Mt. Pleasant News

A Burlington man has been charged with two felonies as a result of a month-long investigation by the Henry County Sheriff's Office.Casey Leedham, 36, Burlington, was recently arrested and charged with two counts of third-degree burglary, Class D felonies, and second-degree theft, also a Class D felony.The sheriff's office began its investigation Sept. 3 of an incident in the 1900 grid of 140th Street and a ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Don and Sandee Fields have a dream of packaging 1 million meals in Henry County to send to hurricane victims in Texas and Florida.Directors of Take Away Hunger, Don and Sandee are changing their focus from sending more overseas meals, to sending more meals within the U.S. ?with all this catastrophe here at home,? Don said. Take Away Hunger is a food relief organization that ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Henry County supervisors have received what they have been waiting for ? minutes from the Oct. 6 Iowa Board of Corrections meeting in Des Moines.Supervisor Greg Moeller was told Oct. 6 by Michael Savala, Department of Corrections legal counsel, that the board unanimously approved the transfer of state land at the Mt. Pleasant Correctional Facility (the 6.2 tract of land is ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Credit card fraud is increasing in Mt. Pleasant over the past several weeks at an alarming rate.Lt. Lyle Murray of the Mt. Pleasant Police Department stated at the Oct. 11 Mt. Pleasant City Council meeting that the department is averaging one case per day, and it takes four or five hours of an officer's time to do the investigative work on fraudulent use of credit cards.Cred...

By James Q. Lynch, The Gazette Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel will be the featured speaker at Iowa Republicans' annual Reagan Dinner next month, but the undercard is getting most of the attention.That's because former presidential press secretary Sean Spicer, who has been spoofed on ?Saturday Night Live,? will be giving the GOP faithful in insider's view of the Trump White ...

Students ?stopped, dropped and rolled? on the Mt. Pleasant Fire Department's bouncy house during their open house.

Henry County Naturalists Cari Nicely and Danika Cox are giving local elementary school students a preview of the Oct. 23 Night Hike, ?Alice's Wonderland?. Nicely designed all the costumes and wrote the script for the event. In the photos, some of the Harlan Elementary School staff were cast members when the naturalists visited the school Wednesday. The Night Hike will be from 6-7:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 23, near ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? After what appears to be a ten-year oversight, the city of Winfield will resume billing 19th Hole Shelter House golf course for their water use. The city will not charge for past usage.During the Winfield City Council Meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 11, Mayor Chris Finnell said that he recalls when the course was built, they were supposed to be charged for water and they ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News As Morgan Hoenig looked over the excerpt from ?Women and the Land,? a new book that features her organic vegetable farm, she reminisced about her interview with the authors two years ago, a time when she was at the height of her farming career.?When I see this picture (from the book), I think 'oh my god, I'm so skinny,'? Hoenig said, whose farm Mogo Organic is in Mt. Pleasant. ...

President Donald Trump wasn't in the room Tuesday, but he was on lots of lips as members of the biodiesel industry in Iowa got together in Newton to push back against potential cuts to the Renewable Fuel Standard.At an event at Renewable Energy Group's biodiesel plant in Newton, speakers repeatedly invoked the president's promises during the 2016 election that he would support renewable fuels.?He made that ...

Morgan Hoenig and her farm Mogo Organic is featured in a new book released in September ?Women and the Land,? which recognizes over 25 women who are impacting Iowa's farmland. Hoenig was interviewed for the book two years ago.

CEDAR RAPIDS (The Gazette) ? Actor-comedian Alec Baldwin will headline the Nov. 27 Iowa Democratic Party Fall Gala, the party announced.?While Alec Baldwin captured national attention for his portrayal of Donald Trump on 'Saturday Night Live,' he is just as committed to putting a stop to the irresponsible lawmaking in DC and places like Iowa,? according to the party's announcement.?Heading into the 2018 midterm ...