Mt. Pleasant News

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Lock your doors, establish a rapport with your neighbors and be vigilant.Those were the three top tips from Henry County Sheriff Richard McNamee and Mt. Pleasant Police Chief Ron Archer during a ?Crime in Henry County ? How Your Business Can Avoid Becoming a Victim? seminar Thursday at Access Energy. The event was sponsored by the Mt. Pleasant Area Chamber of Commerce ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News With no business items on their agenda, Thursday?s meeting of the Henry County Board of Supervisors dealt solely with subcommittee reports.Supervisor Chairman Marc Lindeen briefed his peers on Wednesday?s monthly meeting of the Southeast Iowa Link (SEIL), the regional mental health group serving Henry and adjacent counties.Lindeen said SEIL board members approved spending a ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Directors of the Regional Utility Service Systems (RUSS) were told Wednesday that a 28E agreement is being drafted between RUSS and Henry County concerning now-unincorporated Mt. Union.?We are working on the Henry County/Mt. Union 28E agreement,? informed RUSS Executive Director Bruce Hudson. ?It is 98 percent complete and may be done before the end of the week.?Initially, ...

By Bryce Kelly, Mt. Pleasant News It?s a calling that Parnell Davis says has long been on his heart, and now, with a Youth for Christ chapter finally taking root in Henry County, Davis says he is ready for the joys and challenges that lay ahead.?I was doing youth ministry at a church in Cedar Rapids for about two years, and prior to that, I worked for Christamore House for eight years, and so I?ve had a real ...

Soon the fields in Iowa will be filled with soybeans and corn, masses of green before turning shades of gold. But before then, Iowans are greeted with a true spring sight, fields of purple.

By Bryce Kelly, Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? Despite there being a larger turnout from the public during a special session on matters concerning the Winfield Community Veterans Building Management Commission last week, Wednesday night?s Winfield City Council?s discussion on the matter resulted in no public comment whatsoever.?I want to thank the council and those that came last Wednesday to talk about the ...

By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News Sixty-percent of Mt. Pleasant students are involved in at least one co-curricular activity, but the number of students taking to the field is decreasing, according to Activities Director Scot Lamm.?We have 368 kids that are involved in at least one activity here at the high school,? Lamm told the Mt. Pleasant School Board Monday evening during a regularly scheduled meeting. ...

Beatrice Fitten (Monica Breedlove) listens to Meagan Sutherland?s Christine Penmark during a performance of "The Bad Seed." Sutherland said it was a challenge bringing such complex characters to stage.

By Bryce Kelly, Mt. Pleasant News The Henry County Conservation Board hopes to resolve flooding issues at the Water Works Park campground.During a Monday night meeting of the Henry County Conservation Board, the board agreed to pursue an engineering service agreement with Warner Engineering to start the preliminary planning to begin an investigation into moving Water Works Park campground.?Basically, we would ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Save our park!That was the plea of 20 Mt. Union residents visiting with the Henry County Board of Supervisors Tuesday morning, urging the board to have the city park saved.The park ? called Eagle?s Landing Park ? is one of the city?s assets and members of the Imagine Recreating Mt. Union Committee (IRMU) fear the park will be sold to satisfy debt incurred by the former ...

Work is in full swing on Baker Street from Lincoln Street to Becky Lane.Hickey Construction, according to Warner Engineering Associates, the engineering firm for the project, will be finishing new sidewalk construction by April 17, weather permitting.Patching from Lincoln Street to Becky Lane is on the docket following the sidewalk construction. The north side of the Lincoln and Baker streets intersection will ...

Henry County Sheriff?s deputies, on April 9, made an arrest following a traffic stop and investigated a vehicle-deer accident.Roy Stewart, Dayton, Ohio, was arrested near the intersection of Winfield and Grand avenues in Mt. Pleasant. A sheriff?s deputy stopped Stewart?s vehicle after it was observed driving onto the curb portion of the shoulder of the road.Stewart was charged and arrested for operation while ...