Mount Vernon News

July 1, 2009 - Mount Vernon, Iowa - The 2010 edition of the Fiske Guide to Colleges has named Cornell College a "Top Financial Find" and one of the "44 Best Buy Schools." The Fiske Guide to Colleges defines a "Best Buy School" as one that offers top-notch academic offerings and compares the academic offerings and lifestyle information to the cost ...

Buffalo County law enforcement agencies and schools are reaping the benefits of the seizure of thousands of dollars believed to have come from drug trafficking.

Several months have passed since Sarah Yitzchak's son was killed, but her sorrow and frustration continue to grow because she knows the killer or killers are still out there.

Janessa Alyse Malone of Mount Vernon has been named to the Presidenta s Honor Roll at Stephen F. Austin State University for the spring semester.

Here is an excerpt from upcoming column: Steve DeVries has a message for parents of young athletes - "relax." DeVries, 60, has a doctorate in sports psychologist.

Neal Dennis Janko, 64, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died June 14, 2009, in Kansas City, Mo., after a long courageous battle with cancer.

MOUNT VERNON - Mount Vernon detectives say they have arrested the man responsible for the stabbing death of a popular teenager last month.

The Los Angeles Dodgers selected Bellevue, Iowa, native Chris Handke in the 41st round of the Major League Baseball Draft on Thursday.

John Freshwater, the Mount Vernon Middle School science teacher who was suspended by the school board in 2008 for alleged professional misconduct, has filed a federal suit against the Mount Vernon City School Board and various past and present school officials.

"This is truly an exceptional class," Mount Vernon High School Principal Kathy Kasler said of the Mount Vernon High School Class of 2009 at commencement exercises Sunday afternoon at the MVHS football field.

Cecily Dyann Hooper of Mount Vernon was listed on the Presidenta s Honor Roll List at Oklahoma State University for the Spring 2009 semester.

This preliminary sketch shows the set designed by Scott Olinger of Cornell College for the Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre's production of 'Cosi fan tutte,' playing Friday and next Sunday at Cornell's Kimmel Theatre in Mount Vernon.

Desirae Danielle Carrell of Mount Vernon graduated Magna Cum Laude with aA bachelor of science degree in interdisciplinaryA studies with certification from Texas A&M University - Texarkana on Saturday, May 16.

'Some philosophers have argued that the very open-endedness of human appetite is responsible for both our savagery and civility, since a creature that could conceive of eating anything stands in particular need of ethical rules, manners, and ritual.

The fairy Peaseblossom and Puck romp through the forest in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' The show opens Riverside Theatre's 10th annual Shakespeare Festival, running June 12 to July 12 on the outdoor stage in Iowa City's Lower City Park.

Jo Layne Skillman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Skillman of Mount Vernon and Ms.

R. 'Marcella' Wieder-stein, 94 of Iowa City, formerly of Ft. Dodge, died Friday, May 29, 2009, in Iowa City.

Baukje Talsma and Emily Lawrence were validictorian and salutatorian, respectively for the class of 112 students at Mount Vernon Junior High.

Margaret Elaine MacBeth Suri, 82, died in her Mount Vernon home, Monday, May 25, 2009, from natural causes.

Acie Russell Grisham, 90, of Lisbon, went to be with the Lord Thursday, May 21, 2009, at Hallmark Care and Rehabilitation Center, Mount Vernon.