Iowa Wesleyan College?s Student Showcase will be tomorrow (Tues.) beginning at 11 a.m. in the social hall of the Howe Student Activity Center.Approximately 70 students will be participating, displaying a variety of projects, including service-learning and research. Students will also be available to discuss their projects and answer questions.The event is open to the public.
Completion of the 2014 portion of the North Iris Street reconstruction project in Mt. Pleasant is in the hands of Mother Nature, as it has been throughout the season, according to officials from Warner Engineering Associates.The project has been hampered throughout the past three seasons by inclement weather. A month ago, it was decided to finish the paving to the railroad tracks (just north of East Monroe ...
Members of the Henry County Pioneer Cemetery Commission will meet Monday, Dec. 1, at 1 p.m. in the conference room of the Henry County Courthouse.Those interested in the pioneer cemeteries of Henry County are welcome to attend.
Four Henry County communities ? Mt. Pleasant, Winfield, Wayland and New London ? hosted community Thanksgiving meals Thursday. Shown in the photo is a scene from the Mt. Pleasant Community Thanksgiving at the First United Methodist Church. Each year, scores of volunteers work at all the Thanksgiving meals, making such events possible.
Average retail gasoline prices in Iowa have fallen 7.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.85 a gallon Nov. 23, according to GasBuddy?s daily survey of 2,036 gas outlets in Iowa. This compares with the national average that has fallen 4.9 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.82 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.Including the change in gas prices in Iowa during the past ...
By BRYCE KELLY Mt. Pleasant NewsCounty engineer Jake Hotchkiss and Sarah Berndt, coordinator of disability services for Henry County, both presented reports during Tuesday?s Henry County Board of Supervisors meeting.First to present was Hotchkiss with an update on miscellaneous work items taking place in the upcoming weeks. Perhaps most pressing was an update on the budget for next fiscal year. As it stands, ...
Mt. Pleasant Middle-School students had an assembly yesterday to reward students for their hard work academically and fund-raising.The student council is raising funds for the Children?s Miracle Network and in the photo Principal Jason Martinez kisses a cow.A pair of teachers, Cindy Dorrell and Kelly Lord, and three students, Luke Ryon, Jackson Hoyle and McKayla Cam received postive behavior intervention awards ...
Mt. Pleasant City offices will be closed Nov. 27-28 for the Thanksgiving holiday.Garbage normally picked up on Thursday will be picked up on Friday.All national, state and local government offices will be closed Thursday for Thanksgiving. Some offices, but not all, will reopen on Friday.The Mt. Pleasant News will not be published Thursday but will be published on Friday.
By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsMt. Pleasant?s City Council is attempting to encourage Beck?s Superior Hybrid Seeds to create some good-paying local jobs.During the council?s regular meeting Tuesday night, they set a public hearing on a proposed development agreement with Beck for Friday, Dec. 12 at noon.Basically, the agreement is a trade-off ? if Beck?s hires workers at a reasonable starting salary, the ...
Kenneth Hatch, a 93-year-old Mt. Pleasant resident, is still doing what he has always done ? farm. Hatch drives the combine, bottom photo, during harvest while his son, Mike, drives the tractor pulling the wagons, top photo. In the spring, he prepares the ground, but lets Mike do the planting. Hatch said he has been farming his entire life, save for three-and-one-half years he spent serving his country as a ...
The Mt. Pleasant Police Department are looking into a hit-and-run accident that occurred over the weekend.According to police reports, the accident occurred between 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 22 and 7 a.m., Sunday, Nov. 23 in front of lot 33 in the Heritage Trailer Court.According to the victim, their 2007 Chevy Trail Blazer had been parked in front of their trailer, facing west, when it was struck on the ...
On Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, at approximately 6:12 a.m., the Henry County Sheriff?s Office responded to a vehicle versus deer accident on Highway 34, near mile-marker 244.Chad Ensminger, of Mt Pleasant, had been traveling east on Highway 34, in his 2014 Chevrolet Malibu, when he struck a deer.According to police reports, two more vehicle versus deer accidents occurred at the same time and location.Daniel Clark, ...
Engine #2 of the Midwest Central Railroad pulls the train up to the former Chicago, Burlington and Qunicy (Hillsboro) Depot on the north side of McMillan Park in Mt. Pleasant in this vintage photo. Midwest Central received a $30,000 grant Nov. 19 from the Washington County Riverboat Foundation for restoration of the engine.
Cradle of Hope, located in Mt. Pleasant, hosted a vendor fair Saturday, Nov. 15.Rachel Hoover, left in photo, purchases a trinket from Heather Coffin, right. Coffin owns A Bushel and a Peck of Creations.
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