Obituaries

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? As children lined up on Saturday, Oct. 28, for the less intense kid-friendly version of Winfield's ?Madness in the Machine Shed? haunted house, some of them were dressed in costumes scarier than what awaited them inside.Mayor Chris Finnell is exceptionally proud of Winfield's haunted house, which was open Oct. 20-21, and 27-28. He calls it a very 70s-style production,...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News The Board of Public Health is asking for more accountability when it comes to environmental reports.During the Board of Health meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 24, there was a lot of confusion as to whether environmental specialist Joni Manske was employed under Public Health or if she was an outside contractor.Chair of the Board of Health Rose Lauer suggested that Manske start giving ...

A Burlington man was arrested and three vehicles damaged Oct. 26 in a hit-and-run accident at the intersection of Main and Henry streets in Mt. Pleasant.Monte Moehn was arrested after being located and charged with leaving the scene of an accident, driving under suspension, unsafe backing and no valid insurance.According to the accident report, Moehn was operating a 2002 Chevrolet westbound on Henry Street when ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Another employee will be added to the staff of the regional transitional jail diversion program.Sarah Berndt, who heads the program in addition to her duties as county coordinator of disability services/general assistance director, had her request to add staff to the program approved Thursday by Henry County supervisors.The fairly new program is shared by several area ...

Kathryn McAllister, left, and Devin Lybarger, right, were crowned as New London's Homecoming King and Queen last Friday, Oct. 20.

The City of Mt. Pleasant will hold a free leaf collection in November.The free leaf collection is scheduled for the week of Nov. 13. All leaves must be bagged and placed at the curb on your designated trash day. Please separate bags of trash from bags of leaves. Garbage pickup will be on regular schedule.This collection is open to all residents. If residents use a garbage collection service other than the City, ...

By Erin Murphy, Lee Des Moines Bureau DES MOINES ? Iowa's roads have been a little safer in 2017, one year after one of the deadliest of the past decade.There have been 274 traffic fatalities in Iowa this year, through Tuesday, according to state transportation department data.That's on pace to be a significant reduction compared to 2016, when there were 402, the most in nearly a decade and a 26 percent ...

The Mt. Pleasant Police Department is searching for a red Chevrolet Colorado pickup following a hit-and-run accident Oct. 25 on White Street.Local police responded to the 200 block of North White Street for a reported hit-and-run. An investigation found that a 2011 Volvo, owned by Eric Novak of Mt. Pleasant was struck while parked along the side of the street. The offending vehicle also struck a 2011 Ford, owned ...

By Ed Tibbetts, Quad-City Times The possibility of limiting the amount of money that people could put into their tax deferred retirement plans doesn't appear to sit well with U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, a key member of the Senate Finance Committee.?The tax reform framework's stated goal is to maintain or raise retirement plan participation of workers and the resources available for retirement. I agree ...

The Henry County Health Center and Board of Public Health are getting their fingers dirty as they begin negotiations to separate the two health centers.Last week, the board of trustees authorized Henry County Health Center (HCHC) Chief Executive Officer Robb Gardner to begin discussion with the Board of Public Health about how they will continue their services under county jurisdiction rather than in contractual ...