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A rider sits on his motorcycle Tuesday night watching the happenings at Burgers and Bikes.
Washington Evening Journal
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A rider sits on his motorcycle Tuesday night watching the happenings at Burgers and Bikes.
Construction crews soon will be paving the last stage of the Winfield Avenue reconstruction project. Currently, a sub-base is being placed on the area between Iris Street and the U.S. Highway 218 overpass.
East Linden Drive in Mt. Pleasant will be closed on Tuesday, Sept. 12, from South Oakbrook Drive to East Linden Lane for sewer repair.The street is slated to be closed from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.Any questions should be directed to the public works department at 385-1480.
By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Henry County supervisors dipped into the real estate market during their meeting Thursday, purchasing six acres of land adjacent to the county quarry.Supervisor Chairman Marc Lindeen said the county doesn?t have any definite plans for the land but said the additional land will provide more room for the county?s rock-crushing operation.Approval was given for the promotion of ...
Corn stalks are beginning to show the season, turning from a summer green to an autumn brown. The ears have also filled out as much as they are going to. It won;?t be long until combines are seen in the field, harvesting this year?s crop.
By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Brian Dufour walked out of his house at 105 E. Henry St. on Thursday, Sept. 7, to find smoke billowing out of the windows of his vehicle.Dufour had just loaded recyclables into the back of the vehicle and had run inside for a moment when something in the back caught on fire.Passer-by Kameron Fracaro was riding his bike when he noticed smoke pouring out of the sunroof and ...
Soybean pods were just beginning to fill in late August when this photo was taken near Mt. Pleasant. Also shown are some of the lodes on the plant. Most of the pods were small on the bean plants in this field.
By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Soybean producers in Iowa have faced eroding or non-existent profit margins for the past year and the factors leading to it are beyond their control, said Chad Hart, an Iowa State University Extension economist.?Soybean farmers are finding a lot of challenges,? he began. ?Supplies are large from last year?s record crops in the United States and there could be another record ...
By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Ray Vens of Mt. Pleasant owns a couple of motorcycles, so he naturally is excited about the Sept. 12 Burgers and Bikes promotion of Main Street Mt. Pleasant in Central Park.Vens, however would be eagerly awaiting the event even if he didn?t own a two-wheeler. That?s because of the intent of the promotion ? to bring people to downtown Mt. Pleasant.?We are having this to ...
By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? New London City Council is holding a special workshop meeting next Tuesday, Sept. 12, to begin finalizing the details surrounding infrastructure on the S. Pine St. residential developments.During the City Council meeting on Sept. 5, the board discussed taking the land and making a tax increment financing (TIF) district, a public financing method used as a subsidy ...
By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Log Village is a self-sufficient town of its own during the Midwest Old Threshers Reunion, providing meals for volunteers in a community that exists for those five days of the year ?kind of like a symphony,? said Holly Jones, who has volunteered in Log Village for 26 years.The kitchen staff at Kossuth Inn arrives at 7 a.m. during the reunion, many not leaving for the day until ...
Mt. Pleasant?s Police Department received a report Sept. 5 of a scam.The victim said someone identifying himself as an employee with a utilities department advised the victim that service was going to be shut down.During the conversation, the victim provided his name, date of birth, Social Security number and a credit card number to the scammers. The victim?s credit card was then used soon after.Mt. Pleasant ...
Mt. Pleasant policemen responded to an accident Aug. 31 in the 100 block of North Jefferson Street.The accident report relates that a 2009 Chevrolet truck, operated by David Felton, was traveling northbound. Felton made an illegal U-turn and struck a legally parked 2004 Dodge truck owned by Joan Rowland.Total damage was estimated at $1,500. There were no injuries, and Felton was cited for failure to obey a ...
By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News There hasn?t been a Midwest Old Threshers Reunion this century without the Wissman family providing some of the free ground entertainment.Loren and Gloria Wissman and their children marked their 17th year at Old Threshers, ranking as either one of the longest or the longest continuous entertainment group.Although when asked, Loren Wissman said the family keeps returning ...
