Mt. Pleasant News

Mt. Pleasant Police Department officers investigated a hit-and-run accident June 8 that occurred at the intersection of Walnut and Madison streets.According to the accident report, a vehicle operated by Emma Jones of Mt. Pleasant was southbound on Walnut Street when a tan or beige-color passenger car traveling east on Madison Street failed to stop at the posted stop sign. The offending vehicle struck the Jones ...

East Grove Farms, rural Salem, hosted its fourth annual Folk Music Festival last weekend. Nine bands headlined the event with music ranging from folk music to country to bluegrass. The farm is owned by the Garretson family and is the oldest family farm in Iowa. Last year over 700 people attended the event which was confined to one day. This year, the festival expanded to two days. In addition to good music, the ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Henry County Conservation?s Department already has received 210 reservations for cabins and camping space amounting to $15,000 in revenue, John Pullis, county conservation director, told Henry County supervisors Thursday morning.Many of the county?s reservations are now handled online through the My County Parks website but walk-up reservations also are honored. ?We can gain ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Absentee ballots for the Aug. 1 bond referendum election on a new county law enforcement center/jail complex should be ready soon, Henry County Auditor Shelly Barber said at Tuesday?s county supervisor meeting.?We have all of the information and the ballots should be ready either the last week of June (June 26-30) or the first week of July,? Barber said. Polls will be open ...

The Mt. Pleasant 4th of July Committee is offering a limited number of reserved parking spaces for the community celebration at McMillan Park on July 4th. A $30 donation will reserve one front-row parking space and a picnic table. To reserve a parking spot call 319-383-0255.The evening?s activities start at 5 p.m., with the Independence Day Parade through McMillan Park, followed by carousel, trolley rides and ...

Van Buren County will hold their second annual Bible Reading Marathon the last Sunday of June. It will be at the VB courthouse lawn, Sunday, June 25, from 1 to 5 p.m., when the Bible will be read out loud from Genesis through Revelation. Each reader will be assigned a few specific chapters to avoid duplication so that all 66 books will be read that afternoon. Please bring your own Bible, lawn chair and water. For ...

By Erin Murphy, Lee Des Moines Bureau DES MOINES ? Three statewide programs that provide assistance to victims of sexual abuse are being eliminated or severely cut because of recent reductions in state and federal funding, and many more regional organizations are scrambling to limit the impact of reduced funding.Advocates fear the program cuts will leave victims of sexual abuse without critical assistance.?It?...

By Ed Tibbetts, Quad City Times Federal crop insurance payments have long been a target for budget cutters, but the proposed reductions in the Trump administration?s 2018 budget exceed what came previously.Midwest lawmakers say they don?t think the cuts have much, if any, chance of becoming law. But some groups say this will be a place to watch when a new farm bill is written next year.The Trump administration...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Forget the heat, Lisa Oetken was just happy for a stiff breeze and no rain Saturday when Main Street Mt. Pleasant hosted the ?Triple B? at McMillan Park in Mt. Pleasant.Triple B is short for Bands, Brews and Bar-B-Q, and Saturday?s event was the fifth such event hosted by Main Street of which Oetken is the executive director.?I?m just happy it isn?t raining,? Oetken said as ...

WASHINGTON ? Attorney General Jeff Sessions will face questions about the firing of FBI Director James Comey and undeclared meetings with Russian officials at a U.S. Senate hearing on Tuesday, becoming the highest-ranking member of President Donald Trump?s Cabinet to testify in the affair.Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and fellow Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., questioned Sunday why Sessions was involved ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ­? The New London baseball team snapped a modest two-game losing streak on Thursday night, topping Cardinal 8-5 in an SEISC South Division game.The Tigers used a lot of early offense to pick up the win. New London scored four runs in the second inning, two in the third and one in the fourth to jump out to a 7-0 lead.Cardinal scored three runs in the top of the ...

James Harlan Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution met Saturday morning, June 10, 2017, at the Presbyterian Church in Mt. Pleasant. Twenty-one attended, including guest Penny Cammack of Pipestone, Minnesota, formerly of Salem.Regent Barbara Welander led the opening rituals, followed by a short business meeting. Vice-Regent Gayle Olson and Sylvia Blaesing reported on their attendance at the Iowa State ...