Obituaries

Iowa Wesleyan University contributes a $55.1 million annual economic impact in Southeast Iowa, according to a new study recently completed by Hanover Research of Arlington, Va.The new study details the immense impact IW makes on the region in many ways including: delivering educational programming that impacts the community and region as suppliers of a well-educated labor force, the direct university economic ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? Despite rumors that the city of Winfield was cutting their police department in favor of using county resources, the three part-time police officers are remaining.Winfield's City Council meeting drew a big crowd on Wednesday, Feb. 14, after the city council voiced concern during their budget meeting on Saturday, Feb. 10 that there was not adequate police coverage in ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News More improvements are coming to Mt. Pleasant. As residents long for summer months, improvements to the aquatic center, the tennis courts at East Lake Park, new housing renovations and various other construction projects are being planned.During the Mt. Pleasant City Council meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 14, the council voted to sign an engineering services agreement with Waters ...

DES MOINES ? A resolution to add victims' rights ? many of them already in Iowa law ? to the state Constitution was approved by the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday. The Senate likely will follow suit later this week.House Joint Resolution 2003 would allow crime victims to choose to be notified about proceedings in the case, the right to be present, heard and respected throughout the process and to have the ...

DES MOINES ? Jobs related to solar energy are on the rise in Iowa, bucking a national trend.But those job gains and the burgeoning solar industry in Iowa could be undone by proposals under consideration in the state and federal governments, solar energy advocates say.There were more than 800 solar energy jobs in Iowa in 2017, a 45 percent increase over the previous year, according to the latest National Solar ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Members of the Noon Rotary flocked around the digital microscopes Mt. Pleasant Middle School students brought in to show off during their regular meeting last week.Eighth-graders Jackie Tansey and Andrew Rauenbuehler confidently explained how the digital microscopes take an image and upload it to the computer, saying that the images being shown that afternoon were the cells of ...

Downtown Mt. Pleasant should have a few more parking spaces as the massive snow piles covering them up were removed Tuesday afternoon. Mt. Pleasant city employees worked hard to clear out some of the mountains of snow left over from snow storms this past weekend.

One individual was injured after the vehicle they were traveling in jumped a curb and struck a utility pole on Friday, Feb. 9.According to police reporters, Logan Robertson was driving a 1998 Infinity north on Walnut Street too fast for road conditions when he lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle crossed the southbound lane of traffic, jumped the curb and struck a utility pole, owned by the Mt. Pleasant ...

Oakland Mills recently had a few visitors. Four swans can be seen swimming along the water.

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News WAYLAND ? Rent is going up for the Wayland Community Center as a result of action by the Wayland City Council at the council's meeting Feb. 7.Rent has been $35 and a $15 cleaning deposit since 1998, city officials said. To help offset the rising cost of maintenance, supplies and cleaning costs, the council unanimously moved to increase the rent cost to $40, effective July 1, ...