Obituaries

The Pekin boys' basketball team hosted SEISC foe Winfield-Mt. Union Tuesday night, beating the Wolves 60-38 to improve to 6-2 both overall, and in conference play.Head Coach Ken Hutchinson has been preaching fast starts to his team all season, and although the didn't set the nets on fire, they did hold a 15-8 lead after the first period. The second period was slower offensively for both squads, with Pekin edging ...

InMotion, the Mt. Pleasant High School show choir, competed at Ft. Madison and placed second in the finals after taking first place in class 3A in the preliminary session. The winner was Southeast Polk, followed by Mt. Pleasant, Des Moines Christian, Ottumwa, Southeast Polk's prep group and Danville.

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Healthy Henry County Communities is partnering with Southern Iowa Mental Health in Ottumwa to bring a mental health first aid training to community members.Healthy Henry County Communities (HHCC) coordinator Kelly Carr said that in conversations with high school students and mental health professionals in the community, people are struggling with stress, anxiety and a lack of ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News A man, who wants to plan a new subdivision in Henry County north of the country club, went around and around with the Board of Supervisors Tuesday about amending a road ordinance that otherwise requires him to seal coat the planned loop road through his property.Brian Jones met with Supervisors during their meeting March 6, requesting that they come to another arrangement ...

Mt. Pleasant may be ready for spring, but Mother Nature had other ideas on Tuesday, March 6. Snow fell throughout most of the day, but warm ground temperatures meant nothing stuck. Above, this evergreen on Iowa Wesleyan's campus holds onto a little snow following an afternoon flurry.

By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News New London residents will see an ever so slight increase in property taxes for fiscal year 2019.Tuesday night the New London City Council approved a property tax rate of $11.94943 per $1,000 valuation. It's an increase of $0.0137, City Clerk Kasi Howard told the council and citizens in attendance. The rate increase will generate an additional $580.33 per year for the whole ...

The gas pumps at Pep Stop not only have a new look, but are also pumping gas for a good cause.In efforts to support the continued success of our local schools, Pep Stop has dedicated two of its pumps to Mt. Pleasant Community High School and Iowa Wesleyan University, according to a news release.?If our community is going to grow and prosper, we have to celebrate our young people in the community, not just with ...

Firefighters work to put out a brush fire that spread to a vehicle at 1993 310th St. in Mt. Pleasant. Officials said that the property owner was burning trash when the wind got ahold of the fire and spread to grass and hay bails. The fire department contained the fire for a couple hours while the untouched hay bails were moved to a protected area.

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Mary West was one of two female students at Mt. Pleasant Community High School that chose to sit in on the engineering seminar during Career Day on Friday, March 2.As one of the 11 careers students could learn more about during the high school's Career Day, organized by the Mt. Pleasant Area Chamber Alliance, the field of engineering had the highest attendance, and West was ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News There's no copy and paste plan when it comes to keeping schools safe. For law enforcement officers in Henry County, that means encouraging school administration, teachers and students to use their best judgment to run, hide or fight in the event of an active shooter in their building.After 17 were left dead in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla., ...