Mt. Pleasant News

Kids competed in the annual pedal pull competition on Friday, July 14, at the Henry County Fair.

It?s go time for the Mt. Pleasant baseball team. Colby Potts (pictured) and the Panthers begin their postseason run tonight (Friday) in Fairfield against Keokuk at 5 p.m. Fairfield and Ft. Madison will play right after Mt. Pleasant?s game. The winners will meet back in Fairfield on Monday, July 17, with the winners of that game moving on to the substate final.

Jacie Anderson of Mt. Pleasant talks with bucket-bottle calf judge Sparky Wellman, left, of Bentonsport during the interview portion of the bucket calf show.

By James Q. Lynch, The Gazette CEDAR RAPIDS ? Todd Prichard wears many hats as a private citizen, attorney, state lawmaker and candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor.For the next three weeks, the Charles City Iowa House member will be off the campaign trail while he wears the hat of an Army Reserve officer in multination training exercise.Prichard, 43, a lieutenant colonel, will be going to ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Four-year-old crowned county fair queen. Now, a headline such as that would attract some quizzical looks.No, Danielle (Dani) Broeker isn?t a four-year-old, but she kiddingly referred to her age as 4 during introductions Thursday night at the Henry County Fair Queen contest because her birthday is Feb. 20.Broeker, a member of the state-qualifying Mt. Pleasant girls? softball ...

Mt. Pleasant senior QianQian Ye entranced audience members during the Bill Riley Talent Show on Wednesday, July 12, during the Henry County Fair.

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 Carmen Benson, whom you may know from the Winfield-Mt. Union Community School District.Are you originally from Mt. Pleasant/Henry County? If not, what brought you here? Yes, I grew up in Wayland and reside in Winfield.What is your favorite ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Warren Messer doesn?t like the exterior appearance of a trailer house on the 600 block of East Monroe Street and urged the Mt. Pleasant City Council to do something with the structure.Speaking during the public forum portion of Wednesday?s council meeting, the Mt. Pleasant resident said the trailer was inhabitable.?It is the worst eyesore in Mt. Pleasant,? Messer began. ?If ...

By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? The Winfield-Mt. Union School Board is keeping their word and moving forward with a new HVAC system for the school building.Last year, as the school board promoted the upcoming $9.5 million bond vote, they promised either way the vote came down a new heating and cooling system would be put in place. After the referendum failed, the district was unsure how best to ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Henry County is now a member of the Southeast Iowa Area Crime Commission?s (SIAC) juvenile detention home near Montrose in Lee County. The facility was constructed in the early 1990s.The county had long been a member of SIAC but recently found out it was not a member of the detention center. ?In the spring, we tried to put a juvenile in the detention center and they refused ...

By Ed Tibbetts, Quad-City Times DAVENPORT ? Lagging state revenues shouldn?t be an excuse to put off resolving school funding inequities, John Norris, a Democrat running for governor, said in Davenport on Thursday.Norris, one of seven Democrats in the field, spoke at an education roundtable that his campaign organized Thursday morning.Much of the discussion centered on the complaint by Davenport schools that ...

It was the Great Henry County Bake Off Wednesday night as apron clad little chefs brought their A-game during the ?Chopped Cupcake Challenge? at the Henry County Fair.The cupcakes looked good enough to eat after the final judging took place.