Obituaries

Mt. Pleasant Police investigated a three-vehicle accident on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016, in the 500 block of N. Linn St.Bobby Browning of Salem was cited with failure to maintain control and driving under suspension following the investigation.According to the police department?s accident report, Browning was driving a 1996 Ford Ranger and allegedly crossed the centerline and collided with a parked 2002 Pontiac ...

BY BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsPatricia Sallee is settling into her new digs at the Henry County Community Health Department at Henry County Health Center (HCHC) and is looking forward to furthering many of the practices of her predecessor as the county?s Community Health Director.Born in Mt. Pleasant, a former student of Southeastern Community College and Iowa Wesleyan, and a current resident of Louisa ...

Residential Christmas tree pick-up in Mt. Pleasant has been scheduled to begin Jan. 3, 2017, weather permitting.Pick-up will be done in conjunction with the normal scheduled garbage pick-up. All residents of Mt. Pleasant can utilize this service.If you do not use the city?s garbage collection service, you may need to contact city hall at 385-1480 to find out the day that your tree will be picked up.Trees need ...

For the past year, the City of Mt. Pleasant has been working with the Southeast Iowa Regional Planning Commission (SEIRPC) to update the city?s comprehensive plan. As the draft of the plan is complete, residents may review the information before it is approved by the city.The Mt. Pleasant 2030: Your City! Your Future! Plan outlines the community?s vision for the future. The plan was put together by SEIRPC ...

The Henry County Conservation Department is living up to its motto: ?Conservation through Education.?The Henry County Conservation Department received an early Christmas present on Dec. 22, as the department was notified they had been the recipient of the 2016 Outstanding Environmental Education Program for Excellence in EE Programming by an Agency or Institution.The award program, according to the press ...

BY BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsWith school winding down in preparation for Christmas break, students at Mt. Pleasant Middle School received a little change of pace this week as they heard from a variety of guest speakers who brought hands-on presentations ranging from science to history into the classroom.In support of the ongoing classroom studies of both the middle school?s social studies and science ...

BY ERIN MURPHYLee Des Moines BureauDES MOINES ? Amid reports of electoral defections and noisy protests in other states, Iowa?s presidential electors on Monday quietly cast the state?s six Electoral College votes for President-elect Donald Trump.During a brief and uneventful meeting at the Iowa Capitol, the six presidential electors all cast their votes for Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence. The ...

A two-vehicle accident Dec. 15 in Mt. Pleasant resulted in charges filed against a Salem driver.Lloyd Bank, Salem, was ticketed for unsafe backing following the accident in the 100 block of S. Main St.According to the accident report from the Mt. Pleasant police department, a 2013 Ford SUV, owned and operated by Bank, was in a parking spot on the east side of the street and backing into the street.Meanwhile, a ...

BY ERIN MURPHYTimes BureauDES MOINES ? Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds will be a full-fledged governor ? not merely an acting governor or lieutenant governor with gubernatorial responsibilities ? after Gov. Terry Branstad resigns next year to become the next U.S. Ambassador to China, state officials say.The offices of the governor, attorney general and secretary of state, say they have determined that once Branstad ...

BY KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsWINFIELD ? The Winfield-Mt. Union Facility Committee had a lot of concerns going into their final meeting, but which plan to present to the school board next week was not one of them.After three community engagement meetings, in which the public was briefed on the needs of the district and asked to select a building improvement project they felt their fellow voters could get ...