BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsMt. Union doesn?t dominate discussion any longer at board meetings of the Regional Utility Service Systems (RUSS). However, seemingly a meeting doesn?t pass without at least a mention of the Henry County community.During the board?s regular meeting Wednesday at the Henry County Emergency Management Building, RUSS Executive Director Bruce Hudson informed the board that one ...
BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsA sometimes-contentious meeting may have been the final regular meeting ever by the Mt. Pleasant City Council in the soon-to-be-vacated building at 220 West Monroe Street.The council approved a contract later in the meeting to sign with Sullivan Auctions to sell the building by auction. The council agreed to pay Sullivan Auctions a marketing fee of $2,500 for its services in ...
The Mt. Pleasant Area Chamber Alliance will have a new leader at the helm beginning in October, as the MPACA alongside the Area Development Commission and the City of Mt. Pleasant have announced the hiring of Kristi Ray as the Executive Vice President of the Chamber Alliance.?We are thrilled to have Ray join our team,? said Chamber President Chris Van De Berg. ?We had the most highly qualified candidates ever to ...
BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsThere is a move under way in state government to increase the state?s sales tax to finance clean water quality initiatives in Iowa, Supervisor Gary See told his peers during Tuesday?s Henry County Board of Supervisors meeting.See said the matter was discussed early Tuesday morning during a meeting of the Mt. Pleasant Area Development Commission to draft its legislative prioritie...
BY KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsSparks flew during the first few minutes of the Mt. Pleasant School Board meeting Monday night as a former board member chastised the current board regarding finances.Former school board member Lonny Morrow grabbed the microphone during the citizen comments portion of the meeting to voice his disapproval of the board buying out two employee contracts.?You all know that I am a ...
BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsMt. Pleasant City Hall staff is on the move and will have for all intents and purposes, vacated the structure they called home for the past 80 years (the building was constructed in 1936) within 10 days.The move also clears the way for disposal of the building. Over the past several months, the city has attempted to sell the building but has found no takers.?We had many, many ...
A moneybag, containing U.S. currency, was found Saturday, Sept. 10, in the middle of a road in rural Henry County, according to the Henry County Sheriff?s Office.The sheriff?s office said the money was brought to the office by a Good Samaritan traveling on the road.The department wishes to return the moneybag to the rightful owner. Anyone who has lost such a bag is asked to contact the sheriff?s office at ...
Thirty-nine citations and 135 warnings were issued during the recent Special Traffic Enforcement Program (sTEP) by the Mt. Pleasant Police Department.Also during the program, which ran from Aug. 23 to Sept. 5, 17 accidents were investigated and there were 47 motorist assists.Mt. Pleasant Police Department officials said the numbers were higher than usual due to the Midwest Old Threshers reunion. A dozen ...
The Mapleleaf Drive reconstruction project should be completed in approximately four weeks, weather permitting, according to Warner Engineering Associates Inc., of Mt. Pleasant, the engineering firm for the project.Beginning Monday, Sept. 12, all traffic into the Walmart Distribution Center employee parking lot and Lomont Molding are asked to alter their entrances to employee parking lots.Walmart Distribution ...
SALEM ? The Salem Lewelling Quaker Museum (LQM) features a new exhibit.A wall-mounted cabinet on the second floor features 16 finely etched names ? many familiar in Salem area history ? with the inscription, ?Students, Spring Term, 1883.?The cabinet, in rough condition, was reportedly found in a barn near Wayland. The owner contacted LQM board member Faye Heartsil in the summer of 2015, and after some discussion...
BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsAs the days grow shorter and the temperatures drop, change is in the air.This time of year, that change is called fall, a time to get those last outdoor activities completed before the dead of winter sets in.It is also the time for annual vaccinations, such as influenza and pneumonia. The vaccinations have been around for years, so naturally, we think we know all about them. ...
Reports of vandalized rural mailboxes keep filtering into the Henry County Sheriff?s Office, according to sheriff?s department officials.The sheriff?s office is asking for anyone with any information regarding the vandalisms to contact the office. Residents seeing any suspicious activity, person(s) and/or vehicle(s) are also urged to contact the office.Information and/or reports can be reported to 319-385-2712, ...
BY KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsSummer is slowly slipping away.The leaves are beginning to change color, there is a crispness in the air and decadent holiday treats are right around the corner. With the shorter, cooler, busy days ahead, it can be easy to let a summer fitness regimen fall away like the golden leaves off a tree, but Jordyn Dingman, program director at Mt. Pleasant REC Center, says that doesn?t ...
BY KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsWAYLAND ? The city is ready to put a stop to unauthorized vehicles on city streets.The only item of unfinished business Wednesday night for the Wayland City Council was that of unauthorized vehicles, like UTVs, running amuck on city streets.Earlier this year, the council received a petition asking the city to allow UTVs on city streets. The council debated the item, but made no ...
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