Obituaries

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Students did everything but sit still at New London Community Childcare and Preschool's after school program during snack time as they unpeeled bananas, inspected kiwi and stacked Cheerios on napkins.They were rambunctious alright, but Center Director Dennis Julian knows that after they spend eight or so hours in school being told what to do, this is the time when they can let ...

By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News No one was home Monday evening when an in-home day care facility in Mt. Pleasant erupted in fire.The Mt. Pleasant Fire Department responded to a residential fire at 301 W. Henry St., around 4:30 p.m., Monday, April 2. The home, which police officers confirmed was used as an in-home day care center, was empty at the time of the fire.?The fire department did a good job once on ...

By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News While police officers, firefighters and emergency medical personnel are recognized as the first responders to many crisis situations, Henry County Health Center wants to make sure citizens are prepared to be immediate responders.On Saturday, March 31, HCHC held three Stop The Bleed training sessions throughout the afternoon to teach civilians how to save a life by ?stopping ...

By Anna M. Villareal, Director of the Harlan-Lincoln House In the west alcove of the Harlan-Lincoln House sits a display case holding a collection of artifacts from the family of Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, great grandson of Senator James Harlan and President Abraham Lincoln. At center, is a trio of children's portraits. Without further knowledge, the viewer may comment on the similarity of the children's ...

Every week, the Mt. Pleasant News will feature a Henry County resident in a profile snapshot. The questions will appear in bold.This week's 'Friend on the Front Page' is Kayleigh Septer, reference librarian at the Mt. Pleasant Public Library.Are you originally from Mt.Pleasant/Henry County? If not, what brought you here? I was born in Cheyenne, Wyo. My parents and their family are originally from the area, and ...

Members of the Open Bible Church gathered at the four corners of the intersection of N. Grand Ave. and E. Washington St., on Friday, March 30, in honor of Good Friday. The crosses were all built by parishioners of the church. James Miller, pictured above, has been participating in the demonstration for the past four years.

Kiddos were looking high and low to make sure they found all of the Easter eggs left by the Easter Bunny at Sunnybrook on Saturday, March 24.

James Coffin, 3, selects a new crayon as he and his sister, Lael, 5, center, and friend Beckett Lipper, 3, right, color some Easter themed pictures during the Easter egg hunt at Sunnybrook on Saturday, March 24.

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Art Campbell was the first in Henry County to be issued a license plate with the new state of Iowa design on Monday, March 26, at the Henry County Department of Transportation.While Henry County still has about six weeks of the former design in their inventory, because Campbell ordered a specialty issued ?Cattlemen Care? plate, he jumped the line and got his newly-minted plate ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News After sitting through meetings for three years talking about getting the Mapleleaf Athletic Complex parking lot paved, hard work will finally come to fruition this summer.Bids were accepted by the city yesterday, with the city awarding the contract to Fye Excavating from Sperry for the project, coming in with the lowest bid of $818,964.?We're under the $1 million mark, which ...