Mt. Pleasant News

The New London VFW Post 7641 is hosting a dinner Saturday, Aug. 11. They will serve rib-eye and ham dinners from 5-7 p.m. The dinner includes a roll, salad and baked potato.

Habitat for Humanity will be in the E3 Center parking lot on E. Washington St. Saturday, Aug. 11. from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to collect items to be sold at the ReStore in Fairfield. The money will come back to Henry County for local Habitat projects. Items that can be donated include leftover materials from construction or remodeling projects, paint, tile, carpet, outdoor furniture, doors, windows and other household ...

The Mt. Pleasant Municipal Utilities will be closed Tuesday, Aug. 14, from 7:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. for regulatory safety training. In an emergency, please call: 319-385-2121.

On Sunday, Aug. 19, at 1:30 p.m., the Dover Museum in New London will host Humanities Iowa speaker, Mary Kay Shanley, of Des Moines. She is a best-selling author and speaker. She will be presenting her free program titled, ?The Obituary ? Yours or Someone Else's.?Obituaries were published in America as early as the 16th century, but those were generally of the aristocracy. Later newspaper obits began appearing ...

DES MOINES ? With Aug. 11 almost here, Iowa One Call hopes this date on the calendar, 8/11, will serve as a natural reminder for residents to call 811 before any digging project to have underground utility lines marked. Every hour, more than six damages to buried utilities occur because someone decided to dig without first calling 811.When calling 811, homeowners and contractors are connected to the local one ...

The Mapleleaf Athletic Complex parking lot is looking more and more like a useable lot each day as workers continue to get stuff done in preparation for the fall sports season. This is how Mapleleaf and the surounding areas looked on Wednesday afternoon. The plan is to have the project completely done by the first home football game on Aug. 24.

On Sunday, Aug. 12, the congregation of Trenton United Methodist Church will meet at 11 a.m. instead of the usual 9 a.m. in order to enjoy outdoor worship in Trenton Park, followed by a picnic lunch. Neighbors, friends and Trenton natives are welcome to come for the occasion. Guests are asked to bring their own meal and a lawnchair. If the weather proves un favorable, the service will continue in the church ...

The Wyman Community Club met Monday, Aug. 6, for an 11:30 a.m. luncheon at the Ainsworth Four Corners. Attending were Wilma Vosburg of Grinnell; Elaine Prom, Ruth Erwin, Margaret Patterson, Frieda Finke, Pauline Richardson, Carol Steele and Billie Jo Rose from Crawfordsville and Ray and Shirley Hendrickson from Iowa City. As of this time, their next meeting will be on Labor Day, Sept. 3, at Ainsworth Four ...

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A reunion of former members of four U.S. Army Reserve Units in Southeast Iowa dating back to 1948 to present is being planned to take place in September 2019. The Planning Committee for the reunion is seeking information on former members including current mailing addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and names of spouses.The date in September and the location of the reunion will be announced soon.Former ...

Henry County Health Center's Diabetes Team will be offering a one-day diabetes education class Tuesday, August 28. This program is open to anyone who has Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes.The class will be conducted from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Health Education Center at HCHC. Meals will be served to class participants and their guest. Directions will be given once registration is complete. HCHC's Diabetes Education ...

A meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Fairfield Public Library for people interested in joining a weight loss study.The study would last three months and require participants to exercise twice a week for 40 minutes and replace two meals per day with low glycemic meal replacement shakes and bars. Participants would bear these costs on their own. The study was designed by Fairfield resident Bob ...