Obituaries

There has been a rash of hit-and-run accidents in the past month in Mt. Pleasant, the latest occurring Oct. 29 on East Monroe Street, near its intersection with Haynes Street.According to the police report, a 2012 Ford Focus, owned by Kayla Moorman, Des Moines, was legally parked facing west on Monroe Street.An unknown vehicle struck the rear end of the Focus and left the scene. Damage to the Focus was estimated...

It's ghosts and goblins, vampires and skeletons time. Many area yards are decorated for Halloween with tombstones the most popular decoration seen on a windshield tour of Mt. Pleasant. Mt. Pleasant and Winfield also have haunted houses to add to your ?ghostly? entertainment venues.

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News As the U.S. becomes a global nation, Brad Wos has a goal of bringing those nations together through soccer.That's a part of what brought him to Iowa Wesleyan this past weekend to lead the IW soccer students, many of whom moved to the U.S. at the beginning of the semester, in a game of Futsal. Futsal is the official version of indoor soccer recognized by FIFA. This version of ...

Children lined up for Winfield's haunted house on Saturday, Oct. 28, for a kid-friendly version where there was no one to jump out from the shadows. However, some of the scarier things to be seen were the people standing in line.

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? As children lined up on Saturday, Oct. 28, for the less intense kid-friendly version of Winfield's ?Madness in the Machine Shed? haunted house, some of them were dressed in costumes scarier than what awaited them inside.Mayor Chris Finnell is exceptionally proud of Winfield's haunted house, which was open Oct. 20-21, and 27-28. He calls it a very 70s-style production,...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News The Board of Public Health is asking for more accountability when it comes to environmental reports.During the Board of Health meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 24, there was a lot of confusion as to whether environmental specialist Joni Manske was employed under Public Health or if she was an outside contractor.Chair of the Board of Health Rose Lauer suggested that Manske start giving ...

A Burlington man was arrested and three vehicles damaged Oct. 26 in a hit-and-run accident at the intersection of Main and Henry streets in Mt. Pleasant.Monte Moehn was arrested after being located and charged with leaving the scene of an accident, driving under suspension, unsafe backing and no valid insurance.According to the accident report, Moehn was operating a 2002 Chevrolet westbound on Henry Street when ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Another employee will be added to the staff of the regional transitional jail diversion program.Sarah Berndt, who heads the program in addition to her duties as county coordinator of disability services/general assistance director, had her request to add staff to the program approved Thursday by Henry County supervisors.The fairly new program is shared by several area ...

Kathryn McAllister, left, and Devin Lybarger, right, were crowned as New London's Homecoming King and Queen last Friday, Oct. 20.

The City of Mt. Pleasant will hold a free leaf collection in November.The free leaf collection is scheduled for the week of Nov. 13. All leaves must be bagged and placed at the curb on your designated trash day. Please separate bags of trash from bags of leaves. Garbage pickup will be on regular schedule.This collection is open to all residents. If residents use a garbage collection service other than the City, ...