Obituaries

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News The city is purchasing a new rescue vehicle thanks to the help of the Mt. Pleasant Benefitted Fire District.A resolution approved by the Mt. Pleasant City Council on Wednesday, Jan. 10, asked that since Mt. Pleasant runs their rescue vehicle outside of city limits more than inside city limits, that the Fire District share the cost of a new rescue vehicle.The city is paying ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News As questions continue to be posed to Henry County Conservation Department in regard to flooding at Waterworks Park campground, Executive Director John Pullis is taking a close look at the cost of damages and maintenance over the years compared with South Shore campground.During the Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 9, Pullis said that Warner Engineering is working ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Extension Service Area Crop Specialist Virgil Schmitt recalls a conversation he had last fall with a man, who farms near Salem.?The farmer told me he had only received an inch-and-a-half of rain from late May to early August and when he saw his corn yields he wondered where all this came from,? Schmitt reflected.When expectations are low, they often are exceeded and that ...

LAUSANNE (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee will convene a meeting on January 20 to decide on North Korean athletes' participation in next month's Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea following proposals this week by the governments of North and South Korea.?The meeting will have to take a series of essential decisions, including the number and names of athletes and officials from the National ...

No injuries were reported following a hit and run at 111 W. Monroe St., in Mt. Pleasant on Monday, Jan. 8.According to police reports, Desiree Bishop, of Mt. Pleasant, was attempting to pull into the alley located on the north side of the square when her vehicle slid on the ice and struck the Union Block building, located at 111 W. Monroe St. Bishop then left the scene and was later located at her residence.Dama...

DES MOINES ? Iowa's new Medicaid head said he would not close the door to adding a fourth managed-care organization to the state's program. But he made it clear he did not want the state to continue to care for the Iowa's most complex cases, who already have been moved from one insurance company to Iowa's fee-for-service program.With just more than a month under his belt as the new director of Iowa's $5 billion ...

DES MOINES ? A majority of Iowa voters would prefer fully funded public services like education and water quality to a tax cut, and four out of five believe the state's minimum wage should be increased.That's according to a poll published Monday by the progressive advocacy group Progress Iowa. The survey was conducted by Public Policy Polling, a left-leaning national firm.Public Policy Polling surveyed 664 Iowa ...

Washington Police Chief Greg Goodman reported today that a dog that was involved in an attack Monday afternoon is in the custody of the City of Washington and his intent is to have the dog humanely destroyed.According to the Washington County call log, a subject was walking two dogs in the 100 block of North H Avenue in Washington. The two dogs were attacked by two pit bulls, which Goodman said came from a ...

The county is renewing their bridge inspection contract with Calhoun-Burns and Associates as ?another eye on our bridges,? said Jake Hotchkiss, Henry County engineer.During the Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 9, Hotchkiss said that using the company, which specializes in bridge inspection, is a valuable tool to the county. Although the former county engineer was certified to do bridge inspections, ...

And that's it. The holidays are completely over as city decorations were taken down Tuesday morning. The sub-zero temperatures directly after the new year kept decorations up, but as the thermometer rose into the 30s, so did the buckets with city workers inside to take down the wreaths.