Obituaries

The Regional Utility Service Systems is continuing to work toward getting the ship up righted after they took over sanitarian services for Henry County when the previous sanitarian was terminated earlier this year.A part of ?straightening out the mess we've made? is reviewing permit applications for sewer systems, said Buzz Bezoni, chair of Board of Health during a meeting on Monday, April 9.Bruce Hudson, ...

The Henry County Conservation Department will be receiving some additional labor, free of charge, from inmates in the Mt. Pleasant Correctional Facility this spring.Department director John Pullis received a call from the Department of Corrections last week requesting projects inmates could take on in Henry County's parks and trails. So far, Pullis has supplied them with a list of 20 projects from clearing ...

The Henry County Sheriff's Office will hold an open house on Wednesday, April 11, from 5 to 8 p.m. so residents can see the Henry County Emergency Communications Division, meet the dispatchers and ask questions. The Henry County Sheriff's Office is located at 106 E. Clay St., in Mt. Pleasant.

Despite snow on Monday, construction crews got to work digging up the bricks along Jefferson St., which is part of the city's plan to move the downtown area ?uptown.?

By Gretchen Teske, Mt. Pleasant News The second annual international potluck was held at Iowa Wesleyan in the social hall and served over 80 people. Brave participants fought the snow to come in and share a dish on Sunday, April 8. Over 40 dishes and desserts were prepared by Henry County residents and IW students in an effort to unite the community.The potluck first became an idea in the fall of 2015 when ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News After recovering in the hospital for three months from injuries sustained in a hit and run last year in Ottumwa, Tara Klein found herself technically homeless.While her two children stayed with their father, Klein lost the room she was renting and ended up crashing with a new friend as she tried to get back on her feet.Landing a job at Innovairre, she wasn't able to stand on ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News The number of children living in poverty in Henry County increased from 16 percent to 18 percent, according to the 2018 County Health Rankings.While Director of Healthy Henry County Communities (HHCC) Kelly Carr said that they don't typically ?hang everything? on this data, it is the latest snapshot the county has of the overall health of its population.While an increase in ...

Relay for life participants fill their plates at the survivors lunch during the event.

Winter seems to still have Henry County in its clutches. Snowfall began Sunday afternoon and lasted into the morning on Monday. Temperatures are set to spike this week as weather forecasts are calling for temperatures in the 70s later this week

By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant Community School District is ready for its summer construction projects as board members approved contracts for the second phase of the elementary school air conditioning project and the bid for the Mapleleaf paving project Monday night.Members of the Mt. Pleasant School Board approved four bid packages for the elementary air conditioning project, which is the ...