Mt. Pleasant News

MT. UNION ? Two vehicles were reported to be a total loss following a Feb. 12 accident on Racine Avenue near 190th Street, or just south of Mt. Union.The Henry County Sheriff?s Office says a car driven by Dennis Bedford, of Mt. Union, struck the back of a truck parked on the roadway. The driver of the truck, Lara Beelman, of Mt. Union, was removing hay from the roadway.No injuries were reported.

WACO invites the public to ride the pep bus to support sophomore Cody Crawford at his State Wrestling debut on Thursday, Feb. 18. The bus will leave at 6:30 a.m., Thursday from the High School parking lot, and will return later that day. Class 1A bracket begins at 9 a.m.Sign up in the High School office. The sign up deadline is Wednesday, Feb. 17, by 10 a.m. At least 25 people must sign up and pay in order for ...

BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsWAYLAND ? WACO School District?s search for a superintendent has the district looking northward, school board members learned during Monday night?s regular meeting at the secondary building in Wayland.Interim WACO Superintendent Fred Whipple said WACO officials have had informal talks with both the Washington and Columbus Community School (Columbus Junction) districts about ...

The Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra (SEISO) presented Gustav Mahler?s Symphony No. 5 on Sunday night at the Iowa Wesleyan University Chapel. Despite winter weather that hit most of southeast Iowa on Sunday morning and into the afternoon, conditions were favorable by the 7:30 p.m. concert.

BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsMt. Pleasant Community High School juniors Aaron Bodenham and Jack Pieper know how they?ll be spending at least one week of their summer, and they are looking forward to it.Bodenham and Pieper will be representing Mt. Pleasant and American Legion Post #58 at Boys State in June at Camp Dodge, in Des Moines.Both said they are anxiously awaiting the event and said they did some ...

BY KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsWhat started as a hobby for Chari Ruby has become a tasty passion.?It started as just a hobby with birthday cakes for family and friends,? said Ruby.At the time, Ruby was a computer programmer, but when her company was sold to a competitor, her job was cut. That was also around the time the mother of three was receiving more and more calls about her scrumptious side hobby. ?We ...

The 8B District Court Judges met on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, to interview for the District Associate Judge vacancy, which was created when Judge Mark Kruse was appointed to serve as a District Court Judge. The District Associate Court position serves Des Moines and Louisa counties in Iowa.The 8B District Court Judges selected Jennifer Slocum Bailey, of Burlington. Bailey is a native of Burlington. She graduated ...

BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsWINFIELD ? The Winfield Public Library?s roof has sprung a few leaks, which are damaging some books inside the library.That?s what members of the library board told the Winfield City Council during the council?s regular meeting on Feb. 10 (the meeting was moved from Feb. 8 to Feb. 10 due to a scheduling conflict).After discussing the matter with the library board representative...

BY KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsWINFIELD ? To most, the acronym SAMR is unheard of, but for the Winfield-Mt. Union Community School District, it?s a philosophy they are trying to instill into their curriculum.SAMR stands for substitution, augmentation, modification and redefinition. ?This is how we use technology in the classroom, we use it to teach and we use it to learn,? Scott McCarty, the district?s ...

BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsWith no action items on the agenda, the Henry County supervisors reported on their subcommittees at their regular meeting Thursday.Marc Lindeen, board vice chairman, said the Henry County Hawkeye Area Community Action Program (HACAP) spent $80,000 in Henry County during January. The largest expenditures were for weatherization and heating assistance.Lindeen said that $7,000 ...

BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsMt. Union residents who are not paying their sewer bills to the Regional Utility Service Systems (RUSS) could be dangerously close to having their sewer system turned off.Following a closed-session meeting with legal counsel Wednesday during the RUSS Board of Director?s regular meeting, the board passed three motions regarding sewer service in Mt. Union.The first motion was to ...

BY KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsWINFIELD ? Students at Winfield-Mt. Union will have a few more activities to choose from as the school board approved both activities.W-MU Superintendent Jeff Maeder reached out to Columbus-Junction to see if the district would be interested in sharing a soccer program after students expressed interest in adding the sport during the January board meeting. Currently, the districts ...