Mt. Pleasant News

FAIRFIELD (GTNS) ? The Iowa Supreme Court will review the case of Tyler Webster vs. the state of Iowa, according to Jefferson County Attorney Tim Dille.In 2013, Webster, of Fairfield, was convicted of second-degree murder after a jury trial in Jefferson County. In November 2014, the Iowa Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the case for a new trial.The State of Iowa, through the Iowa Attorney General?s ...

Recent moderate weather ? call it an extended January thaw ? has given area car washes some ?plus? business in recent days. In this photo, the line from the car wash extends into the street as motorists aim to remove at least one layer of winter grime.

By BRYCE KELLY Mt. Pleasant NewsDrainage districts feeding high levels of nitrate in Iowa?s waterways is headline news at the moment, especially in the lower Mississippi River area. With so much noise surrounding the issue, it?s easy to get lost in the details and make sense of what lawmakers are doing about the issue.For local residents like Ron Wyse, a little clarity was desired in regard to water quality ...

Teenagers from Henry County have joined forces with other teens and scientists across the United States as part of ?National Drug Facts Week? (NDFW). The week-long health observance, organized by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, takes place Monday, Jan. 26 through Sunday, Feb. 1. As part of the NDFW celebration, Henry County students are striving to help ...

By BRYCE KELLY Mt. Pleasant NewsDespite submitting a letter of disapproval to the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals (DIA) regarding a recent food variance application from the Mt. Pleasant Community School District, the Henry County Board of Health has recently received word from the DIA that the application has been approved.During the most recent Henry County Board of Health meeting, Mt. Pleasant ...

By BRYCE KELLY Mt. Pleasant NewsThe agenda was light for Henry County Supervisors on Tuesday morning. Budget talks and a weekly update from Henry County engineer, Jake Hotchkiss, made up the bulk of the meeting.First to present to the board was Hotchkiss with an update on road conditions within the county. Hotchkiss touched mainly on the fact that with the amount of rain Henry County has seen lately, the ...

Henry County unemployment rose by four-tenths of a percentage point in December, according to figures released Tuesday by Iowa Workforce Development.December?s unemployment in the county was measured at 4.2 percent, compared to 3.8 percent the previous month.Gains and losses among southeast Iowa counties were fairly much a mixed bag with some counties posting slight gains and others marginal losses. Iowa?s ...

Although January temperatures have been quite moderate, relatively-speaking, Belle Babb Mansfield is taking no chances, sporting a bright red-and-white scarf as she watches over the IWC campus.

Officers from the Mt. Pleasant Police Department arrested four individuals following the execution of a search warrant Friday at 610 E. Henry St. in Mt. Pleasant.Those arrested and the corresponding charges follow.Leandrew Brink, 37, 610 E. Henry St., child endangerment and accessory after the fact, both aggravated misdemeanors, gatherings where controlled substances are allowed, a serious misdemeanor and ...

By XIOMARA LEVSEN Golden Triangle News Service WASHINGTON ? Jeff Dicks was announced as the new superintendent of the Washington Community School District. He will begin July 1.Washington superintendent Dr. Mike Jorgensen announced Thursday afternoon Dicks was selected from a group of three finalists. He is in his eighth year as superintendent of the Newell-Fonda Community School District and superintendent ...

WINFIELD ? Winfield-Mt. Union, pending school board action, has a new superintendent.Meeting in special session Friday evening, the W-MU board authorized RG Executive Services, the superintendent search firm hired by the school, to offer a contract to Jeff Maeder, high school principal at the Columbus Community School District in Columbus Junction.Maeder accepted the position and the W-MU School Board will meet ...

By KARYN SPORY Mt. Pleasant NewsA proposed loss of jobs wasn?t at the forefront of Saturday?s legislative forum, despite the meeting originally being labeled a discussion about the workforce. Instead nearly 100 citizens piled into the Chapel at Iowa Wesleyan College to discuss what might happen and who might slip thorough the cracks if Mt. Pleasant?s Mental Health Institute is closed, as proposed by Governor ...