Mt. Pleasant News

The Alzheimer's Association is hosting a full-day workshop on Dementia on Wednesday, April 4, at the Burlington Public Library, 210 Court St.The event is free to the public, though certificates documenting four Continuing Education Hours will be offered to professionals for a fee payable at the event.Sign-in is at 9 a.m., followed by the first presentation by seasoned local elder law attorney David Beckman, who ...

By Melissa Boncher, Hy-Vee Dietitian They're everywhere. In low-calorie ice creams, yogurts, breakfast bars, diet sodas and more, Stevia, tagatose, erythritol ? and blends of all of the above ?- these are just a few examples of the sugar substitutes you might find on an ingredient list. But what are they, why are they everywhere, and are they safe? Glad you asked.Sweeteners can be divided into two categories: ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - An air raid on the village of Kafr Batikh in Syria's northwestern rebel-held Idlib province killed 20 people on Wednesday including 16 children, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday.Some 15 of those killed in the strike, in the eastern part of Idlib province, were from one family said the Britain-based war monitor.

The U.S. Interior Department will hold the largest lease sale in American history in the offshore Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, in a major test of the oil industry's appetite for federal acreage being offered by the Trump administration.The auction of more than 77 million acres (31.2 million hectares) - an area twice the size of Florida - is part of an effort by President Donald Trump's administration to ramp up ...

Red Cedar Chamber Music's directors and core ensemble, violinist Miera Kim and cellist Carey Bostian are joined by Iowa City native, harpist Katherine Siochi for a concert program ?HarpStrings.?They will present Mainstage concert events at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 21, at First Presbyterian Church, 310 Fifth St. SE, Cedar Rapids, and 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 22, at the Unitarian Universalist Society, 2355 Oakdale ...

Iowa honey production increased last year and the value of the crop rose from 2016 despite a drop in the number of colonies, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service.Honey production from producers with five or more colonies in Iowa totaled 2.03 million pounds in 2017, up 14 percent from 1.78 million pounds produced in 2016.The number of honey-producing colonies ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday revived a bid by a Honduran man convicted of murder in Texas to secure federal funds to press his claim that his trial lawyers neglected to offer evidence to a jury that could have spared him from the death penalty.The justices threw out a lower court ruling preventing death row inmate Carlos Manuel Ayestas from seeking funds to collect mitigating evidence that ...

PFLUGERVILLE - An unemployed 24-year-old man suspected of a three-week bombing campaign in Texas that killed two people and injured five others blew himself up on the side of a highway as police closed in on him early Wednesday, authorities said.Police had tracked the suspect to a hotel about 20 miles (32 km) north of Austin, the state capital, and were following his vehicle when he pulled to the side of the ...

(Left to right) Athletic Director Chad Edeker, student Michael Arbogast, Willa Wilson, student Jon Shumaker and industrial tech teacher Mark Dugger helped install two new flags at WACO.

By Gloria Yoder Amazing how swiftly life can whisk you from one stage to another. Just a year ago, we had only two children, and now here we are with five little blessings!Honestly, we have had our share of ?growing pains? that have gone with it, but then life wouldn't be complete without any of these little darlings, including the two foster children.Being a mother of a flock of children really is a dream ...

AUSTIN/SCHERTZ - A package bomb blew up at a FedEx Corp distribution center near San Antonio on Tuesday, officials said, and the FBI was investigating whether it was linked to a series of four homemade bombs that hit the Texas capital of Austin this month.Officials did not say if the latest incident was the work of what Austin police believe could be a serial bomber responsible for the four earlier devices that ...

IOWA CITY ? An Iowa City preschool teacher won a $1,000 grant to bring the outside inside her classroom.Melanie Harrison, a preschool teacher at the Apple Tree Children's Center in Iowa City, won the 2018 Terri Lynne Lokoff Children's TYLENOL®, Children's ZYRTEC® National Child Care Teacher Award.The award augments a preschool teacher's budget for programming.Harrison said that since she started at Apple Tree ...