Obituaries

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Henry County Supervisors are again urging residents to mind Prottsman Sanitation's hours in New London lest they be ticketed.A complaint from Mike Prottsman about a New London resident leaving his garbage outside the area right before Prottsman Sanitation opened prompted Supervisors to discuss a format for how these violations should be handled.?(The trash bag) was sitting ...

By Gretchen Teske, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? New London citizens felt their concerns were swept to the curb at last night's city council meeting. The item of concern was a $100,000 Elgin Pelican street sweeper from Trans Iowa Equipment.The council scheduled the first item on the agenda to be a hearing on the purchase and the second item a motion to approve it, but not before several residents voiced their ...

This spinning wheel and chair were hand crafted by John Lee, who with his family, came from Ohio via Bond Co., Ill., and settled northeast of New London in 1836. In 1838, John built a two-story log cabin housing a family of 11, plus perhaps other relatives, said to be the first two-story log home constructed in Henry County.Four Lee brothers and a sister, along with her husband, settled in the area that came to ...

Voters arrived at the polling station with IDs in hand Tuesday morning, June 5. Voting began at 7 a.m. and wraps up at 9 p.m.

Dave Smith's roots at Lake Geode reach back over 80 years. In 1937 his grandfather worked to help it become a state park and now Smith is helping to keep that vision for the next generation. His goal now is to bring the park back to its former glory, beginning with restoring the concession stand and boat house.The Friends of Lake Geode is a nonprofit group whose goal is to help increase awareness, appreciation ...

Jefferson Street is officially open for traffic. City Administrator Brent Schleisman cheers at Main Street Mt. Pleasant's ribbon cutting Monday, June 4, at 8 a.m. The Digging Up the Bricks team and the Mt. Pleasant Area Chamber Alliance celebrated the end to the long months of construction.

By Gretchen Teske, Mt. Pleasant News Construction comes at a cost and unfortunately for businesses on Jefferson St., they have to pay up. A decrease in local shoppers has caused sales to drop, despite their best efforts.?Business slowed to a crawl,? said Sam Riepe, owner of the Vintage Raven. ?It was completely and absolutely because of that.? Riepe reported April sales were down 40 percent compared to last ...

The Mt. Pleasant Public library is ready to rock 'n' roll their children's program this summer.This summer reading program's theme, ?libraries rock,? will focus on getting children excited about reading and bring an upbeat tempo to the task. Anyone 17 and younger is encouraged to sign up.?Libraries and summer reading just kind of go together,? says youth services librarian Rebekah Hosford. The free summer ...

A Wayland man was arrested Wednesday for driving on a revoked license.On Wednesday, May 30, at approximately 8:30 p.m., Larry Whittemore of Wayland was pulled over for a traffic stop near the intersection of 170th St. and Franklin Ave. Upon further investigation, it was determined Whittemore was driving on a revoked license.He was arrested and charged with driving while revoked, a serious misdemeanor, failure ...

A Cedar Rapids man was charged with driving while under the influence of alchohol on Sunday.On Sunday, May 27, at approximately, 2:10 a.m., Henry County deputies observed a black pickup swerving in the southbound lane of traffic in the 2500 grid of S. Grand Ave.After a traffic stop, at the intersection of S. Grand Ave. and E. Linden Dr., Mark Lewis of Cedar Rapids was identified as the driver. Upon further ...