Last Friday, Mt. Pleasant Police Officers Lyle Murray and Robert Szewczyk spoke to students at Harlan Elementary about bicycle safety and walking safety. The officers then donated helmets to students who rode bikes to school that day.
By Mt. Pleasant News Staff Henry County Emergency Management Director Walt Jackson has seen the photos and heard the reports, but he is not confirming that a tornado struck the Salem area Wednesday afternoon during severe storms which passed through the county.?I?ve seen pictures of the (funnel) cloud and heard that it was seen above Salem between 3-3:30 p.m., but I have not received any reports that it ...
By Ed Tibbetts, Quad-City Times WASHINGTON, D.C. ? U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Thursday that in a briefing with FBI Director James Comey two months ago, he heard nothing to contradict President Donald Trump?s claim this week that the ousted director told him he wasn?t under investigation in connection with Russian interference in the 2016 election.Grassley made the revelation at a Judiciary Committee...
By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Mt. Pleasant, at least for now, will follow the state code on the sale and use of fireworks.City council members during Wednesday?s regular meeting, passed the first reading of an ordinance to that effect. The ordinance reads as follows: ?It shall be unlawful for any person or entity, to possess, store, offer for sale, sell or explode any fireworks, except as allowed by ...
By Brooks Taylor and Karyn SporyStrong winds and hail was reported in Henry County Wednesday afternoon.Henry County Emergency Management Director Walt Jackson said at 3:40 p.m. that he has not received any reports of tornadoes in the county.Jackson said strong winds were reported in and near New London., and that there was hail in the Salem and Oakland Mills areas.At approximately 2:30 p.m., a tornado warning ...
By Erin Murphy, Lee Des Moines Bureau DES MOINES ? Mary Ellen Miller?s organization has an aggressive goal of gender balance in Iowa?s elected offices by 2020, and the group recently has been inundated with a sudden abundance of raw materials: women interested in running for public office.The number of Iowa women showing interest in running for public office has spiked since the November 2016 elections, ...
Henry County Sheriff?s deputies investigated another vehicle-deer accident May 9.Law enforcement officials received a report from Michelle DePriest, of Keokuk, that she had struck a deer in the 1500 grid of 235th Street near Mt. Pleasant.DePriest?s 2012 Chevrolet sustained minor damage and she was able to drive away from the scene.
By Bryce Kelly, Mt. Pleasant News Dr. Faida Maramuke Mitifu never set out to be an Ambassador to the United States of America. However, after taking her own advice and opening herself up to positive, albeit challenging, experiences, she says her life has been one amazing ride.An accomplished diplomat with 16 years of experience as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Ambassador to the United States, Dr. ...
State and local officials are celebrating National Travel and Tourism week this week (May 7-13).Recently, the Mt. Pleasant Area Chamber Alliance was recognized for contributing to the state?s $8.06 billion tourism industry. As part of National Travel and Tourism Week, communities across the country celebrate what travel means to employment, economic growth and personal well-being.In Henry County, 170 jobs are ...
By James Q. Lynch, The Gazette WASHINGTON, D.C. ? Gov. Terry Branstad admitted to being nervous before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing last week on his nomination to be ambassador to China.Having his wife, two sons, past and present staff members and friends filling the Senate hearing room behind him helped calm his nerves, Branstad said Monday.The Foreign Relations Committee is scheduled to ...
A two-vehicle accident May 6 at the intersection of West Henry and North White streets resulted in $2,500 damage to the vehicles.The Mt. Pleasant Police Department?s accident report said that a 1999 Toyota, driven by Khang Truong, Mt. Pleasant, was traveling south and failed to stop at the posted stop sign.The Truong vehicle continued through the intersection where it collided with a 1994 Toyota, driven by ...
By James Q. Lynch, The Gazette CEDAR RAPIDS ? It?s too soon to know what changes Iowa will want ? or have ? to make to its Medicaid program as a result of changes Congress is contemplating in its replacement of the Affordable Care Act, Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds said Monday.?I?m not going to speculate because we don?t know,? Reynolds said at the administration?s weekly news conference.?It?s ...
Iowa Wesleyan graduates were all smiles on Saturday as they received their diplomas and turned their tassels in front of friends, family and faculty.
By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News State Sen. Rich Taylor, D-Mt. Pleasant, admittedly couldn?t believe what he said at the conclusion of Iowa Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nate Boulton?s visit to Mt. Pleasant Friday.?We have a good, young Democrat running for governor,? Taylor said, quickly adding, ?I can?t believe I said young Democrat.?Boulton, however, is young and a Democrat. The 37-year-old native ...
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