FAIRFIELD (GTNS) ? The Fairfield School Board will be interviewing five or six superintendent candidates this week, culled from 11 candidates narrowed from 60 applicants received by the search team, Ray and Associates, to replace superintendent Art Sathoff.The interviews will be in closed session as allowed by Iowa Code and as requested by the candidates.Based on results from this week?s interviews, two ...
There is a new business in town.Old World Victorian Treasures, on the southeast corner of the Mt. Pleasant square at 201 South Jefferson Street, offers customers the unique experience of shopping and a history lesson.?Every piece in the store that we have purchased ? from here to the East Coast ? has a story,? said Brenda Wambold, who owns the store along with her husband, Brian Wambold.?We have been collecting...
Mt. Pleasant Community High School?s Senior Awards Assembly is set for Thursday, May 22, at 7 p.m. in the high school gymasium.The awards assembly is an opportunity to recognize graduating seniors on their accomplishments including awards and scholarships received.Organizations that would like to present scholarships or awards should contact Kelli Nehring at the high school (385-7700) by Thursday, May 15.
On Wednesday, April 30, WACO Community School District and Winfield-Mt. Union Community School District kicked-off its Walking School Bus program and had a great turn out for the first day. Pictured are students from WMU showing their excitement for the new program. Twenty-nine students participated in the WMU Walking School Bus program, and three routes were offered, with the hopes of starting a fourth soon.
A two-vehicle collision, pictured above, occurred at the intersection of Mapleleaf Drive and Cherry Street on Tuesday afternoon, just before 2 p.m.According to a press release from the Mt. Pleasant Police Department, a 2002 Toyota operated by Robert Jensen had been southbound on Cherry Street. The Jensen vehicle stopped at the stop sign at the intersection of Cherry Street and Mapleleaf Drive, and then entered ...
By TRISHA PHELPS Mt. Pleasant News WAYLAND ? Attorney Mike Vance of Mt. Pleasant will be the city attorney for Wayland for another year, according to the agreement made at last night?s city council meeting.According to the contract, Vance will be paid for meetings and all legal services, except litigation, at a rate of $150 per hour. Litigation services will be paid at $180 per hour. For attendance at ...
Mt. Pleasant honored its volunteer of the year, Deb Sinclair, at the 27th annual Main Street Iowa Awards celebration Friday, May 2 at the Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center (Iowa Events Center) in Des Moines.Josh and Karla Maher, Brian and Deb Sinclair, and Lisa Oetken represented Main Street Mt. Pleasant at the event which was attended by approximately 500 individuals representing communities ...
By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsA former New London student is hoping that his design on a canvas tennis shoe helps his new school ? West Marshall High School in State Center ? place high in a national contest.Cole Needham, son of Kristen Alderson-Needham (who is a New London native and graduate of New London High School), is among four designers of tennis shoes that recently were announced as two of Iowa?s ...
Warner Engineering Associates, Inc., the engineering firm for the North Iris Street project, said work just be finishing on the first phase (Walmart Distribution driveway north to Winfield Avenue) should be finishing up by the end of the week of May 12.Driveways to the Walmart Distribution Center are being poured early this week and plans are to have them poured and cured by Wednesday, May 7, weather permitting....
Mt. Pleasant Community High School students recently received a hands-on learning experience at Henry County Health Center.Students from Kathy Holtkamp?s MPCHS Biotechnical Engineering class ? a Project Lead the Way course ? visited HCHC for a knee replacement presentation given by HCHC Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Joseph Tansey, giving them a unique learning opportunity.?We are in the biomedical unit ...
By MEGAN COOPER Mt. Pleasant NewsAll is not well with roads in the county according to some Henry County residents.During Tuesday?s Henry County Board of Supervisors meeting Rick, Dick and Linda Smith approached the board with a concern they had about the roads near their properties.?I want it on record that I?m not happy with what is going on with the roads out there,? said Rick Smith. ?We have 20 of our ...
Construction crews are wrapping up work on North Iris Street from north of the Walmart Distribution entrance to Winfield Avenue, according to Warner Engineering Associates, Inc. of Mt. Pleasant, project engineer.Cole Construction will be working on breaking and removing the rest of the concrete from the north end of the white topping to Winfield Avenue. Cole will then be grading and installing sub-base material. ...
It?s commencement weekend at Iowa Wesleyan College (IWC).Iowa Wesleyan President Steve Titus will give the commencement address Saturday, May 3, at 1:30 p.m. in the Ruble Arena in the Howe Student Activity Center.A reception is planned on the central campus lawn following commencement.Following is the complete schedule for the weekend.Friday, May 28 a.m.-5 p.m. ? Senior art exhibition in the P.E.O. Building ...
Average retail gasoline prices in Iowa have fallen 2.2 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.60 per gallon April 27, according to GasBuddy?s daily survey of 2,036 gas outlets in Iowa. This compares with the national average that has increased 2.5 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.65 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.Including the change in gas prices in Iowa during the ...
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