Mt. Pleasant News

With a 5-0 lead at halftime, the Mt. Pleasant girls' soccer team rolled to a season opening win over Centerville on Tuesday, April 5, 9-0. The Panthers found scoring from six different players as Florencia Leunis, Erin Watt and Holly Long each scoring two goals in the win. DeAnn Scott, Allie Liechty and Sarah Pieper each scored once against Centerville. "The defense of Leah Boughton, Hannah LeBlanc, ...

Though the Mt. Pleasant girls' track team finished sixth in a field of eight teams loaded with 4A schools, the team finished the night with six season best times in events Tuesday evening at the Iowa City West relays. "We try to find the best competition we can; running against the big schools makes us work harder and prepares us well for conference, district and state meets at the end of the season," said ...

With seven returning letter winners (Lee Davis, Quinn Daniel, Ryan Barton, Ross Heitmeier, Aaron Schleisman, Patrick Zielinsky and Ryan Herr) from the 2010 season, the Mt. Pleasant boys golf team is looking to improve on last year?s 5-6 record. First year coach Jamy Ball noted that everyone has a very positive outlook with all of last season?s golfers back for 2011. ?There will be a lot of competition ...

When Fairfield?s Jacob Mineart grabbed a 6-1 lead over Mt. Pleasant?s Jacob Dilks midway through the 215-pound match Thursday night, it appeared Fairfield would set the tone for the Southeast Conference dual.But as soon as Mineart took the lead, Dilks fought back, eventually winning the match in an 8-6 overtime decision.Momentum ? Mt. Pleasant.Mt. Pleasant (6-7) used the momentum from the Dilks match to win six of

The Mt. Pleasant boys and girls cross-country teams held its end of the year awards banquets on Tuesday, Nov. 9 with several runners taking home hardware.Front row (left to right): Jasmin Tone (Most Improved), Hannah Weber (Most Valuable Runner), Chloe Haffarnan (Most Potential) and Maddi Lance (Panther Award).Back row (left to right): Zach May (Most Valuable Runner), Ethan Conrad (Most Improved), Jonathan Lee and

WAYLAND ? The WACO Warriors have met several familiar teams in their 2010 post-season run with North Tama (Traer) being a part of that list. Though North Tama was the team who knocked WACO out of the 2009 playoffs, coach Chad Edeker says that it does and doesn?t provide for motivation heading into Friday, Nov. 12?s semifinal game.?We had a ton of seniors last year, our core juniors playing here played against them

By Mt. Pleasant News staff The Mt. Pleasant Police Department is investigating a bank robber that occurred at U.S. Bank Friday afternoon.At approximately 11:45 a.m., Friday, Sept. 14, the Mt. Pleasant Police Department responded to the report of a bank robbery at the U.S. Bank, located at 301 E. Washington St.The unknown individual, which was initially identified on the scanner as a Hispanic male, approximatel...

By Gretchen Teske, Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? With the amount of nuisance properties in the city of Winfield the council is looking to clean them up one at a time.At the City Council meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 12, Angel Ingwerson approached the council to discuss the policy behind nuisance properties. Ingwerson said she received a letter from the city stating a car, parked in front of her house for an ...

Dorothy Thorne Every week, the Mt. Pleasant News will feature a Henry County resident in a profile snapshot. The questions will appear in bold.This week's friend is Dorothy Thorne.Are you originally from Mt. Pleasant/Henry County? If not, what brought you here? No, our family was a transplant from Northeast Missouri in 2005. My husband's job brought us here.What is your favorite part of living here? My ...

A burglar suspect was caught after reportedly being seen driving a stolen vehicle in the 1000-grid of Gabriel Avenue Monday, Sept. 10.Taylor Wood, 25, of Mt. Pleasant, was charged with Theft in the 2nd Degree, a Class D felony, earlier this week after being arrested for driving a blue Ford Ranger registered to James Meyer, of Wayland.A deputy from the Henry County Sheriff's Office located the stolen truck in ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News DANVILLE ? It's been just shy of a year since the plug was pulled on Lake Geode.The now-empty basin is under construction that will reduce the amount of bacteria, sediment and phosphorus loading into Lake Geode in the future from agricultural and non-agricultural sources. With the beach closed this year, park management took the opportunity to renovate the campground as ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News As a tattoo artist, Rebecca Eldredge sees a lot of self-harm scars.Rebecca believes tattoos can help her clients see something beautiful come from an ugly memory. ?Turn your pain into art kind of thing,? she said.That's why in recognition of World Suicide Prevention Day on Monday, Sept. 10, Rebecca announced Big Dog Tattoos would be lowering their minimum tattoo fee for ...