Mt. Pleasant News

LOS ANGELES - McDonald's Corp is removing cheeseburgers from U.S. Happy Meal menus and shrinking the french fry serving in one ?Mighty Meal? as part of a new global plan to cut calories and make its food for children more healthy.The changes announced Thursday come as the world's biggest fast-food chain for the first time established global limits for calories, sodium, saturated fat and added sugar in Happy ...

People with celiac disease who are extremely vigilant about not ingesting gluten may perceive that their quality of life is reduced, according to a new study.Current guidelines for managing celiac disease call for ?lifelong adherence to a strict, gluten-free diet,? study leader Randi Wolf of Columbia University in New York City told Reuters Health in an email.But the 'extreme vigilance' required to follow a ...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's travel ban targeting people from six Muslim-majority countries violates the U.S. Constitution by discriminating on the basis of religion, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday in another legal setback for the policy.The Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, on a 9-4 vote, became the second federal appeals court to rule against the ban, which was put in place ...

Women are more likely to develop breast cancer when a mother or sister had this disease, and the risk associated with family history doesn't appear to diminish with age, a U.S. study suggests.Family history has long been linked to a higher risk of breast cancer in younger women, who are generally advised to start getting screening mammograms when they're ten years younger than the age their relative was at ...

Tonight is Mt. Pleasant Community Theatre's debut of their show REWIND, celebrating almost 50 years of musicals.The show features songs from popular musicals such as Nunsense, Beauty and the Beast, the Sound of Music and The Music Man.Tickets can be purchased at the door at the Heatilator Performing Arts Center. Show times are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.

The Henry County Master Gardeners are now accepting applications for mini grants of up to $250 for projects that support community gardening in Henry County.Mini grant recipients in 2017 were Hope Haven Flexible Services, Winfield-Mt. Union FFA, Daisies Girl Scout Troop 1077 and Tender Care Daycare.More information on the mini grants or to access applications, visit the Henry County Extension website at ~ Hard ...

The Henry County Treasurer's Office will be closed Thursday, Feb. 22, for staff training.

DES MOINES ? Parents would have no cause of action to sue a doctor who failed to inform them their child might be born with birth defects under a bill approved on a party-line vote Wednesday in the House Judiciary Committee.House File 2165 arose as a result of a finding by the Iowa Supreme Court that parents could sue a doctor for failing to notify them of a potential birth defect. In that case, Pamela Pullman ...

(The Gazette) A screening of ?Farmers for America,? a documentary looking at changes coming to America's food system, will be held Friday at Old Brick Church in Iowa City.The screening, at 26 E. Market St., will include the first-ever meeting of the Eastern Iowa Young Farmers Coalition. It also will feature local food and a panel discussion with a variety of local farmers. Filmmaker Graham Meriwether will ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday pledged the Justice Department would work to vigorously enforce federal gun and violent-crime laws and preventively identify potential mass shooters, as the country reeled from a Florida school shooting that killed 17 people.?It cannot be denied that something dangerous and unhealthy is happening and we are, once again, watching the images of ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican lawmaker on the powerful U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee lashed out at fellow Republican Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday, after Sessions slammed a bipartisan draft bill that would reduce prison sentences for non-violent offenders.

Thursday, Jan. 4 game1st place tie: Anne Schoch and Mary Kay HigginsBetty Kilborn and Lea Bradley2nd place: Jim McClure and Chuck WoodruffMonday, Jan. 8 game1st place: Difie Horsey and Jerry Kilbourn2nd place: Ralph Andersen and Joanie KusterThursday, Jan. 11 game1st place: David Jakkson and Daniel Walker2nd place: Jan McClure and Don SchantyMonday, Jan. 15: no game because of weatherThursday, Jan. 18 ...