Mt. Pleasant News

No injuries were reported following a hit and run at 111 W. Monroe St., in Mt. Pleasant on Monday, Jan. 8.According to police reports, Desiree Bishop, of Mt. Pleasant, was attempting to pull into the alley located on the north side of the square when her vehicle slid on the ice and struck the Union Block building, located at 111 W. Monroe St. Bishop then left the scene and was later located at her residence.Dama...

DES MOINES ? Iowa's new Medicaid head said he would not close the door to adding a fourth managed-care organization to the state's program. But he made it clear he did not want the state to continue to care for the Iowa's most complex cases, who already have been moved from one insurance company to Iowa's fee-for-service program.With just more than a month under his belt as the new director of Iowa's $5 billion ...

DES MOINES ? A majority of Iowa voters would prefer fully funded public services like education and water quality to a tax cut, and four out of five believe the state's minimum wage should be increased.That's according to a poll published Monday by the progressive advocacy group Progress Iowa. The survey was conducted by Public Policy Polling, a left-leaning national firm.Public Policy Polling surveyed 664 Iowa ...

Washington Police Chief Greg Goodman reported today that a dog that was involved in an attack Monday afternoon is in the custody of the City of Washington and his intent is to have the dog humanely destroyed.According to the Washington County call log, a subject was walking two dogs in the 100 block of North H Avenue in Washington. The two dogs were attacked by two pit bulls, which Goodman said came from a ...

The county is renewing their bridge inspection contract with Calhoun-Burns and Associates as ?another eye on our bridges,? said Jake Hotchkiss, Henry County engineer.During the Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 9, Hotchkiss said that using the company, which specializes in bridge inspection, is a valuable tool to the county. Although the former county engineer was certified to do bridge inspections, ...

And that's it. The holidays are completely over as city decorations were taken down Tuesday morning. The sub-zero temperatures directly after the new year kept decorations up, but as the thermometer rose into the 30s, so did the buckets with city workers inside to take down the wreaths.

By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant Community School District now has someone at the helm of the upcoming phase two of the elementary air conditioning project, as the school board approved a contract with Woodruff Construction during Monday night's meeting.The contract with Woodruff Construction was approved for $136,900. The construction manager will be responsible for coordinating and schedulin...

As Public Health transitions to be a department under the county rather than Henry County Health Center, the Board of Health has landed on an organizational structure for who reports to whom under Board of Health.In the Board of Health meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 9, the board discussed the organizational structure, appointed a new chair as current chair Rose Lauer steps down, and further discussed their transition ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ended the first legal challenge to a Republican-backed Mississippi law that permits businesses and government employees to refuse to serve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people because of their religious beliefs.The justices left in place a June ruling by the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the plaintiffs - same-sex couples, civil ...

By Xiomara Levsen, Golden Triangle News Service WASHINGTON ? A fatal car accident claimed the life of an Iowa City man Saturday morning.At 12:56 a.m., a caller reported a vehicle had left the roadway in the 2600 block of Highway 22 and struck the entrance of a residence near Riverside with someone possibly trapped in the vehicle, according to the accident report. The vehicle had also rolled several times.River...

By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News Teachers in the Mt. Pleasant Community School District will have a little more time for parent/teacher conferences this spring as the Board of Education approved a schedule change Monday night.According to Superintendent John Henriksen, teaching staff had a hard time scheduling parent/teacher conferences with the limited time last fall. Last semester, parent/teacher conferences...

By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News There was still plenty of debate surrounding the district's policy regarding registered sex offenders Monday night.Last month, the district approved a first reading of a policy that would allow district administrators to decide on a case-by-case basis if a registered sex offender would be permitted on school grounds, under supervision, in order to attend a child's school ...