Mt. Pleasant News

BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsGreat River Regional Medical Center of Burlington and the Southeast Iowa Link (SEIL), the mental health region of which Henry County is a member, are teaming up to beef up mental health services, county Supervisor Marc Lindeen told the board of supervisors in its regular weekly meeting Thursday.According to Sarah Berndt, county coordinator of disability services/general ...

Last Sunday, Wellspring E Free Church held a 5K run/walk. Proceeds from the event went to Compassion International Child Survival Program. Seen here are images from the event, which included T-shirts, prizes and a warp wall as part of the obstacle course.

Last Sunday, Wellspring E Free Church held a 5K run/walk. Proceeds from the event went to Compassion International Child Survival Program. Seen here are images from the event, which included T-shirts, prizes and a warp wall as part of the obstacle course.

BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsSALEM ? City leaders will be applying for a grant from the William M. and Donna J. Hoaglin Foundation Inc. for funds to compile a strategic future plan for the city.Councilwoman Mary Hoyer made the motion to apply for the grant during Wednesday night?s city council meeting. Hoyer also distributed CDs containing the city code to the council and mayor.She said Zack James, of the ...

BY KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsNEW LONDON ? The City of New London has an opening they hope to fill quickly.Last month, Public Works Director Denny Bozarth gave his resignation, which was not accepted. Instead, Bozarth, who did not give a reason for leaving, was terminated effective immediately with a 3-2 vote.Following a debate regarding hiring an individual to supervise the public works department as well ...

BY KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsNEW LONDON ? The City of New London has been awarded a $230,000 grant from the Iowa Economic Development Authority in order to assist homeowners in rehabilitating their homes.Dan Eberhardt, Regional Planner with the Southeast Iowa Regional Planning Commission (SEIRPC), spoke to the city council Tuesday night about the community development block grant, a fund the city applied for ...

?Whip cancer in the face? - that was the theme of SunnyBrook?s carnival for Relay for Life. Above, Wilma Young, 99, did just that as she stuffed a pie in the face of Henry County Sheriff Rich McNamee.

A Farmington woman faces three charges following the report of a disturbance on Thursday, June 2, in Salem.Sheriff?s deputies were called to the 200 block of West Cherry Street where after an investigation, they arrested Melissa Jones and charged her with public intoxication-second offense, a serious misdemeanor; and interference with official acts, a simple misdemeanor.During the booking process at the jail, ...

Two Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad crossings in Henry County will be closed next week for repairs.The Nebraska Road crossing will be closed Monday, June 6, from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Thursday, June 9, the Jefferson Road crossing on the Henry County line will be closed at 7:30 a.m., and will reopen on Friday, June 10, at 4 p.m.

BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsHenry County Auditor Shelly Barber told county supervisors Thursday that her office continues to be bombarded by calls from Mt. Union residents regarding the ramifications of the unincorporation process.Mt. Union?s City Council was presented with a petition from citizens during its May 30 meeting, asking to proceed with the unincorporation process, which the council concurred ...

DES MOINES ? Bill Menner, USDA Rural Development State Director in Iowa, today announced that Adriana Valencia, housing program technician in the agency?s Mt. Pleasant office, was selected as a Vilsack Wallace Award recipient for exceptional contributions to the USDA Rural Development mission.The Vilsack-Wallace Award is given each quarter to a USDA Rural Development employee in Iowa who goes above and beyond ...

Henry County?s Relay for Life event is drawing near.The annual event will once again be held on the Iowa Wesleyan University campus, in Mt. Pleasant, beginning at 5 p.m., on Friday, June 10, with registration occurring an hour prior.The event will kick off with a children?s carnival, music and silent auction. A dinner for survivors and their caregivers will begin at 5:30 p.m., in the downstairs dining room. The ...