Marilyn Higgins

Mt. Pleasant’s Festival of Lights premiered this past weekend to great fanfare.

Henry County Engineer Jake Hotchkiss has announced that a major thoroughfare west of Mt. Pleasant will close in a few weeks while a bridge is replaced.

Find things to do this holiday season in Henry County.

No one was hurt on Monday, Nov. 17 when a grain silo caught fire at 2805 Lexington Ave.

Work continues on the restoration of an old railroad station 4 miles south of Mt. Pleasant.

On Nov. 18, 2025, the Henry County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a scam text message received by a Henry County resident.

On Saturday, By the Scoop opened in Mt. Pleasant, offering 28 flavors of delicious Hershey’s ice cream.

The Henry County Board of Supervisors met Thursday, Nov. 13 and discussed topics such as a temporary speed limit, a transfer of money to Secondary Roads Department and the renaming of a road.

The Henry County Conservation Board is raising funds for an ADA-accessible playground at Oakland Mills.

“Over two and a half centuries,” said Mike Watson, Commander of the Salem American Legion, “veterans have been the steady hands that kept our nation standing through war, division, and change.”

A tentative date has been set for the demolition of the P.E.O. Library.

The Henry County Board of Supervisors learned about the work the public health department is doing to fight disease at its most recent meeting.

Hello, all! I am Marilyn Higgins, the Southeast Iowa Union’s newest reporter, and I’ll be serving the Mt. Pleasant area! …

“It’s the right thing to do,” says Willy Amos, store director at Mt. Pleasant Hy-Vee about his company offering free meals for kids.

While Mt. Pleasant has seen several hotly-contested races this year, some were just the opposite. Several city council members and School Board officials achieved country-mile victories, with no opposition whatsoever.