Mt. Pleasant News

Mt. Pleasant Community High School is debuting their fall play ?You Can't Take It With You? on Friday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. at Heatilator Performing Arts Center. There will also be performances Saturday, Nov. 11, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 12, at 2 p.m.

LONDON ? The World Health Organization urged farmers on Tuesday to stop using antibiotics to promote growth and prevent disease in healthy animals because the practice fuels dangerous drug-resistant superbug infections in people.Describing a lack of effective antibiotics for humans as ?a security threat? on par with ?a sudden and deadly disease outbreak,? WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) ? The U.S. State Department will stop accepting new applications at midnight on Thursday for a program that allowed children fleeing violence in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras to apply for refugee status in the U.S. before leaving home.President Donald Trump's administration told Congress in September it would phase out the Central American Minors (CAM) program during fiscal year 2018, ...

Healthy Henry County Communities is holding Boot Camp for New Dads, or Daddy Boot Camp, on Saturday, Nov. 11, from 9 a.m. to noon. This class exists to answer all of the questions that expectant fathers have. As an extra incentive, new dads will receive a free car seat if they attend this month.Boot Camp for New Dads uses veteran fathers to orient ?rookie? dads who are expecting their first baby. New grandfathers...

City offices will be closed Friday, Nov. 10, to celebrate Veterans Day. Garbage collection will be on its regular schedule.

WEST BURLINGTON ? A public ground breaking ceremony for Great River Health Systems' new clinic in Keokuk wll be Tuesday, Nov. 21, at noon. The 19,000-square-foot facility will be built in the 3200 block of Main St., between Hampton Inn and Sonic. Estimated to cost $6.85 million, the clinic is expected to open in late 2018.The health system purchased The Keokuk Clinic Jan. 1, 2012. It has grown from a practice ...

Chapter NZ of the P.E.O. Sisterhood met for their regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, Oct. 23, in the home of Connie Pedersen, with Renee Davis, Missy Sitar, Kelley Tansey and Lea McCormick serving as co-hostesses. President Lana Moeller presided at the 1 p.m. business meeting with 27 members and one guest, Katherine Evans, of Pawhuska, Okla., present.Chaplain Lea McCormick shared scripture at the start of ...

Mt. Pleasant policemen were dispatched to 401 N. Broadway shortly before 7 a.m. Nov. 4 to investigate a report of a vehicle striking a residence.Upon arrival, police learned the vehicle had left the scene of the accident.An investigation revealed that a 2004 Pontiac minivan, owned by Christina Barron and operated by Carlos Castro of Mt. Pleasant, was traveling northbound on Broadway when the vehicle turned left ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) ? The Trump administration on Wednesday announced new restrictions against Cuba, tightening sanctions against the Caribbean island nation in an effort to prevent U.S. trade and travelers from benefiting its military.The changes, which will take effect on Thursday, will expand the list of Cuban government officials barred from transactions as well as set policy to deny exports to prohibited ...

MANILA (Reuters) ? Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday he would tell U.S. President Donald Trump to ?lay off? if he raises the issue of human rights when they meet.Trump will be in Manila on the last leg of his 12-day Asian trip, which includes visits to Japan, South Korea, China, and Vietnam.Duterte, who brooks no criticism of his human rights record and war on drugs, offered a comment on ...

WASHINGTON ? The latest attempt to overhaul the U.S. federal flood insurance program hit a stumbling block, but a coalition of business and environmental groups renewed their push on Wednesday for lawmakers to enact an overhaul before the program expires on Dec. 8.The SmarterSafer coalition sent a letter to members of the U.S. House urging passage of the compromise legislation that would extend to 2022 the ...

WASHINGTON ? Sen. Chuck Grassley's regional director based in Davenport, Penny Vacek, will hold office hours in Henry County on Wednesday, Nov. 15, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Mt. Pleasant City Hall.Grassley's offices in Iowa regularly help constituents contact federal agencies to sort through problems with Social Security payments, military service matters, immigration cases and other issues. His state ...