By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsNEW LONDON ? The New London Community School District is set to undergo some major changes for the 2012-2013 school year.By the first day of school:? There will be a new superintendent? There will be a new secondary principal? The 1:1 computer initiative will be implemented in grades six through 12? There will be a pilot proficiency grading program at the middle school ...
This past week we did a lot of painting as we continue to get things in order after the house fire last month. All four bedrooms upstairs are painted and one needs another coat. Things are beginning to look a lot better.We would like to go get some flooring to put in the bedrooms that don?t have any yet. My husband Joe and the boys can work on that while he is off work. He will be having some days off due to ...
Oakland Mills Nature Center is holding a Live Raptors program on June 19, from 7 to 8 p.m in the environmental education classroom.The program offers the chance to see the Nature Center?s live raptors up close and learn about the differences between owls, red-tailed hawks and falcons.This free program is appropriate for all ages; children must be accompanied by an adult. The program is being sponsored by ...
The Southeastern National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will meet on Tuesday, June 19, from 6 to 7 p.m. at Breaduex Pizza in Mt. Pleasant.For more information or to RSVP, call Angie Goodpaster at 319-986-2030.
DEAR ABBY: I need to get something off my chest. My son and his wonderful -- or so I thought -- girlfriend, just broke up. OK, she dumped him. Out of the blue, with no warning, she slept with another guy and the next day she told my son it was over.I am devastated! This is a girl I LOVED. He hadn?t proposed yet, but my son wanted to marry her. She was going to be my daughter-in-law, the mother of my grandchildren...
DEAR ABBY: My parents are approaching their 80s, and I'd like to recommend to seniors that a cherished gift to their children and grandchildren would be a journal or family history book written by them describing their childhood memories and early married years. So many funny stories and historical markers of an earlier time -- before computers and fax machines -- will be lost if they're not shared.Children and ...
By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsWith an increased interest in alerts and warning systems after a tornado struck near Wayland in early May, the Henry County Board of Supervisors are hoping more people will take advantage of CodeRED, a system that makes mass phone calls to alert the public of an emergency situation.Alerts can be sent out by the county, cities, schools and sheriff?s offices to alert residents ...
Indian Hills Community College has released the names of the students who completed their graduation requirements at the end of the 2012 spring term.Following is a list of students who received an associate of arts (AA) degree, associate of applied Science (AAS) degree, or diploma at the end of the spring term.Hillsboro: Jaclyn R. Hoaglin (diploma), Cynthia V. Hodson (diploma)Mt. Pleasant: Nathan B. Allred ...
Crews working on the alley behind First Federal Savings Bank of Iowa on Main Street in Mt. Pleasant struck a gas line Friday morning. Monroe Street between Main and Adams streets was closed and the bank was evacuated as a precaution while the crew and the Mt. Pleasant Fire Department worked to cap the line.
The Reschly/Schweitzer reunion is scheduled the weekend of June 23 to 24.Saturday evening, there will be a social time at the Comfort Inn in Mt. Pleasant from 4 to 8 p.m.On Sunday, a potluck dinner will be held at noon at the Sugar Creek Mennonite Church southeast of Wayland. In the afternoon, a time to share new family events can be recorded to update the genealogy records.The family tree created by Betty and ...
Mt. Pleasant officially welcomed its newest financial institution Thursday. A grand opening and ribbon cutting was hosted at Community 1st Credit Union on East Washington Street, just east of the Hy-Vee Food Store. In the photo, Jason Goody of Mt. Pleasant, center, is conversing as Caleb Miller, right, Community 1st branch manager, passes by.
WAYLAND ? WACO School Board members will set the salaries of administrators during their regular meeting Monday night at 6:30 p.m. in the high school media center.The board also is expected to approve the contract of Brandt Snakenberg as elementary school principal.Personnel items dot the agenda, including approving the job description for the business manager.
A report of a break-in in rural Henry County was received by the Henry County Sheriff?s Office yesterday, June 13.An investigation was conducted at the vacant homestead in the 1400 grid of 27th Street. According to the report, at this point nothing appears to have been taken.The incident remains under investigation.
This photo shows three generations of Green men, from left, Jim, Harry and Millard. Bill Hobbie is the fourth man, pictured far right. The photo was taken in the early 1950s, probably in the American Legion Hall basement, the northwest corner of Monroe and Jackson. Currently it is the location of Dr. Olson?s office.Comments were received from Waunita Hobbie, Liz White, Richard Schaffner, Patricia Marlow and Ingi ...
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