Obituaries

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Henry County supervisors are once again banging the drum, hoping rural residents heed the call and step up their recycling efforts.?I want to let the public know, we are serious about recycling,? said board Chairman Marc Lindeen. ?I also want to receive some public input (on recycling).?Mike Prottsman, owner of Prottsman Sanitation, which is the county?s sanitation hauler, ...

Martha Wiley, a former instructor in the Mt. Pleasant Community School District, has announced that she will be seeking the director District 1 seat on the Mt. Pleasant School Board.Dave Christensen currently is the District 1 director but has said he will not seek another term on the board.?I am excited at the prospect of serving on the Mt. Pleasant Community School Board,? Wiley said. ?As a former teacher in ...

Fairfield?s final game before winter break was not a pleasant one, as the Trojans fell to Class 5A No. 4 Cedar Rapids-Kennedy 77-34 on the road.One positive note is that the Trojans held Lela Sellers, a senior and the Cougars? top scorer at 18.6 points per game, to 13 points. Sellers is a Division I recruit who is already committed to play at Liberty University.Fairfield struggled from the floor, connecting on ...

Henry County?s Secondary Roads Department said that 220th Street, east of its intersection with Iris Street, will be closed beginning at 8 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 10, due to the Winfield Avenue reconstruction project.All vehicles must use the posted detour route on Marsh Avenue, south to U.S. Highway 34 as 220th Street will be closed to all traffic.During this phase of construction, the Iris Street intersection ...

Ed Tibbetts, Quad-City Times DAVENPORT ? The contrast was clear.About an hour into a tour Friday aimed at building support for upgrades to locks on the nation?s rivers, a barge carrying several dozen people passed underneath the Interstate 74 bridge.Not far off was a separate barge, where workers were dredging the Mississippi River for piers to support the new I-74 bridge.The bridge and lock system were ...

The Music Man song may be about 76 Trombones, but for the Mt. Pleasant Marching Band, this summer has been all about the tubas, or sousaphones as they?re called for marching season. In the top photo, it was just like Christmas morning for the Marching Panther?s brass section. The band received new sousaphones this summer as part of a donation from Enhance Henry County Community Foundation. In the photo, Evelyn ...

For most high school seniors, the choice of where to go to college is a frustrating, time-consuming process. For an athlete, it can get even crazier due to numerous recruitment letters, campus visits and options. For Fairfield?s Mikaela Amendt, the decision is made, the weight lifted and the senior can now look forward to what?s left of her senior year, as she signed a letter of intent to attend Culver-Stockton ...

The long ball was keeping Cardinal in the game through the first half.Eighteen of the 25 first-half points that the Comet girls? basketball team scored on Tuesday night came from behind the 3-point line, and they were sticking around against Highland at the break. Despite sticking within nine points, the Huskies didn?t allow Cardinal to stick around in the second half, utilizing a 15-5 run to open the third ...

By Erin Murphy, Lee Des Moines Bureau DES MOINES ? After spiking to a 20-year high in 2015, Iowa pedestrian deaths dropped slightly in 2016, according to data from the state transportation department.An incorrect figure for 2016 was provided by the Iowa Department of Transportation in error and published in a story on June 25.In Iowa, pedestrian deaths as a result of vehicle accidents have been trending ...

By Gazette Des Moines Bureau CLIVE ? Officials with the Iowa Lottery announced plans Thursday to revamp some of the lotto games available ? most notably calling an end to their Hot Lotto game this fall.The lotteries in Iowa and 13 other U.S. states that sell the $1 game have decided to end it and the final Hot Lotto drawing is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 28, said lottery spokeswoman Mary Neubauer. The game ...