Obituaries

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News WAYLAND ? Wayland's City Council welcomed a new member and made committee, officer and commission appointments during its regular meeting Jan. 17.Kathie Grimm was appointed to the council to fill the vacancy created when Greg Fort resigned his seat to assume the mayoral post.Council committee, officer and commission appointments and reappointments were as follows:Council ...

By Andy Hallman, Golden Triangle News Service A minor fire was reported Wednesday night in the Fairfield High School Gymnasium.During open gym, boys' soccer coach Felisto Guezimane saw flames shoot out of the fuse box in the gym.?It was at the end of open gym and we were collecting all the equipment,? he began. ?I was talking to one of the parents, and all of a sudden I heard a strange sound coming from my ...

It was a quiet sunrise at East Lake Park Thursday morning. The frozen lake and virtually untouched snow-scape made for quite the shot as seen above. The photo was taken just after 7 a.m. The National Weather Service set sunrise at 7:26 a.m. on Thursday morning.

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Candidate for governor of Iowa, Fred Hubbell, shared his three legislative priorities during a meet and greet at Sip in Mt. Pleasant on Wednesday, Jan. 17.Mt. Pleasant was the second stop on Hubbell's ?Our Priorities Tour,? a 19-stop tour in four days that highlights his priorities to invest in education and job training, expand health care and increase incomes. Hubbell said ...

There may be no snow in the forcast this week, but weekend flurries have left their mark as cold temperatures have preserved Sunday's snowfall. Above, Mt. Pleasant's Central Park is still covered by a light blanket of snow.

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Henry County Engineer Jake Hotchkiss is planning for yet another busy year when it comes to road improvements and is asking for a 1.6 percent increase from Supervisors for the proposed July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019 fiscal budget.In addition to keeping to their three- to four-year cycle of resurfacing gravel roads, the department is focusing on rebuilding road tops and resurfacin...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News The governor of Colorado has received the warrant for the transfer of Michael Syperda from Carfield County, Colo., to Henry County.Syperda was arrested on Nov. 30, 2017, in Rifle, Colo., and taken into custody on charges of first degree murder of his estranged wife Elizabeth Syperda. Elizabeth disappeared from Mt. Pleasant in 2000 and has not been seen since.Because Syperda ...

The Iowa Wesleyan University Chadwick Library in partnership with The Mt. Pleasant Public Library will feature Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's Vietnam War. The two libraries will host showings of the documentary for five weeks each Sunday and Monday ? Jan. 28-29; Feb. 4-5; Feb. 11-12; Feb. 18-19; and Feb. 25-26 on Iowa Wesleyan's campus in the International Room in Chadwick Library beginning at 7 p.m.A panel ...

By David Hotle, Golden Triangle News Service WASHINGTON ? When local legislators attend the first of three legislative briefings Saturday morning at the Washington County Courthouse, local organizers are hoping to make it the local part of an international march for gender balance.Organizer Carol Ray recalls January 2017 when the first national Women's March was held shortly after President Donald Trump's ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News WAYLAND ? A new co-curricular activity will be added to the WACO Community School District lineup next school year.Finishing touches are being made to a classroom that has been converted to an E Sports Arena. School board members received a presentation on E Sports and toured the arena during their regular meeting Jan. 15.WACO also plans to have a competitive E Sports team ...