Mt. Pleasant News

The Fellowship Cup in Mt. Pleasant offers a community meal for a minimum cost.The menu for Wednesday, March 27, at 11:30 a.m., is brisket, mashed potatoes/gravy, old-fashioned coleslaw and peaches/pears.The meal is sponsored by First Presbyterian Church.There will be card games played after the meal.

By TRISHA PHELPSMt. Pleasant NewsWINFIELD ? The Winfield City Council is getting ready to have the first reading of the proposed changes to the animal ordinance on April 8.?This is basically the way the committee recommended, with the exception of a few things,? said Mayor Chris Finnell of the ordinance changes that City Attorney Wyatt Peterson drafted for the council to study.Changes include removing the ...

Student art projects from WACO and Winfield-Mt. Union, along with eight other Southeast Iowa Super Conference schools, is on display at the P.E.O. Building on the IWC campus through tomorrow. In the top photo is one wall of the displays. At left-center is a sculpture ?Fairy and the Fawn,? completed by Trilby Frier, Faith Entsminger and Seth Pategas of WACO, which placed third among sculptures. The ?Memory Jar? in ...

By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsIn an attempt to improve the overall health of the community, the move is being made towards smoke-free housing.?We are currently receiving funds for eight hours a week to promote smoke-free housing in Henry County through the Community Transformation Grant,? Chris Kempker, tobacco prevention coordinator through the Iowa State University Extension Office in Henry County, told ...

Mt. Pleasant?s compost site, located southwest of Saunders Park at the end of Yocum Lane and Hoaglin Drive, will open for the season Saturday, March 30.Hours of operation are from 1-6 p.m. on Wednesdays and 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturdays.For more information, call 385-1470.

Student art projects from WACO and Winfield-Mt. Union, along with eight other Southeast Iowa Super Conference schools, is on display at the P.E.O. Building on the IWC campus. In the photo is a sculpture ?Fairy and the Fawn,? completed by Trilby Frier, Faith Entsminger and Seth Pategas of WACO, which placed third among sculptures. The ?Memory Jar? in front of the sculpture won a third place for Frier. Art projects ...

By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsWith unemployment rates high in Henry County (7.6 percent in January, according to Iowa Workforce Development statistics), resident Dean Hamilton wants to see more action from local government.?We?re beyond an emergency. We have families struggling, and it?s disgusting that we see inaction at every level of government,? Hamilton told the Henry County Board of Supervisors ...

MiscellaneousSuspicious person, activity, vehicle ? 100 block of East Clay Street, March 21.Criminal mischief/vandalism ? 800 block of College Avenue, March 21.Harassment/threats ? 700 block of East Mapleleaf Drive, March 21.Disturbance ? 100 block of East Langdon Street, March 21.

There is no date on this photo of four young ladies who appear to be Olds cheerleaders. Does anybody know who they are or when this photo was taken? If you can help identify this photo, contact Pat White at 319-385-4983, email pwhite6024@aol.com or check out the Henry County Heritage Trust on Facebook. Look for results of this week?s photo in next week?s Mt. Pleasant News.

Economic development will be the major topic Saturday morning at the third legislative briefing of the Iowa legislative session.State Rep. Dave Heaton, R-Mt. Pleasant, and State Sen. Rich Taylor, D-Mt. Pleasant, will be joined on the panel by Jason Hutcheson, president and CEO of the Greater Burlington Partnership. Hutcheson also is a member of the Professional Developers of Iowa Board of Directors and Legislativ...

Monday, March 25, is Women of Wesleyan Day on the Iowa Wesleyan College campus, with two events planned that promote women?s causes.?Education: A Right or a Privilege,? a Lunch and Learn program will be held from 12 to 12:50 p.m. in the International Room of the Chadwick Library.Participants will be encouraged to rethink how gender influences access to education both in the United States and around the world.Th...

Project Manager Cragon Caboth, center, shows Henry County Health Center trustees Jan Towne, left, and Kent Severson, right, where the waiting room area will be in the new surgery addition being constructed at HCHC. The windows to the gift shop can be seen behind Caboth.