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The Chamber received a mini grant from the Washington County Riverboat Foundation to purchase an automated external defibrillator and donated to Lake Darling DNR.

A Burlington man was arrested and three vehicles damaged Oct. 26 in a hit-and-run accident at the intersection of Main and Henry streets in Mt. Pleasant.Monte Moehn was arrested after being located and charged with leaving the scene of an accident, driving under suspension, unsafe backing and no valid insurance.According to the accident report, Moehn was operating a 2002 Chevrolet westbound on Henry Street when ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Another employee will be added to the staff of the regional transitional jail diversion program.Sarah Berndt, who heads the program in addition to her duties as county coordinator of disability services/general assistance director, had her request to add staff to the program approved Thursday by Henry County supervisors.The fairly new program is shared by several area ...

?Do we have TAB today?? ?Where is the TAB meeting?? If you have ever been in the library around the 4 o?clock hour on a Monday you may have heard your librarians and/or a group of teenagers talking about ?TAB.? You might have wondered if that is secret code for something or if they are they are simply referring to that classic soda drink so popular in the ?70s in an attempt to revive it.In actuality TAB is an ...

The White Cloud Club met in Washington at the home of Jolene Colthurst for an 11:30 a.m. luncheon on Tuesday, Dec. 6. A delicious Christmas dinner was served.Attending were Frieda Finke, Joyce Huff, Betty Lintz, Pat Miller, Margaret Patterson, Pauline Richardson and Shannon Sells and the hostess.President Jolene opened the business meeting with a reading ?Heart at Christmas.? Roll call was answered with ...

Due to an anticipated increase in passport applications, the Washington County Recorder?s office recommends submitting your passport application well ahead of your planned travel dates in order to avoid possible delays.In 2007 there was an unprecedented surge in passport applications as a result of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative requiring passports for travel to Canada and Mexico. Nearly 10 years ...

Nolan and Kelli Symmonds of Kalona are the proud parents of a son, Grayson Robert Symmonds. He arrived at 9:44 a.m. on Dec. 5, 2016. Grayson weighed 9 pounds, 9 ¼ ounces, and measured 21 inches in length.He was welcomed home by his 2-year-old brother, Cameron.Grandparents are Craig and Cheryl Manary of Iowa City, and Virgil and Jane Symmonds of Fairfield. Winifred Fritz is his great-grandmother. For questions, ...

The City of Mt. Pleasant will hold a free leaf collection in November.The free leaf collection is scheduled for the week of Nov. 13. All leaves must be bagged and placed at the curb on your designated trash day. Please separate bags of trash from bags of leaves. Garbage pickup will be on regular schedule.This collection is open to all residents. If residents use a garbage collection service other than the City, ...

At the Nov. 30 meeting of the Washington County Horse and Pony Club there were 20 members in attendance along with 12 guests. Of the 19 attending members, the club had six new members. Both the elected officers and the new members were introduced and record books and awards were handed out.In new business, officers for the upcoming year were elected, members signed up for hippology and presentations, and hosting ...

Fifty-one years ago, on Dec. 17 and Dec. 18, the Iowa Mennonite School classes of 1966 and 1967 presented GianCarlo Menotti?s classic one-act opera, ?Amahl and the Night Visitors,? on the Hillcrest Union stage. This year, at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 17, the beloved ?Amahl and the Night Visitors? returns to IMS, this time on the Celebration Hall stage for one night only.Many folks remember watching Menotti?s opera in ...

The holiday season is in full swing. Black Friday deals are now things of the past and we are looking with anticipation and exhaustion toward Christmas. It seems each year we seem to put more and more on our plates during the holidays. Be it traveling, jobs for extra money, shopping, decorating, or other time-consuming tasks, we struggle to fit it all in. After the holidays are over, we lament because there was ...

Chapter MX, P.E.O., met Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Halcyon House. Thirteen members were present. Chaplain Kathleen Almelien gave devotions. President Jane Cuddeback conducted the business meeting. Treasurer Barbara Liebe gave the financial report. She reminded the chapter that she will start collecting dues. Corresponding Secretary Rebecca Widmer read the correspondence. The chapter was happy to learn that its ...