Henry County?s Relay for Life added some color to East Lake Park May 3, hosting its third annual Color Run. Whether running (or walking) individually or in groups, participants enjoyed the nice weather for a run in the park. Organizers said 250 runners and walkers registered for the event.
Mt. Pleasant School Board members will consider at their Monday night meeting establishing a consortium to jointly administer an instructional program at Christamore House.Some of the other tentative agenda items for the 7 p.m. meeting at the high school media center include contracting services to outside agencies; a middle school soccer program; approving the 2015-16 school calendar; and discussion of extending...
By BRYCE KELLY Mt. Pleasant NewsFood was at the top of the agenda at the Healthy Henry County Communities (HHCC) board meeting recently with discussion surrounding Henry County?s efficiency in keeping its citizens adequately fed with access to balanced, nutritious meals.Overall, the HHCC board felt that Henry County was making strong efforts to provide balanced, healthy meals to its citizens. In particular, ...
By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant News SALEM ? Salem City council members received an earful Tuesday evening.A pair of residents expressed anger about receiving letters concerning nuisances from the city.John Wagner said he received a letter in April telling him that an offensive odor was coming from his property and was given 30 days to resolve the matter. The odor later was identified as animal carcasses.?The...
DES MOINES (AP) ? The Democratic-led Iowa Senate approved a $1.9 billion spending plan Wednesday for state health and human services departments, which includes an oversight committee to watchdog the governor?s plan to privatize Medicaid.The budget was approved in a 26-22 vote. It provides slightly less overall funding than sought by Gov. Terry Branstad, but more than the proposal from the Republican-controlled ...
Nearly $50,000 worth of damage was estimated following a semi rollover on Wednesday.The Mt. Pleasant Police Department received a call of a single-vehicle accident at the southbound exit 42 off of Highway 218 at approximately 8:04 a.m., on Wednesday.Kevin Christenson, of Chariton, was driving a 2010 International semi tractor, owned by Stacy Trucking, of Fairfield. Christenson was traveling south on Highway 218 ...
Beck?s Hybrids affixed its sign and logo to its new facility in Mt. Pleasant this week. The sign and logo were designed by Burkhardt. Randy Ruggles of Resco brought the crane to help place the sign. The facility is located in the former Pioneer Hybrids plant east of Grand Avenue. The company has been adding workers recently and currently has 14 employees. According to a company official, the hiring of a plant ...
Parents of current Mt. Pleasant fifth-grade students are invited to attend an informational meeting on Wednesday, May 6, from 6:30-7 p.m. regarding the transition to middle school.The meeting will be in the middle school cafeteria.Students will have completed their visits to the middle school and asked questions as well as toured the building.Questions should be directed to the middle school office at 385-7730.
In just over a month (June 5), the Early Childhood Iowa (ECI) State Board will consider final approval of the merger of two local ECI boards.The Des Moines/Louisa and the Henry/Washington Early Childhood Area boards have been working together since December 2014 to complete and submit a state application for merging into a single four-county area. The new board will operate as the DHLW Early Childhood Area.The ...
Three mini-grant recipients have been announced by the Henry County Master Gardeners.Recipients are Hope Haven Flexible Services, Winfield-Mt. Union FFA and the Mt. Pleasant Community School District.Each group will receive $250 which will be used for a community gardening project;.
Sunny, mild weather the past couple weeks has been welcomed by crews working to finish the North Iris reconstruction project. The project began last spring but a rainy summer prevented its completion, so construction began this spring where it left off last fall. Workers from Jones Contracting were busy this week pouring the recreational trail on the west side of the street north of the railroad tracks. Crews ...
DES MOINES ? An independent poll released Wednesday by Public Policy Polling (PPP) showed widespread opposition to Gov. Terry Branstad?s plans to close mental health institutes in Mt. Pleasant and Clarinda as well as his efforts to privatize the state?s Medicaid program.According to poll results, 68 percent of Iowans opposed closing the two mental health institutes while 12 percent were in favor.The poll ...
Iowa Wesleyan College has a new exhibit ? ?Iowa Wesleyan College: Being Bold? ? on display at the Chadwick Library.Some of the features include a newspaper column from then-First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who discusses the challenges faced by IWC during the Civil War, World War I and World War II.IWC grad William Huber Hurt, Class of 1904, is known as the father of the Cub Scouting movement.An exhibit also ...
Henry County supervisors will discuss county-held tax certificates with Joe Buffington, county zoning administrator, and Darin Stater, county attorney, during their regular meeting tomorrow (Thurs.)The only other tentative agenda item is sub-committee reports from the supervisors.The meeting begins at 9 a.m. in the Henry County Courthouse.
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