Southeastern Community College Keokuk campus has announced the dean?s list for the fall 2012 semester. To qualify for the list, a student must have attempted a minimum of 12 semester hours and achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or greater on a 4.0 scale.Area students on the list include:Danville: Abigail Courtney, Logan Hogberg, Brandi Mutchler, Deidra Stewart, Braylin WolkenhauerMt. Pleasant: Tayler ...
Two state senators especially interested in economic growth got an early start by meeting Monday at the Iowa Statehouse. Senator Bill Dotzler, Waterloo, will chair of the Senate Economic Development Budget Subcommittee while Senator-Elect Rich Taylor, Mt. Pleasant, will be a member of the Senate Economic Growth Committee. The almost empty chamber of the Iowa Senate will be transformed when the 2013 session of the ...
The U.S. Department of Veterans affairs recently announced it is cutting tape for veterans by eliminating the need for them to complete an annual eligibility verification report (EVR).The department will implement a new process for confirming eligibility for benefits.Under the new initiative, the department will work with the Internal Revenue Service and the Social Security Administration to verify continued ...
Mt. Pleasant City Council members corrected a long-time mistake Wednesday night. The house in the photo, owned by David and Brenda Bain, located on the northwest corner of McMillan Park has a property deed showing the city owning the house. Meanwhile, the barn, located just to the south, was showed owned by the Bains. The discovery was made during some research and evidently the error has gone undetected for ...
MISCELLANEOUSAnimal complaint ? 800 block of East Washington, Jan. 9.Suspicious person, activity, vehicle ? 100 block of West Washington, Jan. 9.Animal complaint ? 500 block of East Webster, Jan. 9.Theft ? 200 block of West Washington, Jan. 9.
A 13-year-old runaway has been returned to Salem, according to the Henry County Sheriff?s office.According to the sheriff?s office, they received a report Jan. 3 of the runaway.The teen was located a couple days later near Kansas City, Mo., accompanied by Keith Lane Davis-Sauer, 19, of rural Ottumwa.The child has been returned to Salem and Davis-Sauer was taken from the Platte County (Mo.) Jail and transported ...
The Mt. Pleasant Area Chamber Alliance has announced that Holly Jones has been named administrative coordinator/Henry County Tourism Director.?As a lifelong citizen of Mt. Pleasant I welcome the chance to assist in the growth of our community through the role of tourism director,? Jones said. ?I look forward to starting my position and giving back to the town that has given so much to me.?A graduate of Mt. ...
By TRISHA PHELPSMt. Pleasant NewsWINFIELD ? ?It will be a fun night,? said Winfield ? Mt. Union High School principal Dave Edwards said of the upcoming basketball games on Friday, Jan. 18.While W?MU usually has a winter homecoming game, this year they are trying something new.?Friday, Jan. 18, we?re moving away from calling it a ?winter homecoming? and just decided to have a different sort of night. We are ...
By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsIt?s back to square one for the Mt. Pleasant City Council and, in particular, the ordinance committee.In its regular meeting Wednesday night, the council unanimously thumbed down the second reading of a proposed ordinance dealing with abandoned and junk vehicles. The action means that the proposed ordinance is ?dead? and a new proposal will have to be drafted by the committee.?...
By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsWhile the Mt. Pleasant City Council defeated a proposed ordinance on abandoned and junk vehicles Wednesday night, a nuisance ordinance survived a second reading?but not without debate.The council unanimously passed and moved to a third reading an ordinance on general nuisances. The third reading of the ordinance will be during the council?s Jan. 23 meeting at which time it will ...
Henry County Extension is offering the winter Master Gardeners class starting in January.Master Gardener classes will meet Tuesday nights from Jan. 15 until March 19 from 6 to 9:30 p.m. There will also be some locally-set dates that have not been scheduled yet.In addition to the Tuesday night classes there will be a class on Saturday, Feb. 23 on campus in Ames.After completion of the course work, the Master ...
DEAR ABBY: Please help me spread an important message to people who receive Social Security or other federal benefits each month via one of the estimated 5.4 million paper checks each month. Starting March 1, 2013, the Treasury Department is requiring all Social Security, VA, SSI and other federal beneficiaries receive their benefits by ELECTRONIC PAYMENT. Senior citizens and other federal beneficiaries may ...
Some of the members of InMotion, Mt. Pleasant High School?s show choir, perform on Sunday at Mt. Pleasant?s annual variety show.
Board members of the Regional Utility Service Systems (RUSS) will consider the election of a new board secretary/treasurer during the regular meeting Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Henry County Emergency Management building.Other tentative agenda items include discussion of training for new RUSS board members; discussion/consideration of legal action to collect past due debt from the City of Franklin; and discussion/...
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