Mt. Pleasant News

Dan Wittmayer, front, of Washington and Dan Conger, back, of Ollie, employees of Ace Electric, install the new diesel-powered generator at Salem Wednesday. The generator will supply power to the community in the event of a mass power outage.

By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsSALEM ? Salem?s new generator is up and running, Dick Myers, city public works director, reported to the Salem City Council Wednesday night.?We had it running (on Wednesday),? Myers told the council. ?Everything ran okay.?However, there is a problem with the electronic governor on the generator which is easily fixed, he said.Salem purchased the $22,000 generator from Ace ...

Mt. Pleasant and Lockridge will host Veterans Day observances this weekend.Mt. Pleasant will have its event Sunday, Nov. 11, and Lockridge?s observance is Saturday, Nov. 10. Following is information on each.Mt. PleasantMt. Pleasant?s ceremony will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Veterans Hall, 300 W. Monroe St. Traditionally, the event is at 11 a.m. but because the day falls on Sunday this year, the time has been ...

Suspicious person, activity, vehicle ? intersection of Green and Jefferson streets, Nov. 4.Animal complaint ? 700 block of North Main, Nov. 4.Animal complaint - 2200 block of East Commerce Drive, Nov. 6.Animal complaint - intersection of MArion and Henry streets, Nov. 6.Suspicious person, activity, vehicle - intersection of Warren and White streets, Nov. 6.

To celebrate the release of ?The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2,? the Mt. Pleasant Public Library will be holding a party on Thursday, Nov. 8, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Civic Center meeting room on the second floor.This program celebrating the final film in the ?Twilight? series is free and no registration is required. The program is open to both teens ages 13 and older and adult fans as well.Attendees can ...

We have entered the 11th month of this year already. Where did time go so fast? Every year seems to go faster than the year before.A happy 40th birthday goes to brother-in-law Jacob. His birthday is today, Nov. 1. It is a nice and sunny but cold day here in Michigan.Our thoughts and prayers are with the ones in New York and New Jersey who experienced such devastation from last week?s storm.Susan and I did the ...

INVESTIGATIONSTyler Scott Forbess (Church), 17, Mt. Pleasant, was cited at 200 block of East Washington Street for regulation of amplified sound sources ? vehicle, Nov. 3.Marcus John Ford, 38, Rome, was cited for assault causing injury, without the intent to cause serious injury, and causes bodily injury, Nov. 4.Heather Renae Sullivan, 25, Mt. Pleasant, was cited at 200 block of Jackson Street for driving ...

Second District Democratic Congressman Dave Loebsack visited Henry County Democratic Headquarters on Saturday and thanked campaign volunteers for their work getting out the vote for the upcoming critical election.He took a moment to reflect on his days in Mt. Vernon doing exactly what the volunteers were doing to encourage citizens to vote.The role of government was central in his brief comments. He recalled ...

The Henry County Sheriff?s Office responded to a call of an erratic driver and arrested the operator of the vehicle.Paul Harvey Westra, 32, of Washington was arrested for driving on the wrong side of a two-way highway and operating while intoxicated, second offense.On Saturday, Nov. 3, the Henry County Sheriff?s Office received a report of a southbound, white Dodge Durango, allegedly driven by Westra, traveling ...

By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsThanks to local donations, many disabled Guatemalans will be having a merry Christmas this year.Since Aug. 25, the Wayland non-profit On His Path joined up with Bethel Ministries International of Chimaltenango, Guatemala to collect wheelchairs, walkers, crutches or other medical equipment to send down to Guatemala, where 80 percent of the population lives in extreme poverty.Do...

On His Path, a Wayland non-profit, and Bethel Ministries International have collected wheelchairs and other medical equipment since the end of August to send to the disabled in Guatemala. Beginning Thursday afternoon, volunteers took inventory and packed the equipment to be shipped. In the photo, John Mitchell, founder of On His Path, pairs up crutches.

DEAR ABBY: My father passed away a year ago, after being married to ?Valerie? for 14 years. After his death, she got his life insurance. She paid for his funeral and the burial. She also bought a new house and a horse within two months of losing our father. Four months later, she was dating another man.My sister and I didn?t ask for anything except a few articles of Dad?s clothing. Having spent all the insurance ...