Mt. Pleasant News

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Mt. Pleasant's Devyn Phelps is not auditioning for a guest spot on the television show ?Rehab Addict?. It just appears that way.Phelps, with considerable help from her boyfriend, Lucas Larsh, has gutted the majority of her two-story home on North Broadway Street in Mt. Pleasant to the studs. The only part surviving the gutting (so far) is a couple of rooms Phelps and Larsh ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Dr. Brent Lindbert at Ottawa Chiropractor Clinic cringes to see people on their cellphones, hunching their shoulders and craning their necks toward their lap. ?Think about their future,? he said.This is the posture chiropractors and orthopedic doctors have dubbed ?text neck,? the overuse of handheld mobile technology which results in painful and potentially permanent alteration ...

By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News The season of the 5K is here and the REC Center's Raul Becerril has helpful tips and tricks to make sure whether it's someone's first or 50th race, they'll be running safe, smart and having lots of fun along the way.For those new to the 5K circuit, Becerril, health and wellness coordinator at the REC Center, says the best place to start is anywhere. ?You don't have to be at ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News It might not feel like hunting season just yet but with fall approaching, the time to lace up your hunting boots is right around the corner with the early season just getting underway in mid-September.Henry County Conservation Director John Pullis met with The News last week to discuss the upcoming fall season, the drop in the number of birds in the area and the absense, ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Thanks to Hearth and Home Technologies LLC, thousands of meals, boxes of cereal and six pallets worth of water bottles will be sent to their customers in Texas to distribute.Hearth and Homes charity committee organized a food packaging event at Take Away Hunger on Sept. 19. Take Away Hunger is a food relief organization based in Iowa that motivates teams of people to package ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? Patchwork is needed on the New London Athletic Complex's track after the radius on the inside of the track was inaccurately poured.New London District Superintendent Chad Wahls said he and the school board are not happy.?We want something in good condition and brand-new,? Wahls said on the phone after the New London School Board meeting on Sept. 18. ?It's just the ...

By Rod Boshart, Gazette Des Moines Bureau DES MOINES ? Hotels and motels have become the latest focal point for Iowa's efforts to curb human trafficking by training workers, managers and patrons on spotting and reporting criminal activities.Gov. Kim Reynolds used her weekly news conference Tuesday to announce an initiative aimed at fighting the growing number of sex trafficking cases involving hotels and ...

Fred Hubbell, a director at Macerich, a big beneficiary of Iowa's 2013 property tax reform law, said on Wednesday the law isn't changing the way the shopping mall firm operates in the state and the law ought to undergo a major overhaul.Hubbell is one of seven Democrats running for governor. And although others in the race also have been critical of state tax breaks for businesses, Hubbell's position on the board ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Two more county construction projects may move from ?in progress? to ?completed? this week, Henry County Engineer Jake Hotchkiss told county supervisors Tuesday.Projects include the reconstruction of just over a mile of Winfield Avenue, and replacement of a culvert on Iowa Avenue.?We are wrapping up the project,? Hotchkiss said in reference to Winfield Avenue. ?We are just ...

DES MOINES ? State budget officials said Wednesday another $13 million will have to be borrowed from reserves to balance the fiscal 2017 ledger and, while no special legislative session is needed, lawmakers and Gov. Kim Reynolds will face challenges in managing upcoming finances.Iowa Department of Management Director David Roederer said the expected shortfall for Iowa's fiscal 2017 budget was another $14.6 ...

More pizza had to be ordered during Pizza Wars Tuesday night as people continued to line up to sample their favorites.

Gazette Des Moines Bureau DES MOINES ? Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller said Tuesday he has joined a bipartisan group of state attorneys general investigating the manufacturers and distributors of prescription opioid drugs as part of a widespread probe into the nation's opioid epidemic.The 40 states, plus the District of Columbia, served investigative subpoenas for documents and information, also known as ...