The council approved moving Phase 1 of the sports complex out to bids, with Third Avenue West being the road outlet to the park complex.
Mount Vernon Pharmacy will be moving doors in uptown Mount Vernon this December.
Two new businesses held their grand openings on Mount Vernon’s First Street during Shop Small Saturday.
Johnson County Refuse will be selling to Lake Shore Recycling of Chicago, Ill.
Lisbon resident Tanner Allen will have a second opportunity to race at the Chili Bowl National Midget Car Races in Tulsa, Okla., this coming January.
Sophomore guard Kali March netted a career-high 21 points and guided Cornell's women's basketball team to its second tight win over Luther in a 14-day stretch, 62-55, Saturday afternoon inside the Small Sport Center.
The Lisbon varsity girls basketball team traveled to Midland to take on the Eagles Tuesday, Nov. 23, with the Eagles getting the best of the L…
The Mount Vernon girls basketball team took to the road Tuesday, Nov. 23 for a cross divisional match-up with the Benton Bobcats, a WaMaC West…
Lisbon Lions varsity wrestling coach Brad Smith talked about his team’s chance at success in the approaching season, and didn’t sound the leas…
Lions girls basketball coach Diamond Boyd is gearing her team up for her fourth season with the club, and she sees the 2021-22 season as a goo…
Thursday, Dec. 2
Did you read and enjoy Amor Towles’ novel A Gentleman In Moscow?
Both the ACT and SAT have test dates scheduled for early December, and high school students all over the country are preparing for these colle…
Larry and Kathy Pisarik are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. Lawrence Pisarik, of Mount Vernon, and Kathreen Rilett, of Poplar Grove, Ill., and Mount Vernon, were married Aug. 18, 1971 at Sts. Peter & Paul’s Church in Solon.
Noah Joseph Dahlstrom and Ariel Christine Smale were united in marriage Dec. 31, 2020, at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Gardens in Des Moin…
Our summer reading program is starting at Cole Library, Mount Vernon’s Public Library Monday, May 31. This year’s theme is “Reading Colors You…
Below are police calls for service to the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Police Department for the week of Monday, May 10 to the early morning hours of M…
The Iowa Children’s Choice Award books for 2021 — 2022 have started arriving at Cole Library. This award is sponsored by the Iowa Association …
Did you know that a company called Navigator CO2 Ventures is proposing to run two liquid CO2 (carbon dioxide) pipelines west of Mount Vernon and south of both Lisbon and Mount Vernon? I am concerned that many people in our communities haven’t been informed about this proposed project. Indeed…
Donna B. Studt, 85, of Mount Vernon, passed away Sat. November 27, 2021, at Hallmark Care Center, Mount Vernon. A celebration of life will be held from 1-3 p.m. Sat. Dec. 11, 2021, at Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services, Mount Vernon.
