Mt. Pleasant News

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 on the Front Page' Steve Mendenhall, who you may know from Signs and Designs, Ltd.Are you originally from Mt. Pleasant or Henry County? If not, what brought you here? I was born and raised in Mt. Pleasant.What do you do in town?I have owned and operated Signs and ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Henry County Health Center hopes to fill some empty physician spots in the next year, welcoming a new resident physician from Cedar Rapids next summer to join their Emergency Room staff and continuing their search for an OB-GYN.With the possibility of having four, full-time staff members in the ER, HCHC CEO Robb Gardner said ?that would be a record,? during the board of ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Remember those drives through the Iowa countywide several decades ago? Black dirt dominated what just a few months ago were fields of corn and soybeans.Turn the calendar to today and fields of plowed black dirt are disappearing.?If you go back 40 years ago, you are going to see a black surface on row-crop fields this time of the year,? recalled Virgil Schmitt, an agronomist ...

The Mt. Pleasant Fire Department honed their emergency response skills recently during a training day earlier this month. Crews battled a controlled blaze to help them prepare for future fires.

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? As an extra safety precaution and to monitor behavior, the New London Community School District is installing cameras on all six of their school buses.One camera will be pointed at the speedometer, one will have a view of the ?Stop? arm on the side of the bus and another will have a better view of the bus as a whole, said Chad Wahls, District Superintendent for New ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? The parents of New London middle and high school football players are unsure whether or not moving to 8-man from 11-man football is a good idea, but for now, they're more concerned whether or not this will help their athletes be the best they can be.In an open forum on Tuesday, Nov. 21, in the New London High School auditorium, parents and community members ...

A vacancy will exist in the office of District Associate Judge for Lee County. A commission has been formed, pursuant to Sections 602.6501 through 602.6504 of the Code of Iowa.The following candidates have submitted their applications:Kimberly A. Auge, Amy K. Beavers, Clinton R. Boddicker, Robert J. Reding, Lisa K. Schaefer, Jonathan M. Stensvaag and Steven J. Westercamp.The Commission will conduct interviews ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News WAYLAND ? Small school districts always are on the lookout for additional financial resources.Count the WACO Community School District in the group. During Monday night's regular board meeting, directors approved submitting an application to the School Budget Review Committee for nearly a $110,000 in allowable growth.Allowable growth is synonymous with spending authority. ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News The final nail has been driven and the work on new county maintenance sheds in Wayland and Winfield are nearly finished, Henry County Engineer Jake Hotchkiss told county supervisors Tuesday.W-3 Construction, of Washington, is the contractor for both sheds. Construction began in the early fall. ?The exterior of the Winfield shed is complete, and they will be working on ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News House guests shuffled around in blue booties as they walked through the five historic houses in Mt. Pleasant handpicked by the T.T.T. Society for Tour of Homes on Sunday, Nov. 19.For 19 years, T.T.T. Chapter DD has hosted Tour of Homes to raise money for girls who have completed the fourth grade to go to Camp Wyoming during the summer. The National T.T.T. Society is a nonprofit ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? With the holidays around the corner and the New Year on the horizon, the New London School Board invited lawmaker Dave Heaton to discuss with them the legislative priorities for education in 2018 during their meeting on Monday, Nov. 20.Heaton, with Iowa House District 84, said that he doesn't yet have a feel for what this next legislative session is going to look ...

Gazette Des Moines Bureau DES MOINES ? Michael Randol has been appointed to direct Iowa's Medicaid Enterprise, officials with the state Department of Human Services announced Friday.Randol is slated to begin his new duties on Dec. 4. He holds a master of business administration degree from William Woods University with an emphasis on finance, as well as a bachelor of science degree in accounting from the ...