Members of the Des Moines-Henry County Labor Council are planning a peaceful protest Saturday, May `16, from 10 a.m.-noon at the main entrance to the Mt. Pleasant Mental Health Institute (MHI), 1200 E. Washington St.The members said they are protesting in response to Gov. Terry Branstad?s ?put the cart before the horse? decision to close the MHI.Secondly, they are protesting in support for the patients, ...
By KARYN SPORY Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? It sounds too good to be true.That?s a statement both the Winfield City Council and New London City Council have used to describe a proposal by TelePharm Pharmacies.TelePharm pharmacies operate like a traditional brick and mortar pharmacy; however, the pharmacies would not have a pharmacist in-house. Instead, the pharmacy would be operated by one or two certified...
Coe College student Chas Messer of Winfield recently participated in Coe?s 15th Annual Student Research Symposium. Sponsored by faculty member Dr. Michael Leonardo, Messer presented ?Mixed Strain Biofilms: Competition and Cooperation Between Vibrio and Shewanella Strains? in a poster presentation at the symposium. Messer is the son of Chuck and Sue Messer and a 2011 graduate of Winfield Mount Union High School.Th...
Great River Health Systems presented Excellence in Practice Awards Thursday, May 7, to five employees and one physician who have demonstrated exemplary practice or performed specific deeds that exceed expectations to help patients, patients? families, coworkers, the community or their professions.The Clinical Excellence Award recognizes outstanding clinical care. The winner was Charlie Sharp, Pharmacy. Finalists ...
By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsMt. Pleasant is putting its gasoline tax revenue to work.The city will receive approximately $150,000 annually in revenue from the one-cent increase in the gasoline tax and has pledged to use the funds to repair existing city streets.Wednesday afternoon during their regular meeting, council members approved the first expenditure of tax proceeds for a total cost of nearly ...
The Mt. Pleasant Central Park area was filled with vintage vehicles May 8 during the first Car Cruz of the season. The other Car Cruz nights will be the second Friday of each month through September, or June 12, July 10, Aug. 14 and Sept. 11.
By BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsHenry County engineer, Jake Hotchkiss, opened bids for a riverbank stabilization project during the Henry County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, and the lowest apparent price has tentatively been chosen.Five contracting companies placed bids for the project on 320th Street near Lowell, the lowest being Seaton Construction, based out of Deep River. Seaton?s bid price was ...
By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsMt. Pleasant Community School District students will be in school 27 minutes longer per day during the 2015-16 school year as the result of school board action Monday night.The district has opted for a school year comprised of 1,080 hours (Iowa school districts are given the choice of a 180-day school year or 1,080 hours), and the district administrative team ? according to ...
By KARYN SPORY Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? The City of Winfield is hoping investing in a pharmacy will be an investment in the city itself.The city council approved Monday night, in a 3-0 vote, to put down a $10,000 deposit to have a TelePharm Pharmacy to come into the community.During a special session council meeting on Monday, May 4, Alex Graber, a pharmacy solutions consultant for TelePharm Pharmacy, ...
Mt. Pleasant City Council?s Community Development Committee will review two sign permit applications and a sign ordinance during its meeting tomorrow (Wed.) at 7 a.m. at City Hall.The permit applications being reviewed are for sip. at 120 S. Main St., and The Key, 116 N. Main Street.Committee members also will review the sign ordinance for a district zoned B-2.
Iowa Wesleyan College celebrated their 2015 Commencement on Saturday. Graduates and their families gathered on the campus to celebrate their academic achievements along with commencement speaker, James Osmond. The famous performer was also awarded an honorary Doctor of Philosophy in Arts and Humanities degree from IWC president, Dr. Steven Titus.
Henry County?s Board of Supervisors will hear updates from Jake Hotchkiss, county engineer, and John Pullis, county conservation director, tomorrow (Tues.) during their regular meeting.Also on tap for the supervisors is a discussion of the county plan for avian influenza (bird flu) and a canvass of the May 5 local option sales tax vote.The board?s meeting begins at 9 a.m. in the Henry County Courthouse.
American singer, actor, businessman and humanitarian Jimmy Osmond will have one more accolade to add to his resume: an Honorary Doctorate of Arts and Humanities from Iowa Wesleyan College.?My mother came from a long line of educators,? says James (Jimmy) A. Osmond, the youngest member of the celebrated musical Osmond Family. ?If anyone ever deserved an honorary doctorate, she would have. She raised eight boys ...
By BRYCE KELLY Mt. Pleasant NewsThe Henry County Board of Supervisors had a full agenda as the heads of various county departments presented reports on the past month?s events. At the top of the agenda, Henry County Sheriff, Rich McNamee was happy to report his deputies were making great progress in cutting out drug abuse and drug manufacturing in Henry County.?In the last two months, several drug busts have ...
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