By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsTuesday morning the Henry County board of supervisors reviewed price quotes and tentative plans from Security Equipment, Inc. for installing new security cameras in the courthouse.?This is not set in stone by any means,? said Derek Wellington from the county auditor?s office.There were two plans provided for the supervisors. The first plan contains 13 cameras and the ...
Elizabeth Garrels, President of the International Chapter of the P.E.O. Sisterhood, will present the 2011 Commencement address at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mt. Pleasant. The Commencement ceremony will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 7, on the campus lawn.Iowa Wesleyan College will award Garrels an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.A native of Osceola, Iowa, Garrels was initiated into Chapter K, ...
By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsThe future of mental health funding is not looking too bright for Henry County. Central Point of Coordination (CPC) Administrator Sarah Kaufman reported to the board of supervisors on Thursday morning that the state has passed Senate File 209, which decreases the mental health funding provided to counties and repeals the levying authority the CPC duties within the county....
Did the recent wind storm take down Curt Swarm?s backyard hammock, or did a squirrel gnawing on the rope? Doesn?t matter. What does matter was that Swarm noticed a baby squirrel entangled in the hammock?s webbing and unable to free himself. Swarm called Mt. Pleasant Police Department?s Community Service Officer Jon Myers. Myers, pictured, held the squirrel with an animal control device while Swarm cut the strings ...
TICKETS PAIDMatthew Michael Moser, 32, Mt. Pleasant, no seatbelt, $127.50.Shane Douglas Carver, 19, New London, no seatbelt, $127.50.Amie Ranae Kirk, 30, Mt. Pleasant, open container (passenger), $335.00.Heather Ann Wilkins, 36, Ft. Madison, speed, $114.00.Alicia Marie Brown, 19, Winfield, speed, $114.00.Brittany Ashley Medina, 18, Mt. Pleasant, speed, $114.00.Matthew Stewart James, 28, Mt. ...
All area poets, secret or recognized, can attend the biweekly meeting of the Great River Poets Society on Saturday, April 29, at 2 p.m. at de Brito?s Baking Bistro.Poems will be discussed with some published in the club journal.Here is part of one:DreamsCreate what my imagination daresAnd realize the impossibleDreams take flight from the depth of my soulAnd, like clouds, drift purposely ...
DEAR ABBY: My wife and I shop in an upscale shoe store. On the past two visits there, a middle-aged salesman kissed my wife's hand when we left. I was surprised but not offended, considering it to be nothing more than an old-fashioned expression of courtesy. The man is knowledgeable, helpful and honest. My wife, however, disagrees. She says his gesture is forward and inappropriate and that I should resent it. ...
Renovations have begun on the Country Charm building, located on North Main Street. Main Street Mt. Pleasant helped facilitate an upper-story renovation state grant for the project. The grant is administered through the Southeast Iowa Regional Planning Commission. The third floor will house two apartments, according to Sherry Bertsch, owner of the Country Charm.
There will be a water shutoff for the Washington Street new water main project on Thursday, April 28, from 9 a.m. to approximately 4 p.m.The following locations will be without water during that time period:? East Washington Street from South Pine to South Brazelton streets;? South Grand Avenue from East Washington Street to East Bell Drive.Mt. Pleasant Municipal Utilities apologizes for any inconvenie...
By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsTuesday morning, the Henry County Board of Supervisors reviewed a resolution to sell some excess property that is a part of the Elmwood Cemetery, also known as the Abraham Cemetery, in Center Township.Currently only 0.414 acres of the three-acre plot is being used as an actual cemetery, and nobody has been buried in the cemetery for some time. Ross Tweedy is now intereste...
A Wayland teen was injured in an ATV accident in Jefferson Township April 17, according to the Henry County Sheriff?s office.Matthew W. Hannan, 19, Wayland, was operating a 2010 Honda Rancher ATV on private property and climbing a hill when the unit began to flip over backwards.Hannan jumped clear of the unit only to be struck by the unit once it rolled down the hall. He was transported to the Washington ...
By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsThe surgery renovation project being planned at Henry County Health Center is expanding to include infrastructure for the whole facility as well as the surgical area.?The project has grown in size. It?s about double from what it was three months ago,? Robb Gardner, HCHC CEO told the board of trustees Tuesday.An estimated cost of the project is $17 million. HCHC does ...
Mt. Pleasant Police DepartmentCITATIONSWhitney Shepherd, 25, no address listed, speeding, April 18.Jerry Eugene Moser, 44, Ottumwa, no insurance, April 19.Nicole Bobo, 30, Chicago, Ill., speeding, April 20. INVESTIGATIONSRandy Phillip McAllister, 45, Mt. Pleasant, was arrested at the 100 block of North White Street and charged with public intoxication, consumption in public, April 18. ...
Right now every gardener with daffodils and hyacinths in bloom is celebrating spring beauty. The color, forms and fragrances are great delights, and every morning holds the promise of new beauties in bud or bloom. Even though living in the moment is a pleasure now, this is also the ideal time to plan ahead for next year?s spring show.For those new to gardening, it?s a jolt to realize that the blooms of April ...
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