Mt. Pleasant News

BY KARYN SPORY Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? Where do we go from here?It?s the question members of the Winfield-Mt. Union Building Committee were asking BLDD Architects during the committee?s meeting on Wednesday.The meeting was a follow-up to the first community engagement meeting, which was held on Monday, Oct. 17.During the meeting, community members ? which totaled about 83 individuals ? were asked to ...

It?s getting downright spooky in some neighborhoods in Mt. Pleasant as residents have Halloween decorations out in full force. Mt. Pleasant children will be getting their fill of candy and treats Monday, Oct. 31, from 5-7 p.m.

BY BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsSarah Berndt, county coordinator of disability services/general assistance director, disclosed one of her ?wishes? Thursday to the Henry County Board of Supervisors.Berndt, distributed a copy of an Aug. 1 article in The Mt. Pleasant News reporting on a new transitional house in Wayland and said the county may have to mull transitional housing.?I think we have a need (in the ...

BY BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsFor the past seven years, Deb Savage has spent a lot of time at 220 E. Monroe St., the former city hall. Now, the Mt. Pleasant councilwoman and her husband, Mt. Pleasant physician, Dr. Alfred Savage, own it.The Savages emerged as the top bidders Thursday for the 1936 building, with a winning bid of $55,500, edging Mt. Pleasant?s Dean King for the title in a half-hour auction ...

A Mt. Pleasant man was arrested Oct. 18 on a harassment charge.Henry County Sheriff?s deputies were summoned to the 1800 grid of Green Valley Drive. Following an investigation, Christopher Morse, Mt. Pleasant, was arrested for third-degree harassment.A criminal charge is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

BY BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsThe residents of Henry County Health Center?s (HCHC) Park Place will not be hearing the sounds of contractors working on the building?s roof this fall or winter as HCHC?s Board of Trustees were forced to pause the project until next year.Despite calling it a minor setback in HCHC?s plans for 2016, HCHC CEO Robb Gardner admitted that with all the reconstruction the health center ...

BY BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsBusiness and Professional Women (BPW), of Mt. Pleasant, have a reason to celebrate this October with a major anniversary milestone.As of the first of the month, BPW, of Mt. Pleasant, celebrated 85 years of service to the southeast Iowa community and are showing no signs of slowing down. With a regular attendance of roughly 20 working and retired women, the local BPW group meet on ...

Henry County Sheriff?s deputies received a report of vandalism and investigated a pickup/deer accident recently.On Oct. 14, the Sheriff?s Office received a report of vandalism to a mailbox near Whispering Pines Lane.David Chipman, Danville, reported his mailbox had been shot by a person using a gun. Anyone with any information on this incident should contact the Henry County Sheriff?s Office.A report of a ...

Two Mt. Pleasant men were arrested on Oct. 17 for drug offenses following the execution of a search warrant at 804 W. Irish Ridge Rd. lot 25 in Mt. Pleasant.Roberto Gonzalez, 30, and Anthony Baca, 19, were charged with three counts each of conspiracy to deliver methamphetamine. All are Class C felonies, each of which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.During the execution of the search warrant which ...

Henry County Sheriff?s Office deputies investigated a two-vehicle collision Oct. 24 in the 1200 grid of U.S. Highway 34, which resulted in a citation filed against one of the drivers.According to the accident report, a 2009 Ford, operated by Casey McCann of Mt. Pleasant, struck the back of a 2014 Dodge pickup, while McCann was eastbound on Highway 34. The impact caused the truck, operated by Colby Newman of Mt. ...

BY KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsResidents of Wayland are currently under a boil order, according to city officials.Following a water main break Monday evening, residents along South Second Street from Washington to Pearl streets were placed under a boil order.City Clerk Beverly Conrad said as of 8:30 a.m., the water main has been repaired, but the boil order is still in place. ?We have taken and tested the ...

BY BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsFacts and figures do tell the clearest truths. Those were the sentiments echoed by Iowa Department of Management Director, Dave Roederer, as he spoke to the Mt. Pleasant Kiwanis Club on Monday afternoon on the state?s current financial situation.In his approximately one-hour presentation, Roederer dished out a plethora of financial figures detailing the state?s current and ...