Obituaries

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News What's lost will eventually be found.That came true for Tim Hummell, of Mt. Pleasant, when his 1974 Mt. Pleasant Community High School class ring was returned to him earlier this month, almost 50 years after he lost it.?I remember I lost it. That's it,? Hummell said. ?Not long after that I went to the Marines and never thought about it again.?That is until he got a call from ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Public Health's new immunization hours are popular, with 85 shots given and 29 kids seen on Tuesday, Aug. 21.The immunization clinic is open every Tuesday from 9 to 11 a.m. and Wednesdays and Thursdays from 1 to 4 p.m. Additionally, the clinic is open until 6 p.m. the first and third Thursday of every month.?We didn't know how that would go, but it's huge,? Public Health ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Comfort Inn and Suites' license to operate a pool was revoked by Environmental Health and the Iowa Department of Public Health after a family staying at the hotel was seen swimming in the pool earlier this month despite a cease-and-desist order.The hotel pool, located in Mt. Pleasant, has been closed since an inspection in March that found chlorine levels to be above acceptable ...

The Mt. Pleasant Police Department responded to a report of a shot being fired from a vehicle that traveled past Continental Contitech on 400 Goodyear Road in Mt. Pleasant on Sunday, Aug. 19 at 4:45 a.m.Witnesses provided responding officers with a vehicle description. Officers quickly located the vehicle and initiated a traffic stop with the suspect vehicle. As a result of this investigation, Dakota Tusing, 27, ...

NEW LONDON ? New technology was the priority of the New London School Board as they gear up for their first day of school on Thursday.The New London School Board met in regular session on Monday, Aug. 20, and discussed their new updates from the outside in.Outside of the school is a brand-new electric sign marking the building. Under the sign, a digital banner displays calendar events and school news.The new ...

The intersection of S. Locust Street and E. Green Street will not be open by the time school starts on Thursday, Aug. 23, due to construction, possibly disrupting the flow of traffic to and from Lincoln Elementary School. The Jay Street sewer project is wrapping up, however, with Drish Construction continuing north from Warren Street and Jones Contracting placing several independent concrete sections. Depending ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News A summerlong project was finished and celebrated on Friday night as the Mapleleaf Athletic Complex parking lot was opened with a ribbon cutting before Mt. Pleasant's ?Meet the Players? night.The paving project, which began in May, was done in partnership between the City of Mt. Pleasant and the Mt. Pleasant Community School District. The project not only turned the once ...

High school student Walfred Urizar is being ?financially adopted? by Iowa WINS after his father, Elmer Urizar, was deported to Guatemala earlier this month following his arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in May.Elmer was one of 32 men arrested at their place of employment at MPC Enterprises on May 9. Since then, 24 have been released on bond while the others were deported back to their home countries....

AMES ? Midwest Plan Service's award-winning publication ?Grain Drying, Handling, and Storage Handbook? (MWPS-13) is now available for download through the Midwest Plan Service website. The publication had previously only been available as a printed hard copy.The book provides information on the whys and hows of developing a total system for grain drying, handling and storage. It discusses how the design and ...

Several search warrants were executed in southeast Iowa for the possession and distribution of a controlled substance on Friday, Aug. 16.As a result of the search warrants, illicit drugs, drug paraphernalia and an undetermined amount of currency was seized.The Henry County Sheriff's Office and Mt. Pleasant Police Department assisted several other law enforcement agencies in the execution of the search warrants ...