Mt. Pleasant News

LISBON (Reuters) ? Uber has struck a deal with NASA to develop software for managing ?flying taxi? routes in the air along the lines of ride-hailing services it has pioneered on the ground, the company said on Wednesday.Uber said it is the first formal services contract by the U.S. National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) covering low-altitude airspace rather than outer space. NASA has used such ...

The Mississippi Valley Council Boy Scouts of America is hosting an adult community fundraiser on Friday, Dec. 8, which supports local scouting and career based exploring programs.A social hour with appetizers will begin at 7 p.m. Starting at 8 a.m., enjoy music, comedy and splendor of Dueling Pianos by Fun Pianos. A cash bar will be available. This Dueling Pianos Event raises the funds necessary to provide a ...

Sunrise Terrace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center will be holding a craft and bake sale on Saturday, Nov. 11, from 9 a.m. to noon.There will be an abundance of baked goods, including cinnamon rolls, dinner rolls, pull aparts, bread braids, assorted pies, cookies, toffee, fudge, caramels and party mixes. Crafters and vendors also will be present to jump-start your Christmas decorating. They will be selling ...

Many of you are probably wondering how things are going with our foster placement.It has certainly been an eventful journey with many interesting twists and turns resulting in laughter, tears, lack of sleep and blessings untold. Hours can be spent in foster care training, gathering information, learning the dos and don'ts, but once it comes down to the real thing, only then have we learned what being foster ...

Superintendent of the Burlington School District Pat Coen was presented the Quilt of Valor made by the Iowa State Stitchers on Nov. 1.Before Coen gave a presentation about his service in Afghanistan as an army colonel, he was presented with the quilt by Jane Messer, member of the Iowa State Stitchers.The event was a meeting of the Henry County Retired School Personnel Association.

Monday, Oct. 2, 9:30 a.m. game1st ? Ray and Joy Gilleard2nd ? Betty Kilbourn and Lea BradleyThursday, Oct. 5, 1 p.m. game1st ? James Graves and Allen Ross2nd ? Ray Gilleard and Don SchantzMonday, Oct. 9, 9:30 a.m. game1st ? Betty Kilbourn and Lea Bradley2nd ? Karen Land and Anne SchockThursday, Oct. 12, 1 p.m. game1st ? Randy Scischmeier and Chuck Woodruff2nd ? Natalie Carrell and Doris DorethyMonday, ...

DES MOINES ? State and federal insect experts say it likely will be next year before they will be able to tell whether a swarm of stingless wasps introduced in Iowa are helping suppress a destructive pest that has attacked ash trees in 52 of Iowa's 99 counties.Three species of parasitic wasps were released in 2016 at two biocontrol sites ? 11,000 in the Whitham Woods in Jefferson County and 14,000 at the Mt. ...

The Lockridge Veterans Association is hosting a Veterans Day celebration on Saturday, Nov. 11.The Honor Guard will be meeting at the Community Center and heading to the cemetery at 7:45 a.m. for a flag-raising ceremony. During the ceremony, members of the Calvary Baptist Men's Group will be singing the national anthem and the rifle team will fire a volley of rounds followed by ?Taps.?The group will return to ...

Henry County Health Center's Imaging Services staff will celebrate the important role that diagnostic imaging has had in the field of medicine and the invention of the X-ray during National Radiologic Technology Week, Nov. 5-11.Diagnostic imaging has greatly improved since the X-ray was first discovered in 1895. The invention of the X-ray plays an instrumental role in providing high-quality, effective and ...

A free dinner will be provided for veterans and a guest at Faith Lutheran Church on Sunday, Nov. 12, at 5:30 p.m.The church's famous Old Threshers meal of beef and noodles with mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, coleslaw, rolls and a dessert will be served.Entertainment will be provided by Acapella, a woman's vocal group from the area.Veterans are encouraged to call the church at 319-385-8427 to make a ...

First Baptist Church will host this week's meal on Wednesday.They are serving:ChiliChicken noodle soupRelish trayFruitDessert/ice cream.

Breanne French had been caring for the baby boy, whose bloodcurdling screaming fits finally had started to dissipate, for nine months when the Iowa Department of Human Services gave him back to his birth mother.The 11-month-old child had spent most of his life in one of two places: with Breanne, a licensed foster parent, and in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar ...