Mt. Pleasant News

Melissa Kay Kettler, 41, Mt. Pleasant, disorderly conduct ? $65 fine plus court costs and surcharges.Vincent Arthur Wade Kelton, 22, Mt. Pleasant, third-degree theft ? two years in jail suspended for two years probation, $625 fine plus court costs and surcharges.Samuel Dean Moyers, 28, West Burlington, domestic abuse assault ? $65 fine plus court costs and surcharges.Dylan Lee Phillips, 21, Mt. Pleasant, ...

INVESTIGATIONSJessica Lynn Cornic, 28, Mt. Pleasant, was arrested at 700 block of East Cedar Lane and charged with domestic abuse assault, July 7.Jeffrey Adam Cornic, 33, Mt. Pleasant, was arrested at 700 block of East Cedar Lane and charged with domestic abuse assault, July 7.Jeremy Warren Miller, 36, Mt. Pleasant, was arrested at 700 block of South Main Street and charged with domestic abuse assault causing ...

By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsA ?rookie? teacher (rookie being defined as a teacher with no previous experience) in the Mt. Pleasant Community School District will be paid a salary of $31,515 during the 2013-14 school year, according to terms of the master contract between the Mt. Pleasant Education Association (MPEA) and the school district.The contract was ratified by the school board Monday night and had ...

Nick Henas, 2, tries his hand at playing guitar at the Friday, July 5, Rock Around The Block. This was the second Rock Around the Block event. The next one will be on Aug. 2, and will feature a local band, the Beaker Brothers. The Aug. 2 event will be the last one for the summer.

Resolutions setting a public hearing date for the sale of a portion of street right-of-way, a memorandum of understanding with the Henry County RSVP organization and a waiver of subdivison requirements await the Mt. Pleasant City Council.The council will consider these resolutions during its regular meeting tonight at 7 p.m. in City Hall.The council will also consider a mayoral appointment to the airport ...

By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsA portion of Lexington Avenue and Salem Road will be blocked on Wednesday, July 17, to make way for a house being moved down the road.Interim County Engineer Clarence Perry told the board of supervisors Tuesday morning that the county had received a request to move the house, which is located on Lexington Avenue. The house will be moved south on Lexington Avenue for eight ...

By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsDr. William H. Porter, a licensed psychologist who has practiced the past 12 years in Mt. Pleasant, began his vocational career as an art teacher.Now he has combined his two vocations and his passion into his first book: ?Portrait Therapy: A Sketchbook of Contemporary American Emotion.?He said part of the inspiration for the book came from his wife, Nancy B. Porter, a social ...

New Mt. Pleasant Community School District Superintendent of Schools Mike Wells, left, was at his first school board meeting Monday night. At Wells? right is Ed Chabal, school board secretary and district director of finance.

Shelby Ruby of Mt. Pleasant has been named to the dean?s list at AIB College of Business for the spring 2013 term.To qualify for the dean?s list, Ruby attained a grade point average of 3.5 to 3.79 for the term.Ruby is earning a bachelor of science degree in business administration at AIB.

There will be a free lily tour hosted at the home of Lori and John Anderman.?It?s worth the drive,? said Lori Anderman, noting there are 209 different variations of day lillies, along with asiatic, orientals, turkscap, trumpets and lily trees.The tour will be held on Saturday, July 6, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Friday, July 12 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.Those interested can also schedule an appointment at another ...

DEAR ABBY: My brother-in-law, ?Dave,? has twice kissed me passionately when my sister was not around. I made light of it and pushed him away. The third time it happened was when he came to my house to do a little repair job for me. That time he also grabbed my breast. I exploded and told him off.Later on, Dave called and said he was going to come back to do some other things that needed attention. I told him he ...

By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsWAYLAND ? Thomas Bus Sales Inc. of Des Moines was to have supplied the WACO Community School District with six new buses for the 2013-14 school year under terms of a lease/purchase program.They won?t.WACO School Directors, during a special board meeting Monday night, reopened the bids after the district learned that one firm?s bid was not presented at the March 18 meeting ...