Mt. Pleasant News

By BRYCE KELLY Mt. Pleasant NewsIt was another short meeting for the Henry County Board of Supervisors yesterday with talk about a draft of the 2014 fiscal year audit financial statement, and an update from Jake Hotchkiss, county engineer.Hotchkiss was the first to present with a review of last week?s road maintenance activities and a few miscellaneous items coming up for the engineer?s office.?Maintenance ...

No injuries were reported after a single vehicle accident on Feb. 16, 2015.The Henry County Sheriff?s Office received a report of a single vehicle accident at approximately 8:08 p.m. near the 2500 grid of 130 Street.According to police reports, Sidney Schick, 16, of rural Winfield, was traveling eastbound in a 2001 Toyota Camry when she lost control and entered the ditch. The vehicle struck a tree and a utility ...

A Cedar Rapids firm ? Hobart Historic Restoration ? is planning to construct 19 apartments in the former Brazelton Hotel building which is located on the corner of Main and Monroe streets, just off the northeast corner of the Mt. Pleasant square. Mt. Pleasant City Council members passed a resolution at their Feb. 11 meeting, supporting Hobart?s plans and granting property tax abatement for the project.

DES MOINES (AP) ? Closing some of Iowa?s four state mental hospitals might be needed, but people who work in the field warn that any changes should be made carefully.Gov. Terry Branstad said last month he plans to close state mental institutions at Clarinda and Mt. Pleasant this summer and move any remaining patients to the other two state institutions in Cherokee and Independence or to private programs.Ron ...

Mt. Pleasant?s city offices will be closed Monday, Feb. 16, in observance of Presidents? Day.Garbage collection will be one day later next week.

By BRYCE KELLY Mt. Pleasant NewsThere was only one major item of business on the agenda for the Henry County Board of Supervisors meeting on Thursday, and the item was unanimously approved.Making the sole business topic was the appointment of Nancy Davis and Roger Gard to the Henry County Board of Adjustment. With the appointments of both Davis and Gard, the board of adjustment is now a full board once ...

Friends of the Harlan-Lincoln House will host their annual Brown Bag Lecture series the first four Tuesdays in March. All presentations are at noon in the International Room at Chadwick Library, Iowa Wesleyan College. There is no charge. Guests are invited to bring a lunch.Programs and presenters are as follows:March 3 ? VictorianGravestone SymbolsLoren Horton, retired senior historian at the State Historical ...

The Henry County Sheriff?s Office has noticed an increase in calls regarding fraudulent scams to Henry County residents.Examples of some of the reported scams were individuals stating they are with the IRS or computer companies stating that they need to make updates to your home computer. The Henry County Sheriff?s Office warns residents to be cautious when asked for personal information over the phone, and to ...

Mt. Pleasant City Council members are supporting future changes to the former Brazelton Building on the corner of Monroe and Main streets in downtown Mt. Pleasant.Hobart Historic Restoration, L.L.C. of Cedar Rapids is planning to construct 19 residential apartments in the upper floors of the four-story building which now houses Sound Advice.Council members, during their regular meeting Wednesday night, passed a ...

Henry County supervisors will consider two appointments ? Nancy Davis and Roger Gard ? to the Henry County Board of Adjustment during the regular meeting of the supervisors tomorrow (Thurs.) at 9 a.m. in the Henry County Courthouse.The only other tentative agenda item is sub-committee updates from the supervisors.

Mt. Pleasant High School's show choir, "InMotion," performs during Saturday's Mt. Pleasant Show Choir Invitational.

DES MOINES (AP) ? Iowa?s corrections department will continue to employ some workers that also serve the soon-to-be-closed state mental health institutions in Clarinda and Mt. Pleasant, the agency?s newly appointed leader told a legislative panel Tuesday.Jerry Bartruff, who recently took over the state Department of Corrections as acting chief, told lawmakers on an appropriations subcommittee that $2.1 million ...