Mt. Pleasant News

DISTRICT COURTAudra Lee Hicks, 24, Wayland, three counts of lascivious acts with a minor, probation for three years, no contact order, shall successfully complete the sexual offender treatment program, shall have no unsupervised contact with anyone under the age of 18 without the permission of her supervising officer, shall register as a sex offender, $315 fine plus court costs and surcharges.Brandon Michael ...

Last week members of the Mt. Pleasant drum line and color guard began learning this fall?s upcoming show titled ?The Madness of the Unimagined,? directed by Jim DePriest. In the photo, the color guard practices their routine in the wrestling room of the high school.

Rural theftA theft of property from a farm in the 1300 grid of Dakota Avenue, rural Wayland, was report to the Henry County Sheriff?s Office the morning of July 23.During the investigation, it was found that a farm owner there had several pieces of farm equipment and supplies missing from the property. The missing items include a Honda ATV, a silage auger wagon, hog waterers, white colored wheels for a trailer, ...

These young men are the founding members of the MOUNT-N-EERS 4-H club. The photo was taken around 1970.What are the names of these young gentlemen? If you can help identify this photo, contact Pat White at 319-385-4983, email pwhite6024@aol.com, or check out the Henry County Heritage Trust on Facebook.Look for results of this week?s photo in next week?s Mt. Pleasant News.

DEAR ABBY: I am a 46-year-old female being married for the second time. My first marriage took place 28 years ago and didn?t cost my parents a penny because there was no wedding.I would like to ask them to contribute financially this time to help with the cost of a small, intimate ceremony and dinner for fewer than 20 people. Am I asking too much? -- SECOND TIME AROUND IN ORLANDO, FLA.DEAR SECOND TIME AROUND: ...

By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsHenry County Courthouse is celebrating its centennial today, and in commemoration of this milestone, Thursday morning the board of supervisors voted to purchase a 1934 lithograph of the United States Constitution.The supervisors heard a presentation Thursday from Gary Stephenson of Ft. Dodge, who has been traveling around Iowa with the goal of having a lithograph donated to ...

There was some major excitement last week on the 400 block of East Harlan Street. A female jogger knocked on the door of Mark and Melissa Coleman, asking them if they were aware they had a big limb down in the street. The Colemans did not know and upon looking outside, noticed their big hard maple tree had dropped a huge limb into the street. The couple was rather surprised because there was no wind or major ...

Remodeling of the MP Municipal Airport terminal building, shown above, is in the offing for the city. The city received a grant for the $100,000 project and only will have to pay 25 percent of the cost.

By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsShawna Sammons is hoping her second mission project is as successful as her first, though this year she?s raising money for another kind of pet.Last year, the Mt. Pleasant eighth grader raised money to send a Personal Energy Transportation (PET), a hand-cranked wheelchair, to foreign countries to aid people who have lost the use of their legs due to birth defects, accidents or ...

Corn plants are shooting ears and pods are forming on soybean plants. But will either the ears or pods be full this year? This year?s planting was done in soil that had abundant moisture despite the lack of snowfall last winter. A few spring rains launched the crops to a good start but for the most part, the nozzle has been turned off since early June. Henry County, however, is far from the only Iowa county ...

St. Alphonsus Church in Mt. Pleasant is sponsoring a parish mission entitled ?Uniting Our Community in Faith? on Aug. 5 to 8.A parish mission is a preaching event where God?s word is proclaimed through the Bible and through the life, learning and personal experience of the preacher.There will be four consecutive evenings of prayer, singing and reflections led by Father Andy Meiners, C.Ss.R., a Redemptorist ...

Early Head StartMONDAY: July 30: Breakfast: Quaker Oat Squares cereal, apple juice; a.m. snack: Yogurt parfait with fruit, vanilla wafer; lunch: tuna salad, baby lima beans, diced apricot, wheat pita pockets; p.m. snack: sliced apple bites, tortillaTUESDAY: July 31: Breakfast: oatmeal, diced strawberries; a.m. snack: Strawberry/Banana V8 Fusion, graham crackers; lunch: chili, steamed carrots, sliced oranges, ...