Mt. Pleasant News

Dave Greiwe, manager of the Mt. Pleasant West Liberty Foods facility, left, and Michele Boney, environmental compliance officer, hold the certificate awarded to West Liberty Foods indicating its ?Landfill Free? status. The award was given to West Liberty Foods from NSF International Strategic Registrations.According to a release from the company, ?West Liberty Foods is among the first companies in the United ...

Henry County Emegency Management Coordinator Walt Jackson said that as of noon today (Aug. 22), the open burning ban for Henry County was lifted by the State Fire Marshal?s office.Jackson, however, urged residents to still use extreme caution when burning outdoors.

Henry County?s July jobless rate, 6.5 percent, remained unchanged from June, according to monthly labor force data released Tuesday by Iowa Workforce Development.The county bucked a trend as most southeast Iowa counties showed an increase in unemployment. Statewide, Iowa?s unemployment rose to 5.3 percent in July from 5.1 percent in June.Following are July unemployment figures for neighboring counties, micropoli...

The Hillsboro Public Library?s last ?Surprise Story Time? for the summer was held Wednesday, Aug. 8.Zoe Runyon read school related stories to the children from the following books: First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg, Horrible Harry Moves Up to Third Grade by Suzy Kline, Don?t Eat the Teacher by Nick Ward and Back to School by Wanda E. Brunstetter.After story time, attendees were given a paper pair of pants ...

It is 5:15 a.m. and 18-year-old daughter Elizabeth just left for her job at the factory. My husband Joe left over an hour ago for his job. Elizabeth started at the factory a couple of weeks ago. She works five days a week. Her cleaning job didn?t have enough days of work each week for her. At the factory they make camping trailers.I miss Elizabeth?s good help here at home, but Susan and Verena are done detasselin...

Three arrests were made as the Mt. Pleasant Police Department, along with 70 law enforcement officers from 12 other law enforcement agencies, executed five search warrants across Henry and Louisa counties yesterday, Aug. 21.Jason Tripp, who had been wanted on arrest warrants, was apprehended. Brent Bradley and Lisa Delay, both of Mt. Pleasant, also were arrested. No ages on any of those charged were released.Two...

One million dollars ? that is the total raised for children?s cancer programs through the 18 years of the City Carton Recycling/Ockenfels Family Foundation Charity Golf Outings.The golf outing was held recently in Coralville. The one day event raised over $129,000 this year for the American Cancer Society?s Scholarship Program and the ?Children?s Cancer Connection,? a non-profit organization providing support ...

Access Energy Cooperative held the co-op?s 74th annual meeting of members on Tuesday, Aug. 7. The crowd was estimated at over 3,000 people with 910 registered members present, according to a release from the co-op.Welcome speaker of the business meeting was Kiley Miller, executive director for the Mt. Pleasant Chamber Alliance, he said that he very much enjoys working with the employees at the cooperative.Access...

By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsHenry County Health Center has been named one of the top 100 hospitals in the country to win the Hospital of Choice Award for 2012.?I?m very impressed and very humbled by being honored as a top 100 hospital,? Robb Gardner, HCHC CEO, told the board of trustees during their regular board meeting on Tuesday, noting it is a credit to all involved in the work of the hospital.?We ...

Mt. Pleasant?s Sidney Taylor, 13, was one of the finalists in the senior division of the Iowa State Fair Talent Search. The class includes peformers from ages 13-21.

Friday afternoon two fawns were seen frolicking along West Courtland Street in Mt. Pleasant. The pair ran in a field, took time to snack on vegetation and then laid down in the shade.

DEAR ABBY: I?d like to respond to ?Where the Boys Aren?t? (May 26). We?re right here every day, lady, working in the same building, going to the same functions, eating at the same diners and attending the same churches. But we don?t measure up to the standards you have set.You can find us after work at sports bars with friends having a beer, early morning weekends on the lake or stream fishing, kicking back ...