Obituaries

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? After what appears to be a ten-year oversight, the city of Winfield will resume billing 19th Hole Shelter House golf course for their water use. The city will not charge for past usage.During the Winfield City Council Meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 11, Mayor Chris Finnell said that he recalls when the course was built, they were supposed to be charged for water and they ...

A Mt. Pleasant High School student was briefly pinned between two cars Oct. 6 in the school's parking lot.According to the police department's accident report, by the time officers arrived, the car had been moved, no one was pinned and there were no life-threatening injuries.Wayne Klopfenstein was the pinned student and suffered injuries to his leg. He was treated at the scene by personnel from the Henry County ...

Every week, the Mt. Pleasant News will feature a Henry County resident in a profile snapshot. The questions will appear in bold.This week's 'Friend on the Front Page' is Dr. Shaunna Wilkinson, an assistant professor of English at Iowa Wesleyan University.Are you originally from Mt. Pleasant/Henry County? If not, what brought you here? I am actually from the St. Louis area. I grew up in Troy, Mo. What specificall...

WAYLAND ? Henry County law enforcement officials still are looking for answers as to why a driver became unconscious Oct. 4 while operating a vehicle and causing over $21,000 in damage to structures in Wayland.According to the Henry County Sheriff's Office, Tanner Pace, no address disclosed, was westbound on Iowa Highway 78 approaching the city limits of Wayland. At some point, he became unconscious and when he ...

Peggy Knudsen's favorite place in all of Israel is the Sea of Galilee. It is a place that has been untouched by the modern world. No buildings are able to be built on top of a historical site there.?The reason it means so much to me is because you can't build a big church on the Sea of Galilee,? Peggy said, after she and her husband Monte Knudsen, pastor at Faith Community Outreach Church (FCOC) returned from ...

A house at 106 N. White St. in Mt. Pleasant sustained major damage Thursday night from a fire. According to Mt. Pleasant Fire Chief Stewart Kinney, the fire, which started in the back of the residence, was reported shortly after 10:30 p.m. Kinney said the fire was caused by an overheated clothes dryer in the rear of the home. The house was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived. All occupants of the home safely ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News It keeps getting better. That is Ron Birkenholz's view of the swine industry in Iowa.?Producers keep getting better and genetics keep improving,? Birkenholz, communications director of the Iowa Pork Producers, said.Birkenholz based his statement on the fact that although sows and gilts are marginally decreasing in the state, total inventory is up.As of Sept. 1, Iowa pork ...

By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? New London's burning restrictions are likely to change in the future as city council members discussed the issue Tuesday night.Currently, city ordinances allows the burning of landscape waste, disaster rubbish, flare stacks and some wood products. Recreational fires and training fires are also allowed. However, after complaints of a resident burning construction ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Because of a 100 percent chance of rain on Friday, Pints in the Park has been rescheduled for Friday, Oct. 13.Soup and chili will still be provided, and all the breweries will be able to bring out their Craft Beer despite the change of date. Main Street Director Lisa Oetken said that a few more breweries might now be able to make it out next week that wouldn't have been able to ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News It may have been operated under several handles the past 40 years, but the ContiTech plant, owned by the Continental Corporation, has been a staple on Mt. Pleasant's westside since opening in 1977 as the Goodyear plant. Veyance Technologies, which purchased the plant in 2007, also preceded Continental as owners.To mark the occasion, ContiTech opened its doors to the community...