Obituaries

By Andy Hallman, Golden Triangle News Service BIRMINGHAM ? A delay was announced in the trial of a Birmingham woman charged in the death of her infant son.Angel Poole, 24, was charged with child endangerment in March after an investigation into the death of her 2-month-old son Judah Wessels. Poole's trial was set to begin Aug. 22, then moved to Dec. 12, and most recently was delayed to Feb. 27.William Glass ...

The Enhance Henry County Community Foundation is planning a celebration ceremony and announcement of their 12th grant-making awards and results.The event will be held Dec. 12 in the Union Block building on the north side of the Mt. Pleasant square at 11 a.m. Grant recipients, county elected officials and the general public are encouraged to attend.The Enhance Henry County Community Foundation applied, received ...

Several Mt. Pleasant residents participated in the 16th annual TubaChristmas concert in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, Dec. 2. TubaChristmas concerts, comprised of tuba, baritone and euphonium players of all ages and skill levels, features traditional Christmas songs and take place around the world. Pictured here are Joe Staats, Scottie Dunn, Dave Schneider, Jim DePriest, Tanner Box, Logan Lee, Ben Scudder and Laura ...

By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? No decision was made Monday night, but members of the New London City Council agree, something must be done with the city's Public Works building.City Council members stated the current public works building has a mold problem and several leaks in the roof. ?If one of our employees gets black lung disease (from the mold) we're going to need more than a TIF loan to ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News SALEM ? Salem city council members learned during their Tuesday meeting that financial help is on the way for the community's tree replacement program in the downtown park.A couple of meetings ago, council member Mary Hoyer suggested appealing to the Enhance Henry County program for a grant to aid in the tree program. Recently, the city learned it will receive a $2,000 grant ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News The former mayor and city clerk of Mt. Union won their defamation case against the unincorporated town.On Tuesday, Dec. 5, Dan Johnson, the former mayor of Mt. Union, and his sister Linda Johnson, who worked as the city clerk, appeared in the Henry County District Court to sue the unincorporated town for $250,000 in damages for harassment experienced over the last six years.Dur...

WEST BURLINGTON ? Teresa Krueger, Diabetes Education, and Cheryl Robben, Integrated Services, have been named EXCEL Service Heroes at Great River Health System. The health system recognizes employees who demonstrate actions that extend beyond routine, expected employee behavior.Criteria for the service hero award are based on the health systems' philosophy of care. EXCEL stands for Enthusiastically friendly, ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News From the time a person contracts chickenpox, a more sinister virus lies sleeping in the human body.Shingles rises to the surface when a person's immune system becomes stressed or weak, whether from getting older or other factors. While there is a vaccine to fight against shingles, there still is a 30 percent chance of developing the virus. However, with a new vaccine on the ...

By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant News has been made aware there is a new scam targeting subscribers of the newspaper.According to subscribers they have received phone calls from scammers claiming to be from The News and notifying them their subscription is about to expire. The scammer then asks for a credit card number in order to renew the subscription.This is not how The News conducts ...

No injuries were reported after a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of South Grand Ave. and East Linden Drive on Friday, Dec. 1.According to police reports, Jaxon Hoyle, of Mt. Pleasant, was operating a Pontiac Grand Am south bound on Grand Ave. and failed to stop his vehicle before running into the back of a Toyota RAV4, operated by Kurt Rosenberg, of Mt. Pleasant. Rosenberg was stopped, waiting to turn ...