Mt. Pleasant News

Members of the Mt. Pleasant City Council?s Airport Advisory Committee will meet Monday, March 16, at 5 p.m. in the meeting room of the Airport Administration Building.Agenda items include discussion of the airport master plan update, the runway lighting project and the manager?s report.

By BRYCE KELLY Mt. Pleasant NewsA paving project contract for Franklin Avenue, south of Salem has been officially approved the by Henry County Board of Supervisors, and the project is slated to begin soon.According to Jake Hotchkiss, Henry County engineer, Shipley Construction Company of Burlington was awarded the project. Shipley had the most competitive bid, coming in at $1,166,302.36, which was only 8.5 ...

No injuries were reported following a two-vehicle accident at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 3, 2015.The accident, which occurred in the 2500 grid of Salem Road near Geode State Park when James Consbrock, of New London, became stuck on the ice covered road.According to the Henry County Sheriff?s log, a vehicle driven by Joshua Stevens, of Burlington, struck Consbrock. Stevens was traveling in the opposite direction...

By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsSummer construction season has not yet begun.The Mt. Pleasant City Council, however, took a step in that direction during their regular meeting Tuesday night, awarding a contract for East Savannah and Prairie Street construction projects.Shipley Construction of Burlington, who will also be finishing up work on the North Iris Street project this spring, will construct the two ...

Des Moines ? St. Patrick?s Day is quickly approaching. Unfortunately, this holiday has become a deadly day with a dramatic spike in drunk-driving fatalities.According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in 2013, 40-percent of all crash fatalities during the St. Patrick?s Day weekend involved drunk drivers, and that number rose to 55-percent in the post-party hours of midnight ? 6 a.m., ...

GLENVIEW, ILL. ? Family Video, the nation?s largest movie and game rental chain is taking a leading role in the fight against Lymphoma. For the fourth consecutive year, Family Video customers are invited to ?Round it up for Lymphoma? in locations between March 13 and March 29.In the past three years, 100 percent of the $3.4 million dollars collected has been donated towards lymphoma research programs. By simply ...

Everyone is invited to praise and worship at Bethel Mennonite Church on Sunday, March 15, at 6:30 p.m. with "The Elim Arrival". This is a worship team from The Well (a church currently meeting at the Coralville Rec Center in Coralville). Pastor Ajai Prakash will also speak. He was born in India and has come as a missionary to the United States. Youth are encouraged to attend. A free will offering will be taken.

Mt. Pleasant School Board members will consider approval of a fifth- and sixth-grade trap-shooting team and the Iowa Child and Adult Care Food Program Household Contact Policy during their regular meeting March 9.Other tentative items include discussion on the fiscal 2016 budget and property taxes.Prior to the 7 p.m. meeting at the high school, the board will meet at 6 p.m. in special session to consider ...

Thursday was opening night of ?My Father?s War,? which is being presented by the Mt. Pleasant Community Theatre. The play features Bill Tyrrell as the historical narrator and Ray Vens as Lt. Charles W. Smith. The original production is taken from actual transcripts of love letters Smith sent home to his sweetheart, Alma.Tyrrell, left in photo, narrates the movement of unit 301 Signal Crop Battalion throughout ...

By BRYCE KELLY Mt. Pleasant NewsA myriad of topics filled the Henry County Supervisors? agenda during their regular board meeting on Thursday with the first item up for discussion being reports from various Henry County department heads.Walt Jackson, Henry County Emergency Management coordinator, took time during his report to update the board on some of the improvements being made to the county?s new ...

WAYLAND ? The WACO 5-12 grade band concert that was scheduled for Tuesday, March 3, has been rescheduled for Friday, March 6, at 7 p.m.The concert will be in the high school gymnasium and open to the public. A free-will donation will be accepted.

By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsSidewalk program?Mt. Pleasant City Council members adopted a $22.04M city budget Wednesday but not before Councilman Tim Gray told his peers that he hopes to see more money for sidewalk repair in future budgets.City leaders kept the 2016 property tax levy at $12.18 per $1,000 taxable valuation.?I find it disturbing that we only put $5,000 to $7,000 a year in sidewalks (in ...