Mount Vernon News

Three student suicides in seven months shook the Mount Vernon Community School District to its core in 2011.

Mother-daughter combo Lori Vislisel and Elizabeth Ann Rueschhoff of Lori Ann's Candies prepare a batch of chocolate truffles in the kitchen of Big Creek Market, one of the businesses that sells her confections, at 100 First St SW in Mount Vernon.

Danielle Ameling, 26, propietor of Iron Leaf Press, takes a look at her freshly-printed poster at her studio in Mt.

After four years in the post, Pam Ewell resigned as superintendent of the Mount Vernon Community School District during a regular meeting that stretched late into Monday evening.

Leland Turner of Helios Stitches N Stuff cuts fabric to shape an apron at the shop in the 1st Street Community Center in Mount Vernon, Iowa.