Articles Tagged: Mount Vernon

The former LGBTQ bed-and-breakfast in Mount Vernon has become a new beacon in different ways to the community in central Iowa.

The events are this Saturday and also on Nov. 27, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.

Kids who were signed up for the school supply drive received a free backpack plus all the items listed to start the 2021-22 school year. Families and community members on Wednesday also got their choice of food items they needed at a pop-up food pantry.

Emergency personnel found Charinea Triggs, 28, and Kevin Gouchee, 58, were involved in an altercation during which Triggs had stabbed Gouchee.

The Mount Vernon Creates event space opened in 2019 after renovations and had a very successful first year

The popular outdoor art festival returns to Uptown Mount Vernon after a hiatus during 2020.

Despite pandemic and derecho, the bed-and-breakfast became a place for people to be their authentic selves