Obituaries

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News A Mt. Pleasant man speeding down W. Clay St. Wednesday ended up in a resident's backyard after rear-ending a FedEx truck and jumping the curb.According to police reports, Douglas Adams, of Mt. Pleasant, was speeding down W. Clay St. in a 1995 GMC truck. Adams rear-ended a FedEx delivery truck, driven by Marck McSorley, of New London, crossed the street to the south and then ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News With 1,200 employees working in small businesses in the community, Kristi Ray views National Small Business Week as an important time to recognize entrepreneurs in Henry County.Five small business finalists were selected by a judging panel for ribbon cuttings throughout Small Business Week from April 30 to May 4. The week will culminate in a Small Business of the Year Luncheon ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant City Council meeting was routine Wednesday night as the council approved moving forward on more construction projects and set dates for public hearings and bid-letting.As N. Jefferson St. construction continues, the city is already looking at construction in 2019 of S. Jefferson St. from South St. to Green St. and Yocum Lane from S. Jefferson to S. White St. ...

DES MOINES ? A nationwide movement that has brought sexual harassment in the workplace to the forefront serves as a reminder that the issue also remains prevalent in the U.S. military.An estimated 14,900 U.S. service members experienced some kind of sexual assault in 2016, according to the U.S. defense department's most recent report. Reports of sexual assault involving service members reached an all-time high ...

Emergency responders stomp out remnants of a fire in the Public Parking Lot at the intersection of S. Adams St. and E. Monroe St. Tuesday, April 23. Officials at the scene said the fire probably started from a cigarette and warned about the dry conditions as the weather continues to warm.

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Henry County's sanitarian services continue to be looked at with a critical eye by Bruce Hudson, executive director at Regional Utility Service Systems.Hudson kicked off the Board of Health meeting Tuesday, April 24, with a list of $10,000 worth of records of homeowners and contractors who potentially did not receive a reimbursement from the county through Grants to County ...

A semi hauling a diesel tanker experienced an electrical fire on Hwy. 34 Monday, April 23. The driver was able to put the fire out. No one was injured.

The District 8B Judicial Nominating Commission is now holding interviews to replace Judge John Linn of the Eighth Judicial District, which includes Henry, Des Moines, Lee and Louisa counties.Linn retired in December 2017. He was appointed to the bench in 1994.The District 8B Judicial Nominating Commission is comprised of five lawyers and five nonlawyer citizens and the senior Judge in the District, who acts as ...

Iowa Wesleyan University held a carnival over the weekend for Child Abuse Prevention month. Here, a child trades his shoe for the magicians' hat at Saturday's show.

Sixth-graders at Mt. Pleasant Middle School kicked off the three-day meal packaging event on Tuesday, April 24. The students are hoping to prepare 125,000 meals, which will be sent to Vidor, Texas, a community roughly the same size as Mt. Pleasant that was devastated by hurricanes this past fall.