Mount Vernon News

It could be said that overcoming adversity is the Vander Plaats family motto. During World War II, Bob Vander Plaats' father, patriarch of the large, northwest Iowa family, survived the nightmare of Iwo Jima.

A Linn County crash sent three people to the hospital. The two cars collided Sunday afternoon at the corner of Mount Vernon Road and Highway 13.

Posted on Oct 27, 2009 by Adam Belz . The second day of open houses on the future of Linn County offices brought about 75 people to Cleveland Elementary School, but didn't bring the county much closer to understanding the public's will in the matter.

Area schools are planning their own vaccination clinics for the H1N1 virus, but they cannot yet select dates for the clinics because of shortages of vaccine.

Posted on Oct 26, 2009 by Adam Belz . Particularly the parts north of County Home Road, that is.

Posted on Oct 23, 2009 by Dave Rasdal . Tony Plaut did. An art professor at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, Tony loves to play with his creative mind.

Posted on Oct 23, 2009 by Dave Rasdal . Tony Plaut, art professor at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, demonstrates his flute playing Typer Piper that's powered by air from an inflated tire.

Linn County Democrats asked State Central Committee members for the same discretions as their counterparts in other counties in filling vacancies.

Posted on Oct 19, 2009 by George Ford . Cookie Vanous, the owner of Czech Feather & Down Co.

No. 11 Durant swept Regina 25-10, 25-20, 25-15 to win the Cedar Valley Conference title Thursday in Durant.

Posted on Oct 12, 2009 by James Q. Lynch . Dick Taylor, D- Cedar Rapids It may be a legacy battle to determine who will succeed Rep.

There's only 21 days left until Halloween. To make the most of those days, here's a list of spooktacular events in our area.

Mimms: How long have you been at Lawrence? Joy Jordan: This is the start of my 11th year.

Mount Vernon has been named one of America's "Coolest Small Towns" by Budget Travel magazine.

Ellen Ankrum of Stratford, died Monday, Sept. 21, 2009 at the Israel Family Hospice House at Ames.

Iowa farmland values lost another 1.9 percent from March 2009 to September 2009, according to a recently released survey by the Realtors Land Institute , pushing the state's land values down a total of 9.5 percent compared to a year ago.

The 2009 Lincoln Highway Arts will be Saturday. More than 30 local and regional artists will be selling their wares at the Mount Vernon festival.

Craig Fugate, who was confirmed as the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in May, received his first in-person look at the remaining damage in a Cedar Rapids flood zone Tuesday when he toured sections of Time Check Neighborhood with Gov.

The large crowd gathered to enjoy some great Christian music in the Grove of Mount Vernon Nazarene University on Saturday at Sonfest 2009 was not disappointed.

WARTBURG 30, CORNELL 7 Mount Vernon, Ia. - Wartburg quarterback Nick Yordi connected with receiver Matt Gustafson for touchdowns on back-to-back drives.