Mt. Pleasant News

Kirkwood Community College has released its dean?s list for the spring semester. These students have achieved a 3.3 grade point average or higher after completing 12 or more credit hours with the college.Kirkwood students from the area on the list are listed below:Mt. Pleasant: Jeniffer Hua, Brittany MedinaMt. Union: Sabrina SimsNew London: Kendra Sandbulte, Lisa ScottWayland: Tamara Davis, Rachelle Fear, ...

DEAR ABBY: ?Torn in Texas? (April 13) wrote that her widowed father-in-law visits them every weekend, leaving no time for her family to have a weekend just for themselves. May I suggest that ?Torn? contact the Office on Aging nearest to ?Pop? and find out what programs are available for seniors. If he has the capacity to drive an hour each way to their house, perhaps he could volunteer.It appears that Pop has a ...

By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsDawn Bodenham is concerned about the lack of parental involvement at the Mt. Pleasant Middle School and she is doing something about it.Bodenham sees involvement from a couple of angles. Not only is she a middle school instructor but also a parent of a middle school student.Consequently, Bodenham and some other parents have launched MS Power, a quasi-PTA organization, she told ...

By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsSALEM ? ?The monkey?took one?look at Jim?and threw?the peanuts?back at him.?Sounds like to us who have been around a generation or two like Burma-Shave signs.And that is the jingle on the signs erected Tuesday along Henry County Road J20, about one-and-one-half miles east of Salem on the north side of the road.Salem took the initiative and became the Henry County community ...

By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsIf Henry County wants to keep the central waste collection site at the fenced-in area behind the Emergency Management Building on West Washington Street in Mt. Pleasant, it?s going to cost the county $140,000.According to County Auditor Shelly Barber, that was the price given to Emergency Management Coordinator Walt Jackson by the General Service Administration (GSA) as the ...

A semi struck a deer Saturday afternoon on U.S. Highway 218/27, resulting in approximately $100 in damage.The Henry County Sheriff?s Office was notified of the accident at about 4:10 p.m., June 9.During the investigation it was found that a 2012 International, owned by SAIA Motor Freight Line LLC of Houma La., was northbound on U.S. Highway 218/27, near mile marker 38, when it struck a deer that ran into the ...

Reported animal neglect investigatedA report of possible animal neglect was received at approximately 6:02 p.m. June 7. The instance was reportedly in the 200 block of South Crew Street in Mt. Union.After checking on the animals, it was determined that the complaint was unfounded.Juvenile charged with assaulting her fatherA female juvenile was charged with assault causing bodily injuries after assaulting her ...

A ribbon cutting for StudioK was held on May 31 at their new location in Mt. Pleasant.Owner Kalen Henderson holds the scissors while Mike Henderson (right) and employee Kate Ridinger (left) hold the ceremonial ribbon. Mt. Pleasant Area Chamber Alliance ambassadors and board members look on.StudioK is now located on Lexington Avenue past East Lake Park.The new Mt. Pleasant Area Chamber Alliance member Reunion ...

After 15 years with Hy-Vee, Tim Mansfield has landed the position of Store Director in Mt. Pleasant after beginning his career as a general merchandise clerk in Kirksville, Mo.?It was really neat to see the amount of pride that the (Mt. Pleasant) community takes in their town. The downtown district is exceptional for Iowa, it?s really neat to see that,? said Mansfield.?I?m absolutely thrilled,? Mansfield said ...

By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsHealthy Henry County Communities has adopted a multi-year strategic plan to give the program a direction for the future.The plan, which has been in discussion by the HHCC board for a few months, focuses on six basic goals:? Reduce the number of overweight/obese residents? Reduce substance abuse? Prevent injuries and promote public safety? Reduce environmental hazards and ...

DEAR ABBY: I am a 17-year-old girl and have just gotten out of a seven-month relationship. I was a virgin until this relationship. I told my boyfriend, ?Gavin,? that I was a virgin and wanted to wait until I trusted him and felt that I loved him.Well, the time came that I felt I did love and trust him, so I went ahead and had sex with him. After one month, Gavin decided he was sick of me! It seems like as soon ...

Incumbent Henry County Sheriff Allen Wittmer is being challenged in the Republican primary to retain his position by one of his own ? Henry County Deputy Sheriff Rich McNamee.The News sent questionnaires to both candidates and their responses follow. There is no Democrat running for the office, so barring unforeseen circumstances, the Wittmer-McNamee winner will not face opposition in the Nov. 6 general election....