Mt. Pleasant News

Mt. Pleasant Community High School drama students will present ?Afraid Of The Dark? this weekend at the Heatilator Performing Arts Center.In the photo, Caitlyn DePriest, left (Lillums Stone), hears a confession from her husband, Jaylon Cottom (Chauncey Stone).Curtain times are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday evenings and 2 p.m. Sunday.The play is directed by Marlene DePriest with Joe Goody serving as student director.

Are you afraid of the dark?Chauncey Stone is and his story is told in the Mt. Pleasant Community High School?s production of ?Afraid Of The Dark,? this weekend at the Heatilator Performing Arts Center.The play, directed by Marlene DePriest, features Jaylon Cotton (Chauncey Stone) and Lillums Stone (Caitlyn DePriest) in the lead roles.A mystery farce in three acts, the action of the entire play takes place in ...

Commissioners of the Henry County Soil and Water Conservation District will meet in regular session Tuesday, March 24, at 3:30 p.m. in the district office, 709 S. Iris St., Mt. Pleasant.Tentative agenda items include watershed reports and cost-share payments.The meeting is open to the public.

By BRYCE KELLY Mt. Pleasant NewsAccording to Todd Steenblock, director of radiology at HCHC, the health center is in the process of updating their mammography examinations to include a new type of breast mammography called tomosynthesis that will provide a more comprehensive breast examination.Performed with enhanced digital mammography using the same scanner as a typical mammogram machine, breast tomosynthesi...

Mt. Pleasant Christian School second and third graders raised over $100 to donate to Water Our Thirsty World recently. The students made rings, bracelets and necklaces and sold them during the recent school auction and also a couple of days at school. The students said they had about 150 items for sale and decided to donate funds from sales to an organization.Students pictured include, from left, Reese Hudson, ...

By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant News CRAWFORDSVILLE ? Property taxes keep dropping in the WACO Community School District.A couple of years ago, the district had one of the state?s highest property tax levies at $20.60 per $1,000 taxable valuation. Now, the levy will have dropped to at least $16.42 for fiscal 2015-16 and could drop even further. The current levy is $17.20 per $1,000 valuation, meaning the tax ...

By KARYN SPORY Mt. Pleasant NewsIowa Wesleyan College nursing students will head back to the capitol on Thursday, March 19 to talk to legislatures about the importance of keeping the Iowa Mental Health Institutes open.In Governor Branstad?s budget, he has proposed closing two mental health institutes in Mt. Pleasant and Clarinda.This is the second time Lisa Kongable, associate professor of nursing, and her ...

WACO and Mt. Pleasant Community School Districts will be hosting blood drives on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.WACO?s National Honor Society is sponsoring the blood drive which will be from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Wednesday in the practice gym. To schedule an appointment, call Katie Horesowsky at 319-256-6200.The Mt. Pleasant High School Student Council is sponsoring the blood drive in Mt. Pleasant from 3-6 ...

By BRYCE KELLY Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? With meal prices, budget hearings and sharing agreements all making up a large chunk of board business on Monday evening, the New London School Board had a plethora of action items to discuss and vote on.At the top of the list was an approval of upcoming changes to meal prices for the district. As required by Iowa law, a mandatory 10-cent increase has been added ...

By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsSui Tiet said he was ?very happy? Monday afternoon.He had reason to be.That?s because for at least a millisecond, Tiet, 69, was the United States? newest citizen.Tiet, who spoke through a translator, realized a dream yesterday. He started harboring dreams of becoming a U.S. citizen ever since fighting alongside U.S. forces from 1969-75 in the Vietnam War.He came to the ...

By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant News WAYLAND ? Master-contract negotiations with the faculty may be completed at the WACO Community School District.School directors, during their 5:30 p.m. meeting today at Crawfordsville, are expected to approve a two-year pact on wages and insurance matters with the WACO Education Association and a one-year agreement on language items.The agreement includes a 4-percent total ...

Trustees of Mt. Pleasant Municipal Utilities will meet in regular session tomorrow (Tues.) at 1 p.m. in the utilities office.Agenda items include a review of the proposed plan to operate the existing Mt. Pleasant Correctional Facility water well/treatment plant and an update on the well #6 EDR treatment system upgrade.