Obituaries

By Gretchen Teske, Mt. Pleasant News One individual is dead following a Tuesday morning crash on Winfield Ave.Seventy-seven-year- old Barbara Garrels died from her injuries after the vehicle she was riding in crashed into two utility poles and four parked cars on Tuesday, May 8.The accident occurred at approximately 9:25 a.m. According to police reports, Warren Garrels, 82, was driving down Winfield Ave. at a ...

By Gretchen Teske, Mt. Pleasant News Applause erupted throughout the Winfield City Council last night as Mayor Chris Finnell announced the city received a $250,000 Community Attraction and Tourism (CAT) grant, which will go toward funding the new aquatic center, the Rick Rodgers Community Pool. This marks the last of Winfield's fundraising efforts as their pool is now fully funded.The new center will feature ...

Ed Smith and Ed Kropa met recently to talk about their overlapping events on Friday, May 11 and Saturday, May 12. Ed Smith is the local coordinator for a gathering of track inspection motor car operators using the trolley tracks at Old Threshers on Saturday. Ed Kropa is hosting a group of Kaiser owners in Mt. Pleasant Friday and Saturday. Kropa is inviting early arriving track car operators to come to the Cruise ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Marching orders have been given and construction on Mapleleaf Athletic Complex will begin Monday, May 14.During the Mt. Pleasant City Council meeting Wednesday, May 9, Mayor Steve Brimhall said that work will move quickly, and the contractor is eager and ready to go.?Everybody's cooperating,? Brimhall said.The improvements to Mapleleaf's parking lot commence in the midst of ...

Failure to stop at a red light led to an accident at the intersection of Washington and Main streets on Monday, May 7.The Mt. Pleasant Police Department responded to the report of a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Washington and Main streets at approximately 3:57 p.m. According to police reports, a 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee, owned and operated by Bill Rauenbuehler, was traveling east when he failed to ...

Van Allen students learned where their food comes from during Farm to School Day on Friday, May 4. Students spent the afternoon traveling to five stations to learn everething from raising livestock to running a planter. Here, A student reaches into a bag of soil to begin his project.

Curt Albrecht was flipping through a copy of Farm Collector when he happened upon an article about steam schools, listed among the places to attend was Mt. Pleasant's Old Threshers; a place that holds a special place in his heart.?I'm having a blast,? Albrecht said standing next to a steam engine. ?I never thought I'd have the opportunity to do that.?The steam school was held during the weekends of April 28-29 ...

With the groundbreaking for the Henry County Law Enforcement Center imminent, the Henry County Board of Supervisors finalized yet more paperwork during their meeting on Tuesday, May 8.Supervisors Marc Lindeen and Greg Moeller approved two resolutions. The first appointed Bankers Trust Company, of Des Moines, as registrar and paying agent for over $8 million in loan notes for the jail.The second resolution ...

An accident at the corner of Winfield Ave. and Broadway St. in Mt. Pleasant occurred Tuesday, May 8.While details are unknown at this time, the driver was headed northbound on Winfield, driving at a high speed, a witness told The News. The driver ran through a stop sign and struck a telephone pole and two parked cars.The driver and another passenger were transported by ambulance to Henry County Health Center. ...

By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News It was fitting the Small Business of the Year award was announced in Mt. Pleasant's Union Block Building as the company that had restored the building to its former grandeur received the award.On Friday, May 4, during a luncheon at the Union Block Building, Jean C. Wiley and Sons Inc., was named the 2018 Small Business of the Year. Owner Ted Wiley said he was shocked when the ...