The Mt. Pleasant Rotary Club served over 1,600 people on Thursday, June 7, during their annual BBQ. The club has been doing cookouts every Thursday in June since the early 60's.
By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Healthy Henry County Communities is reevaluating their priorities.After a year of working with requirements for the HRSA grant, a $1 million grant over three years awarded to HHCC, HHCC Coordinator Kelly Carr said they are moving in the right direction despite a little chaos.?From everything we're seeing and hearing, we're on the forefront of where health care is going,? Carr ...
By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Henry County Supervisors are again urging residents to mind Prottsman Sanitation's hours in New London lest they be ticketed.A complaint from Mike Prottsman about a New London resident leaving his garbage outside the area right before Prottsman Sanitation opened prompted Supervisors to discuss a format for how these violations should be handled.?(The trash bag) was sitting ...
By Gretchen Teske, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? New London citizens felt their concerns were swept to the curb at last night's city council meeting. The item of concern was a $100,000 Elgin Pelican street sweeper from Trans Iowa Equipment.The council scheduled the first item on the agenda to be a hearing on the purchase and the second item a motion to approve it, but not before several residents voiced their ...
Mt. Pleasant Fire Fighters and police officer Brad Gillis inspect the side of a garage behind the house at 209 N. Adams St. for the cause of a small fire that broke out Tuesday, June 5 around 4 p.m. Gillis came across smoke first and tried to put out the fire with an extinguisher before calling the fire department to quench the smoke. Assistant Fire Chief Jeff Beavers said that he doesn't know how the fire ...
This spinning wheel and chair were hand crafted by John Lee, who with his family, came from Ohio via Bond Co., Ill., and settled northeast of New London in 1836. In 1838, John built a two-story log cabin housing a family of 11, plus perhaps other relatives, said to be the first two-story log home constructed in Henry County.Four Lee brothers and a sister, along with her husband, settled in the area that came to ...
Voters arrived at the polling station with IDs in hand Tuesday morning, June 5. Voting began at 7 a.m. and wraps up at 9 p.m.
Dave Smith's roots at Lake Geode reach back over 80 years. In 1937 his grandfather worked to help it become a state park and now Smith is helping to keep that vision for the next generation. His goal now is to bring the park back to its former glory, beginning with restoring the concession stand and boat house.The Friends of Lake Geode is a nonprofit group whose goal is to help increase awareness, appreciation ...
Jefferson Street is officially open for traffic. City Administrator Brent Schleisman cheers at Main Street Mt. Pleasant's ribbon cutting Monday, June 4, at 8 a.m. The Digging Up the Bricks team and the Mt. Pleasant Area Chamber Alliance celebrated the end to the long months of construction.
With the primaries taking place tomorrow, June 5, the last chance for early voting is now over. According to Henry County auditor, Shelly Barber, just under 400 ballots were cast this year.Early voting, also known as absentee voting, does not require a reason. Anyone who wants to vote before the day of the election, can,? said Barber.To be elgible to vote previously to the election, one must request a form from ...
Dark clouds couldn't keep people away from the Mt. Pleasant Aquatic Center on Saturday, June 2. With temps in the low 80s and the sun hiding behind clouds, the weather was perfect for making a splash on the beginning of summer.The pool's first official opening day was Memorial Day, where manager Kailey Peterson said they saw bigger crowds than normal. ?I think Memorial Day was pretty big because a lot of parents ...
By Gretchen Teske, Mt. Pleasant News Construction comes at a cost and unfortunately for businesses on Jefferson St., they have to pay up. A decrease in local shoppers has caused sales to drop, despite their best efforts.?Business slowed to a crawl,? said Sam Riepe, owner of the Vintage Raven. ?It was completely and absolutely because of that.? Riepe reported April sales were down 40 percent compared to last ...
The Mt. Pleasant Public library is ready to rock 'n' roll their children's program this summer.This summer reading program's theme, ?libraries rock,? will focus on getting children excited about reading and bring an upbeat tempo to the task. Anyone 17 and younger is encouraged to sign up.?Libraries and summer reading just kind of go together,? says youth services librarian Rebekah Hosford. The free summer ...
A Wayland man was arrested Wednesday for driving on a revoked license.On Wednesday, May 30, at approximately 8:30 p.m., Larry Whittemore of Wayland was pulled over for a traffic stop near the intersection of 170th St. and Franklin Ave. Upon further investigation, it was determined Whittemore was driving on a revoked license.He was arrested and charged with driving while revoked, a serious misdemeanor, failure ...
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