Mt. Pleasant News

Henry County?s Relay for Life will be tomorrow (June 23) on the campus of Iowa Wesleyan Collge from noon until midnight.Survivor lunch will be at 11 a.m. and the luminaria ceremony at 8 p.m.Bands will be performing and there will be other entertainment during the event. There also will be a silent auction, pie auction and lots of food and fun.The public is invited and all proceeds go to the American Cancer ...

This wedding photo was taken at the First United Methodist Church in Mt. Pleasant on Nov. 27, 1955.The photo was at the wedding of Laurence Gohn and Marguerite McCosh, with Pastor James W. Marlin officiating. The groomsman is Laurence?s brother. The other attendants remain unknown.Comments came from Judy Sammons, Waunita Hobbie and Norma Helphrey.

Janice S. Towne of Mt. Pleasant has become the 2012-2013 president of the Iowa Society of Certified Public Accountants (ISCPA).Towne is the owner of Riverview Financial Group PC, in Keosauqua.Last year, she served as vice president of ISCPA.On Friday, May 11, Towne emceed the morning educational session, which featured Keith E. Luchtel and Scott A. Sundstrom of Nyemaster Goode PC, in Des Moines.At the ...

The Lockridge Lions Club and the University of Iowa Health Care are sponsoring a free eye sight screening on June 27, at 10 a.m. at Sue Hopper?s Lockridge Paint Studio.This screening only takes a few minutes and is taken with a camera on children six months old to 48 months old. It can detect problems that can cause reduced vision and is 85 to 90 percent effective.For consent forms, call Wayne Diers at 319-696-2...

A group of public and private organizations, which included emergency response officials, gathered Friday, June 15, in Mt. Pleasant for a tabletop discussion on emergency preparedness.According to the press release, the tabletop exercise incorporated several possible emergency scenarios which would test the responses within individual organizations, as well as the community at large. The three and a half hour ...

DEAR ABBY: Over the years you have published letters about the hard work done by wives who stayed at home and advised that husbands should share some of the load.I am a male. When I was married I got up with the kids, made breakfast, packed their lunches, cleaned the kitchen and left for work. I did 90 percent of the grocery shopping and prepared dinner four or five nights a week. On weekends, I cut the grass, ...

During a recent Wednesday morning, a ?Senior Walk, Stretch and Learn? was held on the Iowa Wesleyan College campus to promote overall senior health. Put on by Healthy Henry County Communities, Henry County Public Health and The Rec Center, eleven organizations had informational booths inside the Howe Activity Center. Outside, seniors had the opportunity to take a half-mile walk around campus. Although the event ...

By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsA $7.7 million CMS Innovation Grant received by the University of Iowa may end up making use of Henry County Health Center, though the details are still minimal.?Right now we cannot speak to what it entails (for HCHC),? said Robb Gardner, HCHC CEO. He explained to the board of trustees during their regular meeting on Tuesday that he had just received the information on Friday, ...

By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsWAYLAND ? WACO will attempt to become the second Iowa school district to be granted a waiver for a four-day school week.Small, rural Iowa school districts must be innovative to set themselves apart from other similar school districts. WACO School Board members, who last night enthusiastically and unanimously approved application to the Iowa Department of Education for the ...

By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsAlthough it was described as a ?close call,? the discussion held between the Henry County Board of Supervisors and Planning and Zoning Administrator Joe Buffington on Feb. 14, was not illegal, according to a letter the supervisors received Monday from the State of Iowa Citizens? Aide/Ombudsman office.?I?m pleased to receive acknowledgement that the Iowa State Ombudsman Office ...

Several locations will be without water service Thursday, June 21, due to the Washington Street project, according to Mt. Pleasant Municipal Utilities.Water service to the following locations will be interrupted from 6 a.m. to approximately 12 noon:? The 100, 200, 300 and 400 blocks of South Main Street from Monroe to Green streets;? The 200, 300 and 400 blocks of South Jackson Street from Washington to Green ...

By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsWAYLAND ? Iowa schools must file a waiver request with the Iowa Department of Education (DOE) for a new innovative school year (four-day school week) by Nov. 1. If approved, the waiver would be effective for the next school year.According to WACO officials, the DOE has said cost savings cannot be used as a reason to request a four-day week. Rather, districts must document in ...