Mt. Pleasant News

After the Washington City Council learned last Tuesday of two alleged attacks by a stray dog in town, a subject reported having been attacked by a dog Friday night at South Fourth Avenue and East Harrison Street in Washington.At 11:10 p.m. Friday, a caller reported a subject was walking southbound on South Fourth Avenue, almost to Washington County Hospital and Clinics. The subject reportedly had no shirt on and ...

ALLISON ? The trio of hurricanes ? Harvey, Irma and Maria ? have wreaked havoc and left a mess to clean up in their wake across Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico. They have also had far-reaching impacts beyond their immediate path.That includes in Northeast Iowa, where residents of Butler County are still recovering from the fall floods of 2016.?I think they kind of feel forgotten. Especially with the hurricanes ...

More budget cuts may be in the future for the Mt. Pleasant Community School District as student enrollment continues to decline.Monday night, during the Mt. Pleasant Community School District's meeting of the school board, Director of Business and Finance Ed Chabal discussed the district's unspent authorized budget. A district's unspent authorized budget is the difference between the district's legal budget ...

A pickup backed into a parked car Oct. 3, in Mt. Pleasant, causing an estimated $3,500 damage to the vehicles.According to the Mt. Pleasant Police Department, a 2017 Toyota truck, owned by Orkin LLC and operated by Jimmy Petersen, of Washington, backed into the car on the 300 block of North White Street.The parked car was a 1999 Ford, owned by Ronald Welker, of Mt. Pleasant.There were no injuries reported.

CEDAR RAPIDS ? As the demand for naloxone, a countermeasure to opioid-related overdoses that health officials say claimed 180 lives in Iowa last year, is increasing, the cost will drop as the result of an agreement the Iowa Attorney General's Office reached with a drugmaker.The deal makes public agencies ? law enforcement, emergency medical services and hospitals ? eligible for a $6-per-dose rebate on naloxone ...

A Mt. Pleasant High School student was briefly pinned between two cars Oct. 6 in the school's parking lot.According to the police department's accident report, by the time officers arrived, the car had been moved, no one was pinned and there were no life-threatening injuries.Wayne Klopfenstein was the pinned student and suffered injuries to his leg. He was treated at the scene by personnel from the Henry County ...

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' is Dr. Shaunna Wilkinson, an assistant professor of English at Iowa Wesleyan University.Are you originally from Mt. Pleasant/Henry County? If not, what brought you here? I am actually from the St. Louis area. I grew up in Troy, Mo. What specificall...

WAYLAND ? Henry County law enforcement officials still are looking for answers as to why a driver became unconscious Oct. 4 while operating a vehicle and causing over $21,000 in damage to structures in Wayland.According to the Henry County Sheriff's Office, Tanner Pace, no address disclosed, was westbound on Iowa Highway 78 approaching the city limits of Wayland. At some point, he became unconscious and when he ...

Peggy Knudsen's favorite place in all of Israel is the Sea of Galilee. It is a place that has been untouched by the modern world. No buildings are able to be built on top of a historical site there.?The reason it means so much to me is because you can't build a big church on the Sea of Galilee,? Peggy said, after she and her husband Monte Knudsen, pastor at Faith Community Outreach Church (FCOC) returned from ...

A house at 106 N. White St. in Mt. Pleasant sustained major damage Thursday night from a fire. According to Mt. Pleasant Fire Chief Stewart Kinney, the fire, which started in the back of the residence, was reported shortly after 10:30 p.m. Kinney said the fire was caused by an overheated clothes dryer in the rear of the home. The house was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived. All occupants of the home safely ...

By Christina Crippes, Waterloo Courier WATERLOO ? U.S. Rep. Rod Blum (R, 1st Distric) wants the rest of the country to look more like Iowa. At least when it comes to how the state draws its congressional districts.?Iowa does it right, and I'm very proud of that,? Blum said. ?If you look at (Dave) Loebsack's district, my district and David Young's district, I mean they're competitive districts.?Blum, a ...

Harlan Elementary School students, above and at right, were released at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 4, to participate in Live Healthy Iowa's Healthiest State Walk. Nearly 400 middle school students, below, participated. Between the students and 21 staff members, 1.2 million steps were taken.