Grace King

The days before Christmas were quickly rushing by during the winter of 2012 when I was working as a cashier at Hy-Vee. I spent many of those days picking up extra shifts during the holiday break, trying to make some extra cash to pay for Christmas gifts and put in good face time with my managers.I don't remember anyone explicitly telling me to wish customers a ?happy holiday? instead of ?merry Christmas,? but it ...

I received a holiday card this week sent all the way from New York City.It was from my friend Billy. Unfortunately for me, I didn't meet Billy until my last few days in Manhattan, but we've kept in touch since I moved to Mt. Pleasant.It was a warm July afternoon when we met. I was sitting on a bench in Union Square Park. Benches lined each side of the cobblestone sidewalk, wrapping around a fenced-in grassy ...

A couple weeks ago, I gave a call to Scott Quinn, an interfaith leader in northern California. Quinn is living in the heart of California wine-country, which was destroyed by wildfires this month. He was consumed with the task of finding housing for displaced people.I met Quinn this past summer when I interviewed him for a story for United Religions Initiative (URI) about Marin Interfaith Council's homeless ...

On Sunday afternoon, while sitting in the lobby of an auto service shop waiting for the mechanic to tell me how many hundreds of dollars he was going to charge me to fix my car, I watched with gaping mouth as a reporter on MSNBC was hit by a flying object on air while standing in the middle of Hurricane Irma.Meteorologist for The Weather Channel, Mike Seidel, was literally being blown away from the camera crew ...

After the termination of Henry County's sanitarian in February, the Board of Health invited Bruce Hudson, from the Regional Utility Service Systems (RUSS), to present what services they could provide to the county to fulfill environmental health requirements.Hudson said that with RUSS, Henry County would get more than one sanitarian who would rotate between them and Louisa County, with Hudson as a backup ...

The countywide total for the debt services levy is 95 cents this year, with 73 cents of that going to the Henry County Jail project and the other 22 cents paying off past general obligation bonds.During the Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 27, County Auditor Shelly Barber said that the general basic levy is $4.50, which is increased 25 cents from last year.The Rural Services Basic Levy is $3.95, ...

The first article I ever wrote was about running a flower shop the week before Valentine?s Day. I was 14-years-old and didn?t even have my learner?s permit yet. My mother drove me to the interview during my school lunch hour on a weekday afternoon. Afterward, we ate quesadillas at Taco John?s.That was my first experience in telling someone else?s story. There was something beautifully human about it. That I was ...

John Elliot sits in his 1913 car ready to begin Friday’s (Sept. 28) drive as part of the Red Horseless …

With no bids received by Henry County Supervisors for the Mt. Union Community Center, supervisors lowered the minimum bid to …

Mt. Pleasant Community High School senior Bailey Shelledy wants to work in the medical field. Growing up with ‘major health …

Mt. Pleasant City Attorney Pat Brau is resigning after being recently appointed to the position of Judicial Magistrate for the …

Years ago, Mt. Pleasant Fire Department Chief Stewart Kinney received a letter from a Fire Department Chief in Chicago, Joseph …

Iowa Wesleyan University student Rebecca Pacha feigned a gunshot wound to her shoulder and pelvis as Air Evac Lifeteam medics …

For the second year in a row, Breadeaux Pizza took home the coveted pizza paddel and title of Pizza Wars …

Henry County Health Center will be staffed with a 24/7 security guard through Per Mar Security Services in the next …