Mt. Pleasant News

By BRYCE KELLY Mt. Pleasant NewsThe Henry County Conservation Department has many quality applicants to choose from for two vacant positions on their staff.During Tuesday?s Henry County Board of Supervisors meeting, conservation director, John Pullis announced that applications for the part-time secretary position and park ranger/naturalist position have been steadily coming in, and many promising candidates ...

Another sign that spring has sprung are blooming tulips in front of the Chadwick Library on the campus of Iowa Wesleyan College. To ensure that tulips and every other flower has a productive spring and summer is some of the work of Teenie Vitale, pictured, a resident of Mt. Pleasant and employee of National Resource Management, the firm IWC contracts with for buildings and grounds maintenance. Vitale was cleaning ...

In the April 9 News, it was reported that Amanda Beik will become the first Mt. Pleasant firefighter. The report was based on comments made by the council.However, it has been learned that Waunita Biggs was the first Mt. Pleasant woman firefighter. She was with the department in the 1980s.

By NICOLE HESTER-WILLIAMS Golden Trianagle News Service FAIRFIELD ? ?Doug always cared about others, and it is wonderful that others are now caring about him,? were the words from the family of deceased Vietnam veteran Douglas Eugene Peterson.After 40 years, Peterson?s name will finally be added to the Iowa Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Des Moines at 11 a.m. on May 7 during the 2015 Vietnam Veterans Recognitio...

Mt. Pleasant Community High School?s Interact Club is hosting a Neon fun run/walk Saturday, April 25, at the Hayward shelter at East Lake Park.Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. and the race starts at 8 a.m. First, second and third placers will receive prizes.Interact is a service club at MPCHS and proceeds will go to help fund its service project.The club?s mission is broadening students? views and cultivating ...

The following is a schedule of bulk garbage pick-up days at 900 West Washington Street, in Mt. Pleasant.This is for rural residents only. Items that will be accepted on these dates include mattresses, furniture, rolled-up carpet, and other bulky household items. All things normally accepted at the Central Site will also be accepted during the following days such as electronics, appliances, vehicle tires, oil and ...

Spenser Williams, left, Monsanto representative, and winning farmer Eldon Taeger, right, present a $2,500 check to the Hillsboro Fire Department.

By KARYN SPORY Mt. Pleasant NewsAll Mt. Pleasant students will receive the same diploma, regardless of their educational journey.Melanie Patton, a concerned parent, spoke to the Mt. Pleasant Community School Board during their regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, about the Individualized Education Program (IEP).Patton said according to the language in the police, her daughter, who is currently a junior, ...

By BRYCE KELLY Mt. Pleasant NewsAccording to the Mt. Pleasant Police Department, the City of Mt. Pleasant can likely expect an uptick in methamphetamine and heroin use, and the Henry County Substance Abuse Coalition is refusing to take this news lightly.During the Coalition?s latest meeting on Monday afternoon, Mt. Pleasant Police Lieutenant Lyle Murray spoke on the rise of drug use in the county and what the ...

HILLSBORO ? Hillsboro?s Fire Department has received a $2,500 donation from Henry County farmer Eldon Taeger and America?s Farmer Grow Communities, sponsored by the Monsanto fund.The donation will help the fire department cover costs of providing service to more than 180 Hillsboro residents.?Fire departments can always use donations, and I thought who better than to receive this than our local fire department. ...

CUTHBERT, Ga. ? Linda Buchanan, most recently the vice president and dean for student life at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mt. Pleasant, was elected president of Andrew College today following a special board of trustees meeting. President-elect Buchanan takes office June 15, 2015. She succeeds Interim President Kirk Treible, a former Andrew chief executive who has led the small, private institution since David Seyle ...

Average retail gasoline prices in Iowa have fallen 1.8 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.38/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy?s daily survey of 2,036 gas outlets in Iowa. This compares with the national average that has increased 0.5 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.39/g, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.Including the change in gas prices in Iowa during the past week, prices ...