Grace King

Jonathan Ita spent Dec. 26 on break from Mt. Pleasant Community High School asking customers at Hy-Vee how their Christmas was as he scanned their groceries and organized them into plastic bags.Currently working as a cashier and an employee since 2015, Ita has worked in almost every department in the store on E. Washington Street. Not only him, but all of his family has experience at that grocery store, he said, ...

The Henry County Conservation Department will be upgrading to a new security system in the Nature Center and their offices.After some false alarms with the current security system, Executive Director of the department John Pullis said the Conservation board approved moving ahead with purchasing new security cameras. During the Henry County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 12, Pullis reported that ...

Two roads in Henry County are being reclassified as Class C to reduce the level of necessary maintenance.The roads will no longer be routinely maintained by the Henry County Engineer at the request of homeowners who live along these streets. The first road is 295th Street from the intersection of Fremont going east to the end of 295th Street. The second road is 320th Street from the east of Nebraska Road to the ...

The Mt. Pleasant Fire Department responded to a house fire in rural Mt. Pleasant Tuesday afternoon.At approximatley 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12, the Mt. Pleasant Fire Department was dispatched to 1743 Oakland Mills Road for a house fire. Two fire trucks were initially dispached, with a third called to the scene later.Smoke could be seen billowing from the back of the home from Oakland Mills Road. Fire crews were ...

The Henry County Health Center and Board of Public Health are getting their fingers dirty as they begin negotiations to separate the two health centers.Last week, the board of trustees authorized Henry County Health Center (HCHC) Chief Executive Officer Robb Gardner to begin discussion with the Board of Public Health about how they will continue their services under county jurisdiction rather than in contractual ...

It was kismet as Moana and Te Fiti stumbled upon one another at the Healthy Halloween Walk. The two little girls shyly observed each other as Moana offered Te Fiti her stone ?heart,? reminiscent of the Disney movie Moana, which debuted late last year.These were just two characters that could be found around East Lake Park on Sunday, Oct. 22. This was the fifth Healthy Halloween Walk, put on by the Healthy Henry ...

Peggy Knudsen's favorite place in all of Israel is the Sea of Galilee. It is a place that has been untouched by the modern world. No buildings are able to be built on top of a historical site there.?The reason it means so much to me is because you can't build a big church on the Sea of Galilee,? Peggy said, after she and her husband Monte Knudsen, pastor at Faith Community Outreach Church (FCOC) returned from ...

I was 13 years old at a Christian summer camp for teens when a woman came up behind me, tapped me on the shoulder and told me my tank top was inappropriate.It was smack dab in the middle of an outdoor worship service, nonetheless ? a day when it was likely 90 degrees outside and everyone's thighs were sticking to the seat of their chairs.During that time where I could have been soaking in the pastor's message, ...

I'm not sure when my deep obsession with the Kate Spade brand began, but I will never forget receiving my first Kate Spade handbag for Christmas only a year and a half ago.Two weeks later, I was on a plane to New York City, my black leather purse with a cream-colored bow safely tucked away in my suitcase. Throughout my seven-month stint in the city, I often modeled the purse walking down the street to my ...

The news cycle is a broken record.Just this morning shots were fired at a middle school in Indiana.As of Friday, May 25 at 10 a.m. a suspect was in custody for the shooting at Noblesville West Middle School in Noblesville, Ind. and two people were being transfered to a hospital.Yesterday, Mt. Pleasant Middle School investigated threats of violence made by a student towards the school.A week ago, 10 people ...

It always seemed to be a crisp summer morning when my sister Anna and I would crawl to the back of my parent's minivan ? my dad in the driver seat, my mom in the passenger ? suitcases stacked in the back with jackets, pillows, odds and ends stuffed in between.My dad would pull the van out of the driveway; we would watch the garage door close and then we were off. Every time I could feel the responsibilities of ...

This week, Malaysia enlisted a strategy to cut down plastic waste in grocery stores.A British supermarket group Tesco unveiled the ?unforgettable bag,? a bag with a bar code that provides customers discounts for reusing their shopping bag for every trip. The bag has been rolled out in 11 Tesco stores in Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur and the southern state of Johor in an effort to shift away from single-use ...

I called my grandpa the other day, and the first thing he said to me after ?hello? was ?You know, you share a birthday with your great-grandmother??I said, yes, papa, that's why I'm calling.You see, one of the ?interesting facts? about me is that my great-grandmother, Wilma Drahos Dolash, was born on March 12, 1911. Eighty-four years later, here I was, born on March 12, 1995.I only knew my great-grandmother ...

I remember the moment I decided to call myself a feminist.I was a junior in high school doing a book report on ?The Unfinished Revolution: Voices from the Global Fight for Women's Rights,? when I made the decision, a label some in my church are still uncomfortable with to this day.I say some people were uncomfortable because a lot of misconceptions about the feminist movement remain, possibly conjuring images ...

About every third article I come across this week seems to be geared toward bettering oneself in the new year ? even subtly. From people showing off how they have conquered new diet trends to columns about how to love better in the next 365 days, this week is a time for people to reflect on what they have accomplished ? but more so, what they have not.Ever since I can remember, I have always craved a fresh ...