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Sunday's snowfall made for the perfect afternoon playground, just ask this pooch.
BY BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsChristmas is just around the corner and that means busy times ahead for the staff and volunteers of the Mt. Pleasant Fellowship Cup, and things won?t slow down until the year-end.?We had great Thanksgiving food distributions,? said Ken Brown, Fellowship Cup director. ?Now, we are gearing up for Christmas distributions and those distributions are always our biggest.?During ...
BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsWINFIELD ? Despite being in the county for nearly a decade, Grasshorse Studio of Winfield probably would not rank as one of the well-known businesses in the area.That doesn?t mean, however, that the studio isn?t familiar to some state agencies and national firms.Recently, Kathy Buxton and Steve Jennings, co-owners of Grasshorse, were notified that their short film ?The ...
BY BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsClayton Loving can?t remember a time when the Boy Scouts wasn?t a part of his life. So when he realized he had finally earned his Eagle Scout Award, he says it was just another rung on the ladder of his Scouting career.?I think it really lightened my load more than anything,? said Loving of his recent award of his Eagle Scout badge on Oct. 30. ?It feels good to have it now.?Repre...
A Lockridge man faces three felony charges following an investigation of a break-in over the Thanksgiving weekend at the Innovairre plant in Mt. Pleasant.Dominic D. Eady, 26, has been charged with first-degree theft, a Class C felony; second-degree theft, a Class D felony; and two counts of second-degree burglary, a Class C felony. Lt. Lyle Murray of the Mt. Pleasant Police Department said Eady was an Innovairre ...
BY BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsDishes upon dishes of food ? that?s a staple of almost every holiday gathering. Whether it?s Christmas cookies, carbohydrate-rich sides or second helpings of a main course, it?s easy to get sidetracked from a healthy, balanced diet as holiday celebrations roll one into the next.For someone living with diabetes, however, getting off course when it comes to lifestyle management can ...
BY KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsThe sound of bells were momentarily silenced as Mary Ann Messer and Marcia Kentner untied their Salvation Army aprons and handed them over to the next shift ? Dorothy Welcher and her grandson Jacob Fry.The foursome were standing outside of Hy-Vee Tuesday afternoon, ringing bells and encouraging the store?s patrons to donate their spare change to the not-for-profit organization.?D...
BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsState Sen. Rich Taylor, D-Mt. Pleasant, has mixed feelings as he thinks about the upcoming Iowa legislative session.Speaking at a post-election county Democratic Party gathering Thursday night at Jerry?s Restaurant in Mt. Pleasant, Taylor said he sees more clouds than sunshine come January when legislators convene in Des Moines.For the first time in his senate career, Taylor ...
Louise Unkrich, of Swedesburg, was one of the ?Rosie the Riveters? honored Nov. 11 during a Veterans Day celebration at the George Patton Memorial Museum in Chiriaco Summit, Calif.Unkrich was one of five Rosies in attendance.The celebration at the museum also featured a WWII plane flyover, Patton?s ?Blood and Guts? speech and a special guest, Helen Patton, granddaughter of the general.Helen Patton currently ...
BY BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsFor local Mt. Pleasant Kiwanians, helping local children is what their group is all about. And thanks to the dedication of Kiwanians like Jason Goody, a number of local kids are going to get some much-needed presents for Christmas this year.Every year, as part of the Mt. Pleasant Kiwanis Club Tree of Lights program, local club members raise money to give several local children a ...
Several laptop computers and a small amount of cash were taken during a burglary over the Thanksgiving weekend at the Mt. Pleasant WisdomQuest School, according to the Mt. Pleasant Police Department. Law enforcement officials also said a fair amount of damage was done at the school.A police investigation led to the recovery of a stolen iPad computer, belonging to Mt. Pleasant High School.Information received ...
BY CHELSEA KEENAN, The Gazetteand BRYCE KELLY, Mt. Pleasant NewsChanges are coming for the Mt. Pleasant News, but its commitment to quality news reporting most certainly is not.As of Thursday morning, Gazette Communicatons,, which runs The Cedar Rapids Gazette, has purchased the Mt. Pleasant News, the Fairfield Ledger and the Washington Journal, otherwise known as the Golden Triangle. In total, all three ...
BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsSWEDESBURG ? You have to hand it to Swedesburg. Not only do they talk the talk, they walk the walk.The small, unincorporated community in Henry County has done all it can for more than a century in keeping Swedish customs alive.In addition to the Midsummer observance ? also known as St. John?s Day ? in June, the other significant event happens six months later with the Saint ...
BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsS.M. (Stuart) Harris just loves the name Winfield. The author loves it so much that it serves as the setting for his first novel ? ?The Northeast Quarter? ? which was released Nov. 15.It is quite possible that no one in Winfield has ever heard of Harris, and the Brooklyn, N.Y., playwright and author has never visited the Henry County community, although he has Iowa roots ...
