Mt. Pleasant News

Boy Scout Mitchell Logan Burnstedt, a member of Troop 24 in Mt. Pleasant, will be honored at 3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 17, at the Oakland Mills Nature Center in Mt. Pleasant for achieving the Eagle Scout Award, Boy Scouting?s highest honor.Burnstedt, 15, earned the honor at age 14. He is the son of Mark Burnstedt and Cari and Chris Nicely. Grandparents are Gary and Judy Burnstedt; Ray Griffin and Martha Griffin, ...

Memories are made around the kitchen table, especially during the holidays. After 20 years at their current address, Glenn and Lynn Graf have a lot of memories of the house they call home. Revisiting these memories is Lynn?s favorite thing about decorating for Christmas as she brings out her children?s ornaments.The 14th Annual T.T.T. Tour of Homes, sponsored by Chapter DD of T.T.T., will take place Sunday, Nov. ...

Patrick James Smeets, 19, Mt. Pleasant, Possession of drug paraphernalia - $65 fine plus court costs and surcharges.Patrick James Smeets, 19, Mt. Pleasant, operating while intoxicated, first offense ? shall complete a course for drinking drivers, $625 fine plus court costs and surcharges.

What will eventually become the surgery center at the Henry County Health Center is now a big hole. The forms are being erected and soon the walls will be poured. During the construction process, patients and visitors to the center are reminded that past parking regulations have been suspended and signs now direct patients and visitors to the proper parking lot.

By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsHenry County currently funds mental health services above and beyond the core services mandated under redesign, and when the changes go into effect on July 1, 2013, residents could potentially lose some of those services.?Henry County would back-pedal in what people have available to them,? Sarah Kaufman, Henry County CPC administrator told the Henry County Board of Health on ...

Danielle Jackie Liechty, 24, Mt. Pleasant, dog at large - $10 fine plus court costs and surcharges.Sydney Kyle Davis, 18, New London, disorderly conduct - $60 fine plus court costs and surcharges.Steven Bernard Olson, 43, New London, simple assault ? 10 days in jail less credit for time earned.Steven Bernard Olson, 43, New London, probation violation ? two years in jail, $2,000 fine, plus court costs and ...

There will be a farewell open house for Allen and Blanca Wittmer Sunday, Nov. 18, at Manning Hall, 607 S. Jackson St., from 1-3 p.m.Allen Wittmer is the former Henry County sheriff and has accepted a position with the U.S. Marshall?s Office in San Antonio, Texas.

Even though we have not yet celebrated Thanksgiving, Mt. Pleasant is sporting a Christmas look as the lights were affixed to the street light poles in the business district this morning. Here, city employee Dan Koller does the attaching at the corner of Monroe and Main streets.

Mallory Henderson has been hired as the Director of Marketing for Reunion Vineyard in Mt. Pleasant.Henderson, a 2006 graduate of Mt. Pleasant Community High School and a 2011 graduate of Iowa State University, will direct all the marketing and public relations for both the Vineyard and Event Center.?I?m excited to be in on the ground floor of this venture,? Henderson said. ?With the construction of the event ...

No one likes to think that the holidays are just around the corner, and yet for those who are suffering from the loss of a loved one, the holidays probably can?t be over soon enough.Renowned grief therapist, Nick Longworth, of Cedar Rapids will be presenting several ideas on how to survive the upcoming holiday season. This annual seminar invites anyone who is enduring any type of loss to attend this helpful ...

INVESTIGATIONSMarcus Lamont Williams, 21, Burlington, was arrested at the intersection of Grand and Monroe and charged with driving under suspension (nonpayment of fines), Nov. 9.Cathy Lynn Wellington, 54, Mt. Pleasant, was cited at 200 block of East Washington for driving under suspension (nonpayment of fines), Nov. 9.Ryan Ray Patrick, 23, Salem, was arrested at 800 block of South Jefferson and charged with ...

Members of the Mt. Pleasant City Council?s Advisory Committee will discuss the airport terminal project and snow removal at its next regularly scheduled meeting.The meeting will be Monday, Nov. 19, at 5:30 p.m. at the Airport Administration Building.