Mt. Pleasant News

DES MOINES ? Gov. Kim Reynolds has announced raising more than $3.7 million last year.Reynolds, who faces two rivals for the Republican nomination for governor, reported the fundraising haul brings her cash-on-hand total to $4.14 million five months from the June 5 primary election.Reynolds had reported $1.1 million cash-on-hand at the beginning of 2017.The Reynolds campaign said the contributions came from ...

(Reuters) - North Korea has cancelled the planned visit of a delegation to South Korea to prepare for a trip by an art troupe during next month's Winter Olympics, South Korean authorities said on Friday.The North did not give a reason for the cancellation, the Unification Ministry said. It said a seven-member team had been scheduled to visit on Saturday to check venues for the performances.It was unclear ...

The Henry County Soil and Water Conservation District Commissioners will hold their monthly meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 23, at 3:30 p.m. at the district office at 709 S. Iris St., Mt. Pleasant.Tentative agenda items include approval of minutes and watershed reports and cost share payments. These meetings are open to the public. If special accommodations are needed; call the office at 385-2824 Ext. 3.

The Trump administration's move on Thursday to protect healthcare workers who refuse to perform abortions and other medical procedures on religious or moral grounds is raising fears among some civil rights and medical groups that it will provide legal cover for otherwise unlawful discrimination.The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services created a new Conscience and Religious Freedom Division within its ...

Two scholarships for students going into the medical field are being offered through the Iowa Branch of International Order of the Kings Daughters and Sons and The Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation. Each scholarship is for students in Iowa.A supplemental scholarship of $1,000 to students interested in pursuing a career in the medical or health fields is being offered through the Iowa Branch of International ...

Henry County will offer the Commercial Ag Weed, Insect and Plant Disease Management Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) for commercial pesticide applicators on Tuesday, Feb. 13. The program will be shown at locations across Iowa through the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP).The local attendance site is the Henry County Extension Office. Registration begins at ...

SEOUL - The two Koreas will field a combined women's ice hockey team and march together under one flag at next month's Winter Olympics in the South, Seoul said on Wednesday.North and South Korea have been talking since last week - for the first time in more than two years - about the Olympics, offering a respite from a months-long standoff over Pyongyang's pursuit of nuclear and missile programs, although Japan ...

ANCHORAGE - Most members of a U.S. National Park Service advisory board, appointed while Barack Obama was president, have resigned after saying they were ignored by President Donald Trump's administration, the panel chairman said on Tuesday.The National Park System Advisory Board, whose creation was authorized by the U.S. Congress in 1935, is tasked with advising on matters such as the designation of historic ...

The Henry County Historic Preservation Commission will present its annual report to the Henry County Board of Supervisors on Thursday, Jan. 18, at the supervisors' office in the courthouse at 10:30 a.m. The Commission will then hold its regular monthly meeting at 11 a.m. at Sip in Mt. Pleasant. The public is invited to attend.

Bob and Phyllis Scarff, of Mt. Pleasant, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Sunday, Jan. 14. They were married in 1958 at First Baptist Church. They have three children: Debra Lyon and David Scarff, of Mt. Pleasant, and Carol Beam of Lincolnton, N.C. They have eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

The Fairfield Area Weighted Blankets organization, made up of local and area individuals, is holding workshops on making free weighted blankets for the use of individuals with autism who benefit from the special blankets.The group will set up a display of weighted blankets at the Fairfield Public Library on Tuesday, Jan. 15, and it will remain on display through Friday, Feb. 2.A list of workshop dates held at ...

Sarah Hyatt is looking to peek into the past of some of Iowa's most historically-significant buildings, and she's doing it through paranormal investigation.Like many, Hyatt, of Marion, was intrigued with paranormal investigation TV shows and consumed many books filled with ghost stories.After taking a class about paranormal investigation at Kirkwood Community College, she decided with her husband in 2012 to ...