Mt. Pleasant News

CEDAR RAPIDS ? ITC will be conducting its semiannual aerial patrols of high-voltage transmission structures and lines throughout its service territory from approximately Sept. 18 through Oct. 1, weather permitting.Helicopter patrols provide an overall status of the overhead transmission system owned and operated by ITC's Iowa-based operating entity, ITC Midwest LLC. The aerial inspections in the company's ...

OTTUMWA ? Community 1st Credit Union garnered its second Des Moines Register ?Top Workplace? award and moved up more than 10 places in the process. The newspaper recognized 150 Iowa companies and organizations for the 2017 honor.The Ottumwa-based credit union with 230 employees and 17 branches was 38th on the list of midsized company employers. C1st was a newcomer for the designation last year.The employer ...

Mphatso Mary Nguluwe of Malawi will be speaking at First Presbyterian Church on Wednesday, Sept. 27, at 6:30 p.m.Nguluwe will present her work to change cultural practices that put girls at risk of abuse, human trafficking and HIV infection. She holds degrees in nursing education, administration and community nursing science and midwifery and is a researcher in community development work.Nguluwe is a part of ...

Governor hopefuls Nate Boulton, Andy McGuire and Ross Wilburn, Secretary of State candidate Jim Mowrer and elected officials Congressman Dave Loebsack and State Sen. Rich Taylor will headline the Henry County Democrats' 8th Annual Harvest Rally, slated 4 to 6 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 23, at Old Threshers Museum B.?The chance to hear fresh ideas for putting people first in county, state and national government? is ...

The Rankings from U.S. News and World Report has listed Iowa Wesleyan among the top Regional Colleges in the Midwest at #60. In the Best College in Iowa category, IW is ranked 14th in the state out of 35 colleges and universities.While some universities are reporting declines in international enrollment, Iowa Wesleyan ranks 4th in the Midwest with international student enrollment from 28 countries, helping to ...

IOWA CITY ? Craig Rockenbach has decided to better himself.Rockenbach, 37, of Iowa City, is a habitual offender who most recently spent 27 months in prison after being sentenced in 2016 for theft in the second degree, a Class D felony.When he was released in mid-July, Rockenbach said he didn't ?need to be doing that anymore.? So he sought the help of an Iowa City-based program aimed at assisting prisoners ...

WASHINGTON ? As President Donald Trump bowed his head in the Oval Office earlier this month, Texas Southern Baptist Pastor Robert Jeffress and other U.S. religious leaders laid their hands on Trump?s back and prayed for Hurricane Harvey?s victims.With TV cameras and reporters watching, the scene was a powerful reminder of one of Trump?s most reliable and improbable political assets - his close ties with conservat...

Working at Best Buy, a world of jumbo flat screens, GPS devices, game systems and computers, Meegan Hofmeister was the only woman on the sales floor.?A lot of the male customers doubted I could understand electronics,? said Hofmeister, 32, of Cedar Rapids. ?One day, I was literally asked to find another sales person.?Instead of complaining about sexism, Hofmeister laughed it off.?I knew I was good at sales,? ...

FORT MYERS ? The death toll from Hurricane Irma was at 82 early on Friday as 1.5 million homes and businesses in Florida remained without power in sweltering heat, five days after the historic storm ripped through southeast U.S.NextEra Energy Inc?s (NEE.N) FPL, Florida?s biggest electric company, said on Friday about 1.1 million customers had no power, while Duke Energy Corp (DUK.N) reported that more than ...

IOWA CITY ? The goal of a Thursday night rally in downtown Iowa City was to keep fresh in people?s minds the setbacks labor unions, immigrants and workers wanting higher wages have faced in the last year.?We are united today, and our movement is here to stay,? Mazahir Salih, an organizer for the Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa, told about 100 people at the event.A chant formed around those last three ...

CEDAR RAPIDS ? As promised, Sen. Joni Ernst will have a town hall meeting in Johnson County.Back in March at a town hall meeting in Cedar Rapids that drew more than 1,000 people, the Iowa Republican was challenged to have a public forum in Johnson County. Ernst assured the crowd she would.She?ll make good on that Sept. 22 when she has a public forum at 2:30 p.m. in the University of Iowa Memorial Union, 125 N. ...

Many of the same things people should do for a healthy heart, like exercising, eating well and avoiding cigarettes, can also help protect the brain from cognitive decline and dementia, according to the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association.Both the heart and brain need adequate blood flow. But blood vessels can narrow and harden over time, increasing the risk of heart attacks and strokes ...