Mt. Pleasant News

Stanley Hill, right, chairman of the Henry County Pioneer Cemetery Commission, shares history of the commission with those attending the first Pioneer Cemetery Day Sept. 14 at Willeford Cemetery.

Crews will be televising sanitary sewer linings in Mt. Pleasant this week and work will continue for a couple of weeks, according to the Mt. Pleasant Public Works Department.The work will be between Cherry and Adams streets and Mapleleaf Drive and Henry Street.

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend of four years, "Joey," is a kind and loving person. Recently the father of one of his close childhood friends died. We live a plane ride away, and Joey could not get time off work to attend the services.I assumed Joey called his friend and family to extend his sympathies. During our last visit home, I found out he had not reached out to them. I'm upset that he didn't, and I know the ...

The Winfield Betterment Committee organized a tailgating celebration for the Iowa/Iowa State football game on Saturday, and several Winfield community members came out to support their favorite team.In the photo, Taylor Shelledy paints Emma Haines? face to help the Winfield-Mt. Union football cheerleaders at their booth.

Carol Nemitz of Mt. Pleasant will serve as the grand marshal of the 2013 Iowa Wesleyan College Homecoming parade.The parade will be on Saturday, Oct. 12. It will begin at 10:30 a.m. in front of the Howe Student Activity Center on the Iowa Wesleyan campus; continue south on Broadway, then turn east on Madison St., then turn north on Main Street to return to campus.The much loved and revered Nemitz began as ...

Mt. Pleasant Municipal Utilities will suspend water service tomorrow (Tues.) from 8 p.m. to approximately midnight for the Central Park project.The 100 block of West Monroe Street (north side of the square) will not have water service at this time.If unforseen problems arise, water also will be turned off during these hours on Monroe Street from Locust to White streets.

Editor?s note: As part of the nation?s 150-year anniversary of the Civil War, the Henry County Civil War Sesquicentennial Task Force will be publishing a monthly column, written by Henry County historians. The research for the articles comes from Henry County newspapers published between 1861-1865, as well as diaries, journals and letters written by Henry County Civil War soldiers and their families.By Joy Lynn ...

The Henry County Saddle Club will be having their September horse show at 10:30 tomorrow (Saturday) at the horse arena in McMillan Park, Mt. Pleasant.

Christa Marie Shaffer, 29, Winfield, violation of no contact order ? 10 days in jail with all but one suspended, must pay court costs and surcharges.Ashley Ara Diane Middono, 23, Mt. Pleasant, operating while intoxicated, first offense ? two days in jail with credit for time served, must complete substance abuse evaluation and any recommended treatment programs, must complete course for drinking drivers, $1,250 ...

By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsVirgil Schmitt tends to be an optimist.Maybe he has to be because he deals daily with a number of people who tend to be less optimistic.Whatever the case, Schmitt said this year?s soybean harvest may not be all doom and gloom.No measurable rain in the area for over 40 days (the area received about a tenth of an inch of rain Sept. 11, the first rainfall since July) naturally ...

By TRISHA PHELPSMt. Pleasant NewsAt Wednesday?s Regional Utility Service Systems (RUSS) meeting, Executive Director Bruce Hudson informed the board that they were getting dangerously close to defaulting on their USDA loan, and then opened up the floor for intense discussion between residents of Mt. Union and the RUSS board concerning the possibility of raising their rates.Currently, system users in Mt. Union ...

DEAR ABBY: I have four siblings. We get along fine as long as we're apart.During Mom's and Dad's funerals, I was dismayed at the degree of tension and bickering among us. I am now dealing with an incurable illness that will shorten my life considerably. I have no desire to put my husband through a funeral hosting a family who never liked him. I prefer to be cremated, and a handwritten letter be sent to each of ...