Henry County?s Engineer?s Office has announced that River Road east of U.S. Highway 218 has been closed for culvert construction.The road is scheduled to re-open late Friday (Sept. 23) afternoon.
By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsNEW LONDON ? New London Community High School students? ACT scores went up in 2011, according to a report given to the school.?Our average in just about every category is up or even with what we had previously,? Mike Jones, high school principal, told the New London School Board at its Monday night meeting.The number of students who took the test also increased. There ...
Who said one vote doesn?t matter?One vote was worth $5,000 to Zebra Media, a Fairfield marketing and media company. That was the margin of victory for the firm in the ?Dream Big Grow Here? entrepreneurship contest regional contest, sponsored by the University of Northern Iowa.However, there was no narrow loss in the contest. Mogo Organic, an organic farm near Mt. Pleasant, the loser by a vote in the contest ...
Nathan Hoschek, right in back row, and Caitlin Rice, right in front row, were crowned Homecoming King and Queen at New London High School last night. Other members of the royal court include, from left, front, Bria Mears, Bailey McAllister, Charley Lorber and Jaci Martin; back, Matt Huston, Tylor Huebner, Josh Francis and Grant McPheron.
Curtis Behrens from the Iowa State University Department of Entomology brought the ?bug zoo? to Oakland Mills Nature Center Tuesday night. The hands-on program provided kids the opportunity to touch meal worms, darkling beetles and Madagascar hissing cockroaches and other insects. In the photo, Gabe White examines a darkling beetle on his fingertip.
By SALLY Y. HAYESMt. Pleasant NewsZip codes 52630, 52647 and 52652 may be housed in other post offices in the near future. Three post offices in Henry County are on the United States Postal Service list for possible closure.Hillsboro, Olds and Swedesburg are the trio of post offices that may cease operations.Swedesburg will be having a community meeting Thursday, Sept. 22 at 7:30 p.m. to discuss the ...
DEAR ABBY: I am 18 years old and would like to know what kinds of symptoms show that it's time for counseling -- depression, mood swings, etc. -- CONSIDERING IT IN OHIODEAR CONSIDERING IT: You have asked an important question. Everybody experiences sadness at some point, but sadness that doesn't go away can actually be depression, a medical condition. Anyone, regardless of age, who experiences any FIVE of the ...
Tory Waddle, front, and Jalyn Gerleman, both of Mt. Pleasant, lead their miniature horses in the Lockridge Fun Day parade Saturday morning. The parade and festivities in Lockridge marked its 34th consecutive year.
Fremont Avenue in Henry County will be closed for approximately six weeks soon for construction of a box culvert.The Henry County Engineer?s Office said Fremont Avenue, one-half mile south of 350th Street, east of Salem, will close Sept. 26.The road is expected to reopen Nov. 18.Question can be directed to the engineer?s office at 319-385-0762.
The Kevin Gahn Wildlife refuge in West Burlington will be holding a three-hour open house at the refuge on Saturday, Sept. 17, from 9 a.m. to noon. This is the last time the refuge will be open to the public this year.The public will be able to view the female trumpeter swan that calls the refuge home during the open house. Trumpeter swans are among the largest and rarest of North American waterfowl.During ...
By SALLY Y. HAYESMt. Pleasant NewsWINFIELD ? A request from the public for more controlled intersections and a need for new garbage pick up bids after learning of Whaley Waste?s closing dominated the conversation at Monday night?s, Sept. 12, regular session meeting of the Winfield City Council.Residents of Winfield voiced their concern for the lack of stop signs and yield signs at many intersections in ...
TICKETSJoshua Adam Malon-Winters, 23, Mt. Pleasant, failure to obey traffic control device, $195.James William McClure, 64, Mt. Pleasant, speed, $87.Patricia Marie Niemann, 73, DeWitt, speed, $87.Crystal Lynn Chunn, 33, operating a non-registered vehicle, $132.William Wilfred Klessner, 59, West Point, failure to obey a stop sign, $200.Cynthia Ann Atkinson, 37, Wayland, speed, $114.Alexander ...
A report of a single vehicle accident was received by the Henry County Sheriff?s Office Wednesday morning, Sept. 7, at approximately 7:45 a.m. The accident occurred at the intersection of Hoover Avenue and Hickory Avenue.Upon investigating, it was found that Brett Hahn, no age given, of Mt. Pleasant lost control of his vehicle causing it to go into the ditch.Minor damage was done to the Hahn vehicle.Hahn ...
The sanitary sewer cleaning and camera crew will be in Mt. Pleasant Tuesday, Sept. 13, to clean and video sanitary sewers.The crew will be in the city for approximately one month.If there are any backup issues, please call the city?s public works department at 385-1480.
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