Mt. Pleasant News

A meeting with county department heads and work on the fiscal 2016 budget with the county auditor head the agenda for tomorrow?s (Thurs.) Henry County Board of Supervisors meeting.Supervisors will also report on their subcommittee meetings.The board?s meeting begins at 9 a.m. in the Henry County Courthouse.

Discarded Christmas trees serve as a sign that the holidays are officially over. Discarded trees are being picked up this week. However, trees must be placed next to the curb and must not have plastic coverings, decorations or tinsel on them. The trees are being picked up in conjuction with the regularly scheduled garbage pick-up. If you do not have the city?s garbage collection service, you can call 385-1480 to ...

Employees from Mt. Pleasant Municipal Utilities spent the early part of the last week in 2014 replacing some of the burned out street lights in the business section.

Members of the Mt. Pleasant City Council?s Personnel and Finance Committee will meet Tuesday, Jan. 6, at 8:30 a.m. in City Hall.Tentative agenda items include discussion of electrical insepction and borrowing bond money.

Call it a final shot of Santa or whatever, but the jolly old soul received a little more than he expected at this home in Trenton. The warm glow left by Christmas now becomes a memory as we await the frozen tundra of the next couple of months.

By KARYN SPORY Mt. Pleasant NewsOn Wednesday, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) issued a statement saying influenza has reached an epidemic status. The same is true for here in Henry County.Travis Johnson, Community Health Director for Henry County Health Center, said the HCHC emergency room and the family medicine clinic, which is an independent operation, have both seen a high number of influenza cases ...

Warner Engineering Asssociates, Inc., the general contractor for the North Iris Street reconstruction project estimates that it will be at least another week until North Iris Street will be open from Washington Street to Winfield Avenue.Last Friday, the street was opened to the south side of 235th Street, which allows Alaniz and CECO employees access to their parking lots from Iris Street.The Burlington ...

Those long late-night, early-morning journeys can be rough on everyone ? even Santa. Perhaps this photo shows it best, a deflated Santa following his Christmas run.

The Mt. Pleasant Municipal Utilities will present its bargaining position to the Local Union No. 55 of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers on Monday, Dec. 29, at 10 a.m. in the board conference room of the utilities, 509 N. Adams St., Mt. Pleasant.The meeting is open to the public.

DES MOINES ? Word of a southeastern Iowa woman?s big lottery win traveled quickly.Sheila Parsons of Winfield purchased a ?Gold Miner? scratch ticket Dec. 19 at The Countreestore, 2455 120th St., Winfield, and ended up winning one of the game?s $30,000 top prizes.?I think a lot of people in Winfield know, it got out fast,? Parsons said.The 49-year-old claimed her prize the same day at the lottery?s regional ...

Not often during daytime hours do you find Main Street in Mt. Pleasant look this desolate. Christmas Day, however, was an exception as about the only vehicles parked along the street were those of apartment dwellers above Main Street businesses. The area enjoyed a beautiful Christmas with temperatures in the mid-40s, making travel to grandma?s house not a problem.

By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsIt is said Christmas is a season of reflection and hope coupled with a look ahead.During the Dec. 23 Mt. Pleasant City Council meeting, Mayor Steve Brimhall did provide a look into the future ? from the financial end.Brimhall noted that the taxable valuation of property within the city limits will be dropping by about a million dollars. ?That makes the sales tax (local ...