The Student News Site of Mount Vernon High School

The Mustang Moon

The Student News Site of Mount Vernon High School

The Mustang Moon

The Student News Site of Mount Vernon High School

The Mustang Moon

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The Mustang Moon Journalists Win Awards

The Iowa High School Press Association has sent awards for the Spring Newspaper Contest. The Mustang Moon won 11 individual awards, competing in a division with other schools who print as a page in their local newspaper. Editor Haleigh Ehmsen, a senior, won a total of five awards: first place news story, second place news story, first place in-depth reporting, second place editorial cartooning, and second place columns. Other winners were junior Taylor Hauser: first place sports writing; senior Hunter Ruth: first place editorial cartooning; sophomore Cassidy Steines: third place in-depth reporting; senior Alex Doser: third place features; freshman Gabby Hasley: third

IHSPA Newspaper Contest award winners: Taylor Hauser, Cassidy Steines, Gabby Hasley, Signe Jeppson, Haleigh Ehmsen, Hunter Ruth, and Alex Doser
place sports photo, and junior Signe Jeppson: honorable mention personality profile.

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