Mt. Pleasant News

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach of Henry County is hosting a Beginning Beekeeper Course on Thursday evenings in February. Classes will meet from 6 to 9 p.m. Feb. 1, 8, 22 and March 1 at the Henry County Extension Office in Mt. Pleasant.This four-part course is open to all interested individuals and will be led by Southeast Iowa Beekeepers, Dave and Ray Tull.?We are very excited to be able to offer ...

Three Mt. Pleasant students have been selected to the Southeast Iowa Bandmasters Association (SEIBA) Honor Bands based on auditions conducted Jan. 6 at Fairfield High School.Chosen to the Voxman Middle School Honor Band was Mt. Pleasant eighth grade student Alyssa Dascher on flute. Picked to play in the High School Honor Band were sophomores Annika Rynders on alto saxophone and Claire Holtkamp on the contra bass ...

After six weeks in steerage and a bout of measles, Carl Sjorstrand arrived in the United States from Sweden in 1869 at the age of 3 with his parents and sister. The family migrated to a farm in Boone in central Iowa.When Carl started school, his teacher had difficulty pronouncing his last name, and it became ?Seashore.?It was unusual for children from Boone to go to college, but Carl was an exception. He ...

JOHNSTON ? Iowa's economy is not so hot it's pushing interest rates up and not so cool that it's not creating jobs.?I call it the Goldilocks' economy,? economist Ernie Goss said Friday.The Creighton University professor who studies Midwest state economies warned, however, that the shortage of properly skilled workers and potential loss of agricultural export markets could offset any potential benefits of ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for a black Georgia inmate to challenge his 1991 death sentence for killing his sister-in-law after he argued the case was tainted by a racist white juror who questioned whether black people have souls.The justices, in a 6-3 unsigned decision, threw out a lower court's decision that had rejected his biased jury assertion. Keith Tharpe was found guilty ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for a black Georgia inmate to challenge his 1991 death sentence for killing his sister-in-law after he argued the case was tainted by a racist white juror who questioned whether black people have souls.The justices, in a 6-3 unsigned decision, threw out a lower court's decision that had rejected his biased jury assertion. Keith Tharpe was found guilty ...

WEST BURLINGTON ? Applications for Great River Friends scholarships for the 2018-2019 school year are available. Two types of scholarships are offered to students pursuing health care careers.Applicants for high school scholarships must be seniors with minimum 3.0 grade-point averages. They must live in or attend schools within Great River Health System's service area (about 60 miles).Applicants for continuing ...

Because of increased flu activity, Henry County Health Center has implemented a temporary visitation policy for the Maternity Services Department.Effective immediately, the only visitors allowed in Maternity Services are parents, grandparents and siblings of the infant. Any individuals with respiratory and/or influenza symptoms, such as coughing, fever, aches, sore throat and runny nose are asked and expected ...

The Crawfordsville Fire Department will host their annual Soup Supper from 4 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 13, at the Crawfordsville Fire Station.They will be serving chili and cheesy potatoes. They request a freewill donation.

The Tolson Community Action Center received a $2,500 donation from Wayland State Bank. Above, Wayland State Bank Executive Vice President Chad Hudson, right, presented Paula Morgan, family development specialist, the donation on Thursday, Jan. 4. The donation was to help the organization continue their work within the community.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency said on Tuesday that churches may apply for aid relating to disasters declared after Aug. 23, 2017, following pressure from President Donald Trump and a lawsuit by Texas churches.The federal disaster relief agency was sued in September by three Texas churches severely damaged in Hurricane Harvey, over what they called its policy of refusing to ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has placed Pakistan on a special watch list for ?severe violations of religious freedom,? it said on Thursday, days after the White House said Islamabad would have to do more to combat terrorism to receive U.S. aid.The State Department also said it had re-designated 10 other nations as ?countries of particular concern? under the International Religious Freedom Act ...