Mt. Pleasant News

Henry County Health Center's Diabetes Team will be offering a one-day diabetes education class Tuesday, Jan. 23. This program is open to anyone who has Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes.The class will be conducted from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Health Education Center at HCHC. Meals will be served to class participants and their guest. Directions will be given when you call HCHC's Diabetes Education Center at 319-385-6518 ...

One driver was taken to Henry County Health Center following a three-vehicle accident on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018.The accident happened at approximately 10:25 a.m., at the intersection of E. Washington and S. Walnut streets, in Mt. Pleasant. According to police reports, a white 2016 Ford truck, owned and operated by Carl Loyd, of New London, was driving east on Washington Street, when he failed to stop at the red ...

It was a quiet sunrise at East Lake Park Thursday morning. The frozen lake and virtually untouched snow-scape made for quite the shot as seen above. The photo was taken just after 7 a.m. The National Weather Service set sunrise at 7:26 a.m. on Thursday morning.

A Clear Lake woman was charged recently for driving under the influence in Henry County.On Sunday, Jan. 14, a Henry County Sheriff's Deputy conducted a traffic stop on a black 2011 Nissan Murano for reckless driving near the Hy-Vee gas station in Mt. Pleasant at approximately 1:03 a.m.After an investigation, Bethany Abujobarah, of Clear Lake, was arrested for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence ...

By David Hotle, The Golden Triangle News Service WASHINGTON ? ?Who remembers what you were doing on Sept. 11, 2001? Who remembers how it made you feel??This is the question Carol Horning asked the Washington City Council Tuesday night. Most of the council and the other people present raised their hands to signify they remembered the terrorist attacks on the United States. Horning went on to say that Washington ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Candidate for governor of Iowa, Fred Hubbell, shared his three legislative priorities during a meet and greet at Sip in Mt. Pleasant on Wednesday, Jan. 17.Mt. Pleasant was the second stop on Hubbell's ?Our Priorities Tour,? a 19-stop tour in four days that highlights his priorities to invest in education and job training, expand health care and increase incomes. Hubbell said ...

There may be no snow in the forcast this week, but weekend flurries have left their mark as cold temperatures have preserved Sunday's snowfall. Above, Mt. Pleasant's Central Park is still covered by a light blanket of snow.

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Henry County Engineer Jake Hotchkiss is planning for yet another busy year when it comes to road improvements and is asking for a 1.6 percent increase from Supervisors for the proposed July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019 fiscal budget.In addition to keeping to their three- to four-year cycle of resurfacing gravel roads, the department is focusing on rebuilding road tops and resurfacin...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News The governor of Colorado has received the warrant for the transfer of Michael Syperda from Carfield County, Colo., to Henry County.Syperda was arrested on Nov. 30, 2017, in Rifle, Colo., and taken into custody on charges of first degree murder of his estranged wife Elizabeth Syperda. Elizabeth disappeared from Mt. Pleasant in 2000 and has not been seen since.Because Syperda ...

The Iowa Wesleyan University Chadwick Library in partnership with The Mt. Pleasant Public Library will feature Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's Vietnam War. The two libraries will host showings of the documentary for five weeks each Sunday and Monday ? Jan. 28-29; Feb. 4-5; Feb. 11-12; Feb. 18-19; and Feb. 25-26 on Iowa Wesleyan's campus in the International Room in Chadwick Library beginning at 7 p.m.A panel ...

By David Hotle, Golden Triangle News Service WASHINGTON ? When local legislators attend the first of three legislative briefings Saturday morning at the Washington County Courthouse, local organizers are hoping to make it the local part of an international march for gender balance.Organizer Carol Ray recalls January 2017 when the first national Women's March was held shortly after President Donald Trump's ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News WAYLAND ? A new co-curricular activity will be added to the WACO Community School District lineup next school year.Finishing touches are being made to a classroom that has been converted to an E Sports Arena. School board members received a presentation on E Sports and toured the arena during their regular meeting Jan. 15.WACO also plans to have a competitive E Sports team ...