Mt. Pleasant News

Although average retail gasoline prices in Iowa fell four cents per gallon in the past week, they still remain considerably higher than a year ago.According to GasBuddy.com, retail prices in Iowa averaged $3.82 per gallon on Sunday. That compares with the national average that has fallen just over four cents in the last week to $3.81 per gallon, according to gasoline price website IowaStateGasPrices.com.Includin...

By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsElsie Hobbs has shown that it?s never too late to make a difference.When the 76-year-old resident of Lowell sat down to have her hair cut at noon on Friday, she wasn?t just looking to have a new hairstyle. She wanted to help someone else by donating her hair to Locks of Love, a nonprofit organization that provides wigs for children who have lost their hair due to medical ...

It was a step back in time as the Mt. Pleasant?s 20th Century Car Club held its last summer cruise in of the season Friday night. Gary Van Dorin of Mt. Pleasant chats with passersby about his 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air, on display on the north side of the square.

The Mt. Pleasant Community High School music department hosted the 14th Annual Mt. Pleasant Marching Band Invitational Saturday night, with 20 bands taking the field at Evans Field in Mt. Pleasant.A member of the Mt. Pleasant color guard, top photo, manuevers the flag during the high school?s exhibition show, titled ?The Madness of the Unimagined,? featuring music arranged by director Jim DePriest.

By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsNEW LONDON ? It?s going to be about another month before students at New London Middle/High School are able to use the new science rooms.?The original date before all of this happened was Sept. 24. That was our target date, and we?re going to miss that by about a month,? said New London Superintendent of Schools Steve McAllister. ?They?re still working on things down there, ...

I decided to write this column while my red beets are cooking. I cook them long enough so that the skin peels off easily. I want to make pickled red beets to put in cans. We will serve those for lunch when we have church services next spring.I also have several more buckets of tomatoes ready to put into juice. With these tomatoes I?ll have well over 100 quarts of juice canned already, along with 80 pints of ...

WACO Junior-Senior High School students were given the opportunity to imitate a staff member Thursday as part of the school?s homecoming festivities. One of the imitators and the staff member she was imitating included senior Gabriella Stacy and high school social studies teacher Renea Reichenbach.

By ANDY HALLMANGolden Triangle News ServiceWASHINGTON ? Trials dates have been set for two defendants accused of campaign ethics violations during the June primary election.The trial of Priscilla Marlar is set for Oct. 30 at 9:30 a.m. The pretrial conference is Oct. 19. District Court Judge Joel Yates established the trial dates in an order that was filed Sept. 7.Marlar was charged with an unlawful receipt of ...

Pictured are the Crooked Creek FFA and agriculture education students who attended the Iowa State University Southeast Iowa Research Farm Student Field Day on Thursday, Sept. 6, near Wyman. They are, from left, Kolton Malone, Chase Brown, Travis Jones, Riley Heinzel, Kerry Davis, Neil Davis and Cole Williams. During the field day, students were able to choose from a variety of sessions which included hi-tech crop ...

Hope is the anchor of our souls. I know of no one who is not in need of hope ? young or old, strong or weak, rich or poor.Everybody in this life has their challenges and difficulties. That is part of our mortal test.The reason for some of these trials cannot be readily understood except on the basis of faith and hope because there is often a larger purpose which we do not always understand. Peace comes through ...

Shipley Construction is going to attempt to pave the whole ?enchilada? Friday, meaning Washington Street from just east of the Marion intersection to Jay Street.Consequently, Washington Street will be closed during the day Friday and reopen Friday night when paving has been completed.Motorists are encouraged to use either Clay or Monroe streets to travel east or west through Mt. Pleasant during the day Friday.

Mt. Pleasant Community High School students Jessie Sirivath, left, and Mikayle Lance paint a homecoming spirit message on a downtown business window. The homecoming parade will be tomorrow at 3 p.m. along the city square.