Obituaries

By James Q. Lynch, The Gazette Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel will be the featured speaker at Iowa Republicans' annual Reagan Dinner next month, but the undercard is getting most of the attention.That's because former presidential press secretary Sean Spicer, who has been spoofed on ?Saturday Night Live,? will be giving the GOP faithful in insider's view of the Trump White ...

Students ?stopped, dropped and rolled? on the Mt. Pleasant Fire Department's bouncy house during their open house.

Van Buren:2015 record: 1-8Key returners:RB Donny RobertsKey losses:QB Will Mertens,WR Zach Smith,WR Robert Barker Cardinal:2015 record: 0-9Key returners:RB Marcus Olson,RB Trenton Durflinger,WR Trevor AlbertKey losses:QB Justin Conger,WR Dakota Miller,WR Drayton Hamm Last meeting: Oct. 23, 2015:Van Buren 36, Cardinal 0 Jon Spurgeon rushed for three touchdowns on 13 attempts and Will Mertens ...

Henry County Naturalists Cari Nicely and Danika Cox are giving local elementary school students a preview of the Oct. 23 Night Hike, ?Alice's Wonderland?. Nicely designed all the costumes and wrote the script for the event. In the photos, some of the Harlan Elementary School staff were cast members when the naturalists visited the school Wednesday. The Night Hike will be from 6-7:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 23, near ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? After what appears to be a ten-year oversight, the city of Winfield will resume billing 19th Hole Shelter House golf course for their water use. The city will not charge for past usage.During the Winfield City Council Meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 11, Mayor Chris Finnell said that he recalls when the course was built, they were supposed to be charged for water and they ...

A Mt. Pleasant High School student was briefly pinned between two cars Oct. 6 in the school's parking lot.According to the police department's accident report, by the time officers arrived, the car had been moved, no one was pinned and there were no life-threatening injuries.Wayne Klopfenstein was the pinned student and suffered injuries to his leg. He was treated at the scene by personnel from the Henry County ...

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 Dr. Shaunna Wilkinson, an assistant professor of English at Iowa Wesleyan University.Are you originally from Mt. Pleasant/Henry County? If not, what brought you here? I am actually from the St. Louis area. I grew up in Troy, Mo. What specificall...

WAYLAND ? Henry County law enforcement officials still are looking for answers as to why a driver became unconscious Oct. 4 while operating a vehicle and causing over $21,000 in damage to structures in Wayland.According to the Henry County Sheriff's Office, Tanner Pace, no address disclosed, was westbound on Iowa Highway 78 approaching the city limits of Wayland. At some point, he became unconscious and when he ...

Peggy Knudsen's favorite place in all of Israel is the Sea of Galilee. It is a place that has been untouched by the modern world. No buildings are able to be built on top of a historical site there.?The reason it means so much to me is because you can't build a big church on the Sea of Galilee,? Peggy said, after she and her husband Monte Knudsen, pastor at Faith Community Outreach Church (FCOC) returned from ...

A house at 106 N. White St. in Mt. Pleasant sustained major damage Thursday night from a fire. According to Mt. Pleasant Fire Chief Stewart Kinney, the fire, which started in the back of the residence, was reported shortly after 10:30 p.m. Kinney said the fire was caused by an overheated clothes dryer in the rear of the home. The house was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived. All occupants of the home safely ...