Mt. Pleasant News

Liver and onions or meatloaf will be served at the New London VFW Post 7641, 802 East McKinley, on Saturday, June 10, from 5-7:30.Dinners come with sides of mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, roll and butter.All local citizens are welcome to attend.

By Erin Murphy and Rod Boshart, Lee/Gazette Des Moines Bureau BOONE --- The hog roast was popular once again, but the previous administration?s health care reform also was on the menu after being roasted by the new vice president.Vice President Mike Pence, speaking Saturday at U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst?s annual GOP fundraiser, said Congress must make it a priority to get to President Donald Trump?s desk a bill that ...

By Erin Murphy, Lee Des Moines Bureau DES MOINES ? The number of Iowa school districts that share superintendents more than tripled over the past decade as more small, rural districts in particular looked for ways to save money.The spike in shared superintendents largely can be traced to three factors, according to multiple school officials:? Historically lower increases in state funding.? Enrollment ...

A Mt. Pleasant woman was taken by air care to University of Iowa Hospitals May 31 following a motorcycle-deer accident near Geode State Park.George and Brandy Little of Mt. Pleasant, according to the Henry County Sheriff?s accident report, were traveling on a 2000 Harley Davidson motorcycle in the 2600 grid of Salem Road. A deer ran out in front of the motorcycle. G. Little was driving the motorcycle and struck ...

By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News Emergency crews are still working to put out a fire in the 400 block of East Cedar Lane in Mt. Pleasant this afternoon (Friday).At approximately 12:45 dispatchers received reports of a ?house exploding? at 408 East Cedar Lane.Within minutes firefighters and police officers were on the scene.A large plume of brown smoke loomed over the block, as particle debris floated ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News To minimize confusion and maximize continuity, the Henry County Board of Supervisors Thursday morning opted to follow state code regarding the sale and discharging of fireworks.Supervisors did not draft an ordinance or adopt a policy regarding fireworks but had the meeting minutes reflect the action.Henry County Sheriff Rich McNamee and Kent White, former supervisor and now ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News MT. UNION ? Henry County supervisors said they would be back, and they kept their promise by hosting a second community meeting Wednesday night at the Mt. Union Community Building.Supervisors met with Mt. Union residents in April at the United Methodist Church and said they would return to update the community on proceedings with the discontinuation process.The supervisors ...

By Bryce Kelly, Mt. Pleasant News It has been roughly two years since members of the Mt. Pleasant First United Methodist Church have been actively reading to local elementary school children, and volunteers say they aren?t going to stop something that is already working so well.Members of the Mt. Pleasant First United Methodist Church have been participating in the ?Change a Child?s Story? program, a statewide ...

The Mt. Pleasant Kiwanis Club hosted a Pancake and Sausage Breakfast March 26 and 27, at the Wright Family Pavilion during the Greater Iowa Swap Meet. All the proceeds from the breakfast will go to helping local children in the community.

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Although people may not have flown in to Tuesday night?s ?Wings in the Spring,? several hundred area residents flocked to Mt. Pleasant?s Central Park for the Main Street Mt. Pleasant-sponsored chicken-wing cooking event.Downtown was alive, many of those attending agreed.Lisa Oetken, director of Main Street Mt. Pleasant, was ecstatic with the turnout. ?There wasn?t much else ...

?Relay at Recess for Kids? allowed students in the Mt. Pleasant Community School District to raise money for Relay for Life. The event, hosted May 26, at the Mapleleaf Athletic Complex featured students walking (and sometimes running) laps on the track. Organizers reported that the event raised $720.

By Rod Boshart, Gazette Des Moines Bureau DES MOINES ? Gov. Kim Reynolds is planning a July reunion with her former boss, U.S. Ambassador Terry Branstad ? in China.Reynolds announced Tuesday she will be leading an all-Iowa agriculture trade mission to China that will begin July 19 and run until July 28. Traveling with her will be officials from commodity groups representing Iowa?s corn, soybean, pork, beef, ...