Mt. Pleasant News

Henry County Sheriff?s deputies issued several citations and investigated a pair of accidents last week.A traffic stop was made on a 2002 Ford on Jan. 26 at the intersection of Jackson and Monroe streets in Mt. Pleasant. During the investigation of the traffic offense, it was learned that the car?s driver, Justin Olson, 21, Mt. Pleasant, was operating a motor vehicle without insurance and on a suspended license....

Judi Collora, above, measures one of the racks in the American Outdoors? 2017 Big Buck Contest. The racks were scored Friday evening during a potluck dinner at American Outdoors. The event attracted 51 entries, but just 14 entrants brought in racks to be measured. The total measurement of the 14 racks was 2,218-1/2 inches. Chad Schinstock, of Salem, won first place with a buck rack measuring 191-7/8 inches. Brad ...

A pair of phone scams has been reported recently to the Henry County Sheriff?s Office.The office has received several complaints of scammers calling citizens within Henry County using local numbers. The scammers attempt to get bank information and identity information from individuals by saying you have won a free stay at a Marriott Hotel. The scammers are masking their numbers with local numbers.The second ...

BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsHenry County Sheriff Rich McNamee is asking for just a 1 percent increase in the part of his budget that he controls for fiscal 2018.?It is just a $29,000 increase,? McNamee told county supervisors Thursday during the board?s regular meeting.The $29,000 increase is for my department?s share of the new gasoline pumps installed at the county engineer?s building and for a new ...

BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsDES MOINES ? State Sen. Rich Taylor, D-Mt. Pleasant, said the Iowa Senate ?did a disservice to a lot of Iowans? Thursday when it passed a $117 million de-appropriations bill.The bill passed along party lines, 28-19, with all Senate Republicans favoring the bill and all Democrats opposing it.The bill?s largest slices were $5.5 million in funding to Iowa community colleges, $3 ...

Receiving the Citizens of the Year Award during the annual Mt. Pleasant Area Chamber of Commerce Banquet was surprise enough for Alan and Melinda Huisinga, but that wasn't the only shock of the night. The couple's daughter, Kristin Sieren (not pictured) and her children, Lincoln, 4, and Conrad, 3, rushed to the stage during the award presentation, much to the Huisinga's delight.

BY BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsIt may have come as a surprise to Al and Melinda Huisinga, but it didn?t seem to shock the crowd when it was announced during Thursday?s Mt. Pleasant Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet that the couple would be honored with the Citizen of the Year Award.Visibly moved and humbled, both Al and Melinda, of Mt. Pleasant, accepted the honor from last year?s recipients, Ron and ...

Henry County Sheriff?s Deputies made a pair of arrests and investigated a single-vehicle accident recently.A report was received at 12:32 a.m. Jan. 24 of a vehicle in the ditch in the 1300 grid of 120th Street, Wayland. The vehicle did not have license plates.An investigation led to the owners of the vehicle, Harry and Dalton St. John (no address listed). It was determined the vehicle went into the ditch while ...

BY KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsThe pink diamond necklace being auctioned off during the annual Mt. Pleasant Chamber of Commerce Banquet may have made a few women gasp, but it was the sense of community that was the real gem of the evening.?This is not just about the Chamber of Commerce. This is about your Mt. Pleasant Area Chamber Alliance. We are a team and it has been an absolute joy to work with these ...

BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsHenry County supervisors and the county conservation department have a budgetary problem.The two sides met for over an hour Thursday during the regular meeting of the supervisors and while it appeared there was some movement toward a solution, the problem was not completely resolved.Instead, the supervisors said they would have to do more discussion and deliberation before ...

BY BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsA special work session held on Wednesday night by the Henry County Conservation Board left members of the board seeking answers, which they hope to receive at a joint meeting with county supervisors today (Thursday).Meeting as a group on Wednesday night, Henry County Conservation Director, John Pullis, reviewed with the board a possible reformatting of the department?s budget, ...

BY ROD BOSHARTGazette Des Moines BureauDES MOINES ? Republicans who now control the Iowa Senate took their first official floor action Thursday to head off a projected state budget shortfall by making $117.8 million in spending adjustments that minority Democrats assailed as unnecessary mid-year cuts that will hurt Iowans.?We?re doing our best to try to fix a problem we did not make,? said Sen. Charles ...