Mt. Pleasant News

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Members of the Noon Rotary flocked around the digital microscopes Mt. Pleasant Middle School students brought in to show off during their regular meeting last week.Eighth-graders Jackie Tansey and Andrew Rauenbuehler confidently explained how the digital microscopes take an image and upload it to the computer, saying that the images being shown that afternoon were the cells of ...

Downtown Mt. Pleasant should have a few more parking spaces as the massive snow piles covering them up were removed Tuesday afternoon. Mt. Pleasant city employees worked hard to clear out some of the mountains of snow left over from snow storms this past weekend.

One individual was injured after the vehicle they were traveling in jumped a curb and struck a utility pole on Friday, Feb. 9.According to police reporters, Logan Robertson was driving a 1998 Infinity north on Walnut Street too fast for road conditions when he lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle crossed the southbound lane of traffic, jumped the curb and struck a utility pole, owned by the Mt. Pleasant ...

Oakland Mills recently had a few visitors. Four swans can be seen swimming along the water.

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News WAYLAND ? Rent is going up for the Wayland Community Center as a result of action by the Wayland City Council at the council's meeting Feb. 7.Rent has been $35 and a $15 cleaning deposit since 1998, city officials said. To help offset the rising cost of maintenance, supplies and cleaning costs, the council unanimously moved to increase the rent cost to $40, effective July 1, ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News With the tremendous response from contractors interested in the Henry County jail project this early on, John Hansen with Midwest Construction is confident they will get some good prices this time of year.During the Board of Supervisors meeting on Thursday, Feb. 8, Hansen again went over the building plans for the new jail, saying that the project is close to $1 million under ...

Canned goods were accepted as admission to the Iowa Wesleyan University's (IW) women's and men's basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 3. The IW Student Athletic Advisory Commitee (SAAC) holds the fundraiser every year for The Fellowship Cup. Assistant Athletic Director BJ Wagy said that they usually bring in 500 to 600 food items each year.

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News After an ardent fight, the Sheriff's office Bosch alarm recorder has finally retired itself, taking a ?giant leap forward,? on Wednesday and going on life support, Sheriff Rich McNamee said.The recorder monitored all alarms coming into the Sheriff's office but hasn't been replaced for ?a dozen years or more,? McNamee said.?It's lived its life,? County Auditor Shelly Barber ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News SALEM ? City council members moved a step closer during their council meeting Feb. 6 to acquiring three dilapidated properties in the community. The city has been attempting to gain control of the property for several years and plans to demolish the homes on the property.City Attorney Patrick Brau said he has filed a lawsuit to gain control of a twice fire-damaged home on ...

By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? New London residents expressed their displeasure with the new sewer rates during the city council meeting on Tuesday night.Last month, the council approved the first reading of an ordinance that would increase the city's sewer rates to $34 for the first 1,500 gallons. From there, residents would be charged $11.50 per gallon for the next 3.5000 gallons. The next ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News It's pretty unlikely, 18 years after a murder, that a body will be found.In fact, during a Henry County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, County Attorney Darin Stater confirmed that in the case of Elizabeth Syperda, her body was never recovered yet her estranged husband, Michael Syperda is facing charges of first degree murder.In previous interviews with The News, ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Before the halftime show during the men's basketball game at Iowa Wesleyan University on Saturday, Feb. 3, Hy-Vee KidsFit trainer Mackenzie Reed gathered Mt. Pleasant fifth and sixth grade students together in the hallway for a pep talk before they took the floor to lead the stands in a squat challenge.Students at Mt. Pleasant Middle School, Lincoln Elementary School and Van ...