Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun

07/03/2025

From the City of Mount Vernon -

The City would like to inform residents that our new smart streetlights will be temporarily operating 24/7 for the next few days. This is due to necessary adjustments that are currently being made to the system. The banners will remain off until the proper adjustments and content can be inputted by staff.

We expect these adjustments to be completed by mid-next week, at which point the lights will return to their regular operational schedule. The City appreciates your understanding as we work to optimize the system.

Should you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Mount Vernon City Hall.

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06/30/2025

Press Release - June 30, 2025

Fireworks Regulations

On May 19, 2025, Governor Reynolds signed Senate File 303 into law, effective July 1, 2025. Senate File 303 pre-empts local ordinances on the restriction of consumer and display fireworks between the hours of 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. on July 3, and between 9 a.m. and 11 p.m. on July 4. The law also allows the use of consumer and display fireworks on the Saturday and Sunday immediately proceeding and following the July 4th holiday. In addition to the July 4th holiday, Senate File 303 allows the use of consumer and display fireworks from 9 a.m. on December 31 through 12:30 a.m. on January 1. This includes the Saturday and Sunday immediately proceeding and following the New Year holiday.

06/20/2025

Just a heads-up - As temperatures spike this weekend, Mount Vernon City Hall and Lisbon City Hall will be open as a cooling stations.

The Mount Vernon-Lisbon Police Department, Mount Vernon Fire Department, and Lester Buresh Center will also be available to the public on a limited basis.

If you need a cooling station access outside of peak hours (noon to 5 p.m.), let Mount Vernon or Lisbon City Halls know or contact the non-emergency number for Mount Vernon-Lisbon Police Department to help gain access to cooling stations - 319-895-6141.

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06/04/2025

UPDATE: The City of Lisbon would like to apologize for the late notice as we have just been informed of the following railroad openings/closures:
Gillette crossing will open today 6/4/2025
Adams crossing will close today 6/4/2025
Washington Street crossing will be closing tomorrow 6/5/2025 and reopening on Friday 6/6/2025.
Hoosier crossing will close on Saturday 6/7/2025

05/15/2025

As part of the feature stories that a few of the University of Iowa students produced for the past few weeks newspapers, they also created videos that accompany their print pieces. Two of those videos are live at the moment on our YouTube channel and now accompanying the stories (Chalk the Walk 2025 and Cottonwood Trails Apartments), and two more will be live when a few minor edits are made (Canton Studios in Lisbon and Childcare Solutions).

A video created by University of Iowa student Avery Arens to accompany her feature story on Chalk the Walk 2025. Subjects interviewed include Mike Larson and...

05/05/2025

Helicopter landing tonight was part of training for our EMS/first responder crews.

🚑🚁 TRAINING NOTICE 🚑🚁

Sunday May 4th, LMVAS and other area public safety organizations will be holding a ground school with LifeGuard Air Ambulance. The helicopter will be landing near the MVLPD Station around 7pm and departing around 8pm.

Training with our partners in the air is essential to the continuum of care and to provide critical care resources, such as life saving blood products, to patients to improve survivability.

05/04/2025

Smaller batch of photos in this album, trying to stick to the 80 photo limit for posts, a lot more completed to mostly completed works as well. There's a lot more art on these streets than the editor is posting, too, these were just shots that caught his eye, and even from these, only a small portion will probably see print. There were at least four from the University of Iowa students here yesterday that the editor has said - yes, I want that photo to run over my own photos, so the students rose to the challenge handed to them. Doing some narrowing of photos now until my next pass through after the next volunteer shift at the information booth.

Gorgeous weather today. Come out and see the artwork and support the uptown businesses!

05/03/2025

The photos from editor Nathan Countryman's trip around Chalk the Walk throughout the day Saturday before his volunteer shift started at the information tent. There were also at least three University of Iowa students out at the event taking photos with the instructions their strongest photos would be considered over the editor's own shots.

Will be back out and about at the festival again tomorrow and then starting to really sort photos for the photo pages.

Avery Arens, with one of the reporting classes, also has an excellent feature on the 20th anniversary of the festival for the newspaper, and there are some other excellent feature stories from some of those classes coming in the next couple weeks.

05/02/2025

Street closures for Chalk the Walk.

05/01/2025

We will have this event in Solon next Monday, May 5, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Come meet many of the student journalists who have been working on reporting projects for the newspaper (and a few more still coming).

04/24/2025

Correction - Tickets can be purchased for Mount Vernon High School's The Music Man at mvhstheatre.ludus.com, not booktix as was reported in the print article this week (it's been updated in the online edition). Break a leg cast and crew of The Music Man!

From the imaginary town in Iowa, River City, now to the Mount Vernon performing arts center, it’s The Music Man presented by the Mount Vernon High School Theatre. Director Tom Stephens and the almost 50 actors are reaching back to their roots to perform a musical about musicians in Iowa. “This i...

03/10/2025

BAN HAS BEEN LIFTED MARCH 11.

Just to note as well from Lisbon fire chief Brandon Siggins - Whenever we're under a red flag warning in weather from the National Weather Service, that is a day that burn bans will be imposed in the county, as the chance of fire spreading is much higher on those days.

There is a critical to very high risk of fire spread today! Expect sunny skies, gusty southwest winds, and near-record highs in the upper 60s to mid 70s! With the gusty winds and dry conditions, any dry grass and brush fires that ignite will have the potential to spread out of control! Avoid burning today. Obey any burn bans in effect. Fully extinguish ci******es and dispose of them properly. Use extra caution with heavy equipment and while grilling or using a fire pit.