Obituaries

A Burlington man has been charged with two felonies as a result of a month-long investigation by the Henry County Sheriff's Office.Casey Leedham, 36, Burlington, was recently arrested and charged with two counts of third-degree burglary, Class D felonies, and second-degree theft, also a Class D felony.The sheriff's office began its investigation Sept. 3 of an incident in the 1900 grid of 140th Street and a ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Don and Sandee Fields have a dream of packaging 1 million meals in Henry County to send to hurricane victims in Texas and Florida.Directors of Take Away Hunger, Don and Sandee are changing their focus from sending more overseas meals, to sending more meals within the U.S. ?with all this catastrophe here at home,? Don said. Take Away Hunger is a food relief organization that ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Henry County supervisors have received what they have been waiting for ? minutes from the Oct. 6 Iowa Board of Corrections meeting in Des Moines.Supervisor Greg Moeller was told Oct. 6 by Michael Savala, Department of Corrections legal counsel, that the board unanimously approved the transfer of state land at the Mt. Pleasant Correctional Facility (the 6.2 tract of land is ...

Fairfield:2015 record: 4-5Key returners:QB Cameron Baumann, RB Brandon Smithburg,OL/LB Michael FritzKey losses:WR Alex Crile, WR Jordan Reid, RB Fejon Redd Williamsburg:2015 record: 7-4Key returners:WR Derek Greiner,QB Graeson TrevinoKey losses:QB Vic Mally, RB Blake Hughes, RB Alyn Francis Weather forecast:According to the Weather Channel, it?s projected to be 64 degrees at kickoff with only a ...

Pekin:2015 record: 7-3Leading returners:QB Trever Northup, RB Tyler CopelandKey losses:RB Chase Copeland,WR Keaton Winn, RB/WR Brady Donovan,WR Ryan Swanson Sigourney-Keota:2015 record: 6-4Leading returners:QB Luke GreinerKey losses:RB Peyton Crawford,RB Nate Sieren Weather forecast:50 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms beginning around 7 p.m. Projected gametime temperature of 71 degrees ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Credit card fraud is increasing in Mt. Pleasant over the past several weeks at an alarming rate.Lt. Lyle Murray of the Mt. Pleasant Police Department stated at the Oct. 11 Mt. Pleasant City Council meeting that the department is averaging one case per day, and it takes four or five hours of an officer's time to do the investigative work on fraudulent use of credit cards.Cred...

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 ...