BY ERIN MURPHYLee Des Moines BureauDES MOINES ? Amid reports of electoral defections and noisy protests in other states, Iowa?s presidential electors on Monday quietly cast the state?s six Electoral College votes for President-elect Donald Trump.During a brief and uneventful meeting at the Iowa Capitol, the six presidential electors all cast their votes for Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence. The ...
BY BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsNEW LONDON ? According to Rep. Dave Heaton, this year?s upcoming legislative session is going to be a fiscally challenging one, and as he reiterated to members of the New London School Board on Monday evening, school funding should be at the top of the legislature?s to-do list.?Our revenues are not up to where we thought they were going to be when we made our budget, so therefore,...
A two-vehicle accident Dec. 15 in Mt. Pleasant resulted in charges filed against a Salem driver.Lloyd Bank, Salem, was ticketed for unsafe backing following the accident in the 100 block of S. Main St.According to the accident report from the Mt. Pleasant police department, a 2013 Ford SUV, owned and operated by Bank, was in a parking spot on the east side of the street and backing into the street.Meanwhile, a ...
BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsMt. Pleasant attorney Mike Vance wants to make one thing perfectly clear ? he may be retiring as a magistrate, but he has no intentions of retiring from his law practice.Vance will be ending a 19-year run on the magistrate bench Dec. 31.He added that it was not a difficult decision to retire from his magistrate duties. ?The Iowa Legislature, in its infinite wisdom, decided not ...
BY BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsNEW LONDON ? It may look like a kids? paradise, but the shelves full of toys and the indoor sandbox table at Truth Foundation Inc., in New London, actually serve a much larger purpose than just a room full of fun and games.On Thursday afternoon, staff and various members of the Mt. Pleasant Chamber Alliance gathered at the Foundation?s offices in New London to celebrate the ...
BY DEVAN PATELdpatel@qctimes.comDAVENPORT ? As Davenport enters into a new contract with Redflex Traffic Systems for its automated traffic enforcement cameras, its decision may be short-lived.State Sen. Brad Zaun, R-Urbandale, intends to push legislation aggressively to ban traffic cameras during the next legislative session and submitted a prefiled bill last week.?I?m honored that I have been asked to chair ...
BY ED TIBBETTSdpatel@qctimes.comLinda Miller, the longtime state representative from Bettendorf, has been picked to be the new director of the Iowa Department on Aging.Gov. Terry Branstad announced his selection Thursday. In a statement, the governor?s office said Miller resigned from her legislative seat Thursday and would begin her new job on Friday.She replaces Donna Harvey, who resigned the position to ...
BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsCounty computers are going under the microscope sometime early next year.During their regular meeting Thursday, county supervisors approved entering into a contract with RSM, a computer security firm located throughout the United States, to do a cyber security study of county-owned computers. Several department heads have been asking the supervisors for such a study for some ...
BY BRYCE KELLY and KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsWINFIELD ? It might be the middle of winter, but that isn?t stopping the City of Winfield from looking towards the future of the city?s outdoor pool project.As of Wednesday?s meeting, the city received the approval of the council to set a public hearing for Jan. 11, at the start of the council?s regular monthly meeting, on a proposed loan for the pool.?The city ...
Santa Claus came to town a little early this year to visit children at the Mt. Pleasant Public Library Saturday morning. Prior to Mr. Claus? arrival, local children were encouraged to make Christmas crafts with their parents and peruse the shelves of the library for a good read. Children were also treated to refreshments from the library staff.
BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsMore sanitary sewer shut-off valves could be fastened to lines in Mt. Union soon, the Regional Utility Service Systems (RUSS) board was told during its regular monthly meeting Wednesday at the Henry County Emergency Management Office in Mt. Pleasant.However, Mt. Union has company this time around. Bruce Hudson, RUSS executive director, said notices of the placement of shut-off ...
Santa Claus came to town a little early this year to visit children at the Mt. Pleasant Public Library Saturday morning.
BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsRarely does an engineer?s cost estimate for a project come in under bid. Generally, it is the other way around and often by a large margin.And that?s exactly how it played out for the air-piping replacement project at the Mt. Pleasant wastewater plant.Meeting in regular session Wednesday, the Mt. Pleasant City Council awarded the project to the low bidder, Keokuk Contractors ...
BY BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsMuch of Wednesday?s school improvement advisory committee meeting, or SIAC meeting, has already been discussed for some time by staff, school board members and parents alike, but last night many topics related to both school technology and facilities were officially put on the table.As mandated by the State of Iowa, SIAC boards are charged with discussing and making recommendation...
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