iowa can make track season exciting … and confusing. The Mount Vernon boys and girls ran in the Williamsburg Invitational on Monday, …
Another cold, windy spring day and another victory for Mount Vernon girls’ tennis, which topped Maquoketa, 8-1, on Friday, April 19 in Mount Vernon.
The Lions girls’ golf team won the eight-team Maquoketa Invitational on Wednesday, April 17.
Thursday, April 25
April 15 – Welfare check, 500 blk Second St NW, Mount Vernon
C. J. Box has written a bestselling series that features Joe Pickett--a Wyoming game warden--who upholds the law no matter what obstacles stan…
April is Architecture Month. The Iowa chapter of The American Institute of Architects is partnering with Cole Library to inspire young patrons…
Allison and Alex Best, of Fennville, Mich. are announcing the birth of their son, Quenton Alan Best. He was born March 2, weighing 7 pounds 11 ounces and was 20 inches long. He joins sisters, Kamryn and Shae.
Hans Alfred Virlee was welcomed into the world by his parents, Drew and Renee (Jennings) Virlee of Mount Vernon, along with sister Ingrid and …
Jim Telecky will be 90 years young April 1, 2022. Please help him celebrate by sending cards and good wishes to Box 194, Mt. Vernon, IA 52314.
Larry and Kathy Pisarik are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. Lawrence Pisarik, of Mount Vernon, and Kathreen Rilett, of Poplar Grov…
Noah Joseph Dahlstrom and Ariel Christine Smale were united in marriage Dec. 31, 2020, at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Gardens in Des Moin…
In 1644, the Puritans banned it as immoral and slothful. Communist dictators celebrate it as a demonstration of their military supremacy and superiority over capitalism. It is tainted by the blood of labor organizers and cherished as perhaps our purest holiday, untouched by commercialism. So…
Stephanie Beth Clark, 50, of Mount Vernon, passed away Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at Mechanicsville Specialty Care. Family and friends will gather from 4-6 p.m. on Thursday, April 25, at Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services, Mount Vernon.
