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By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News The clouds parted, and a cool breeze dried the grass after heavy rains last week just in time for Music on Main in Central Park on Friday, June 22.The Main Street Mt. Pleasant event, formerly known as Rock Around the Block, brought a carefree crowd to show off their tractors, participate in a pedal tractor pull or just enjoy listening to Whiskey Friends perform.?Everything ...

By Gretchen Teske, Mt. Pleasant News Chris Armstrong believes in Iowa schools so much he's never not worked for or attended one. He spent the last 10 years as the Superintendent for the Highland Community School District in Riverside and is now looking forward to his future with WACO.In 1983 he graduated from Iowa Wesleyan with a degree in music education. ?I was always really interested in music and as time ...

Six students recently received their completion certificates for Mt. Pleasant's home school program.The certificates were awarded during an end of the year picnic and senior recognition on May 16. According to the Home School Assistance Program (HSAP) teacher/coordinator, there were 84 students and 45 families in the Mt. Pleasant HSAP during the 2017-18 school year.Below is a brief biography on each of the six ...

By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News The traffic from Washington Street can be heard rumbling by as Timber Roden, membership and communications director at the Mt. Pleasant Chamber Alliance takes a seat at her desk. After almost two months in the position, Roden still is excited about the challenges and professional development that lay ahead.Roden, a native of the Lake of the Ozarks, Mo., has been in the Mt. ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Iowa Wesleyan University is launching a new Bachelor of Social Work degree this fall.Iowa Wesleyan University (IW) President Steve Titus said the university is responding to the needs of the region in creating the Social Work degree, which has been three years in the making. The proposal was unanimously approved by IW's board of trustees this past spring.?I can't express ...

By Gretchen Teske, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? The New London school board has begun preparations for the new school year, including constuction projects at Clarke Elememtary school and hiring several new staff members.Several classrooms at the elementary school are receiving a makeover. Volunteers have been hard at work painting the steel beams in the ceiling as well as the walls in the classrooms to ...

As more states turn to sports gambling in the wake of a May Supreme Court decision that overturned a federal ban on state-sponsored sports betting, some politicians have sought to introduce a framework to guide the industry at the federal level.On Wednesday, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) joined the conversation by releasing a memo outlining several suggestions for the burgeoning industry.Major League Baseball, ...

Monie Hayes talks about the chair she decorated with Ed Kropa during ?Chair-ish the Arts? on Thursday, June 14 in Central Park. Hayes' chair was theatre themed, painted to draw awareness to the National Society for Preservation of Art, Folk and Repertoire Theatre.

Pekin and Van Buren both ran at the Albia Invitational Monday night with the Panthers finishing second on the boys side and first on the girls, while the Warriors only submitted five runners between the two groups. Boys1st Albia 432nd Pekin 723rd Knoxville 804th Wayne 1135th Centerville 125 Local finishers 1st Colten Glosser, Pekin 18:305th Brady Milikin, Pekin 19:146th Jonah Heckenberg, Van Buren ...

Every week, the Mt. Pleasant News will feature a Henry County resident in a profile snapshot. The questions will appear in bold.This week's 'Friend on the Front Page' is Emily Anderson, whom you may know from Sanity Coffee House.Are you originally from Mt. Pleasant? If not, what brought you here? I live in Wayland and am originally from there.What is your favorite part of living there? The close knit community ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Henry County Supervisors are again urging residents to mind Prottsman Sanitation's hours in New London lest they be ticketed.A complaint from Mike Prottsman about a New London resident leaving his garbage outside the area right before Prottsman Sanitation opened prompted Supervisors to discuss a format for how these violations should be handled.?(The trash bag) was sitting ...

Glance Back (From The Washington Evening Journal, Friday, Aug. 29, 2008)10 Years AgoAbout 45 people turned out Saturday morning at the corner of Marion Avenue and Washington Street to participate in the Main Street Washington Clean Sweep, a celebration that construction on the southwest side of the square is almost done.The Washington school board is giving interim Superintendent David Sextro a list of three ...