Mt. Pleasant News

The artistic ability of some Mt. Pleasant residents is demonstrated in their winter lawn ?ornaments.? Snow art in this photo appears to resemble a dog. The art was found on the southeast side of Mt. Pleasant.

A long winter has led to numerous vehicle accidents. This semi had difficulty negotiating the exit ramp from U.S. Highway 218 Tuesday near the ramp?s intersection with East Washington Street. No other information was available from the accident as of presstime Wednesday.

Community Action of Southeast Iowa will give a presentation at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20, at the H.J. Nugen Public Library, 103 East Main Street, New London, designed to provide information about the Affordable Care Act, and why it?s important for individuals to enroll in health insurance coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace at HealthCare.gov.Those attending will view a 30-minute presentation ...

Iowa Wesleyan College will be offering three graduate-level courses beginning the week of March 3, and each meets for eight weeks. Two of the courses are online. Prerequisite for enrolling is a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university.Geared for persons working in business, education, healthcare or counseling, these courses are soon to be a part of Iowa Wesleyan?s first graduate ...

Trustees of the Mt. Pleasant Municipal Utilities will receive updates on the Grand Avenue LED street-lighting and Union Block upgrade projects during their regular monthly meeting Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the utilities office.Other tentative agenda items include a well #6 repair project upgrade.

City of Mt. Pleasant offices and City Hall will be closed Monday, Feb. 17, in observance of Presidents? Day.Garbage pickup will be one day later next week.

Students at Harlan Elementary School in Mt. Pleasant are being taught to follow their dreams.To aid in the process, the school district is inviting people from the community to share their expertise on what it takes to be what you want as an adult.Some Iowa Wesleyan College gridders, top photo, recently visited with the students. Pictured from left are Chase Tackett, Chase Taylor, Ronnis Kaesburg, Jory Simms ...

By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsShipley Construction trucks and equipment will be dominate the eastern edge of Mt. Pleasant this summer as the Burlington construction firm was awarded the bid for the Iris Street reconstruction project.Shipley had a year hiatus last summer after spending the previous three summers in Mt. Pleasant reconstructing Washington Street?s passage through the community.There were ...

By TRISHA PHELPSMt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? The weather may have forced New London Community School District to let out early on Tuesday, but the New London City Council wasn?t afraid of a little snow. They held their regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday night.The council approved a quote from Electronic Engineering for $17,477.00 to replace the tornado siren in town.The quote includes a siren, motor ...

By TRISHA PHELPS Mt. Pleasant News WAYLAND ? Financial matters dominated most of Wednesday night?s Wayland city council meeting, including the fiscal year 2013 annual examination report, setting a public hearing date to approve a fiscal year 2014 budget amendment and passing a resolution establishing the Wayland Industrial Park East capital project funds for streets and infrastructure.In the annual examinatio...

NEW LONDON ? New London City Council members will discuss increasing sewer rates during their regular council meeting tonight at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall.Other tentative agenda items include discuss and taking action on using the Casey?s building on East Main Street for the public works shop; discussing the fiscal 2015 budget and approving a quote for replacing a tornado siren.

BURLINGTON ? A Mediapolis man was killed in a one-vehicle accident Feb. 1, according to the Des Moines County Sheriff?s Office.Michael Loyal Butler, 51, was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Dan Allen Miller, 46, Mediapolis, according to the press release.The accident happened at approximately 1 a.m. at the intersection of U.S. Highway 61 and Memorial Park Road.Butler was pronounced dead at the scene and ...