Obituaries

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Henry County supervisors dipped into the real estate market during their meeting Thursday, purchasing six acres of land adjacent to the county quarry.Supervisor Chairman Marc Lindeen said the county doesn?t have any definite plans for the land but said the additional land will provide more room for the county?s rock-crushing operation.Approval was given for the promotion of ...

Corn stalks are beginning to show the season, turning from a summer green to an autumn brown. The ears have also filled out as much as they are going to. It won;?t be long until combines are seen in the field, harvesting this year?s crop.

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Brian Dufour walked out of his house at 105 E. Henry St. on Thursday, Sept. 7, to find smoke billowing out of the windows of his vehicle.Dufour had just loaded recyclables into the back of the vehicle and had run inside for a moment when something in the back caught on fire.Passer-by Kameron Fracaro was riding his bike when he noticed smoke pouring out of the sunroof and ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Ray Vens of Mt. Pleasant owns a couple of motorcycles, so he naturally is excited about the Sept. 12 Burgers and Bikes promotion of Main Street Mt. Pleasant in Central Park.Vens, however would be eagerly awaiting the event even if he didn?t own a two-wheeler. That?s because of the intent of the promotion ? to bring people to downtown Mt. Pleasant.?We are having this to ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? New London City Council is holding a special workshop meeting next Tuesday, Sept. 12, to begin finalizing the details surrounding infrastructure on the S. Pine St. residential developments.During the City Council meeting on Sept. 5, the board discussed taking the land and making a tax increment financing (TIF) district, a public financing method used as a subsidy ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Log Village is a self-sufficient town of its own during the Midwest Old Threshers Reunion, providing meals for volunteers in a community that exists for those five days of the year ?kind of like a symphony,? said Holly Jones, who has volunteered in Log Village for 26 years.The kitchen staff at Kossuth Inn arrives at 7 a.m. during the reunion, many not leaving for the day until ...

The Iowa Girls? Coaches Association named their 2015-16 All-District teams and three area players made the cut.On the Class 4A Southeast team, two Fairfield players received recognition in Nicole Buch and Sami Fritz.Buch, the Trojans? leading scorer this year, averaged 16 points per game, led the team with 82 assists and 74 steals and made 43.5 percent of her shots from the floor. The sophomore piloted head ...

New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman agreed to accept a 30-game suspension under Major League Baseball?s domestic violence policy, a penalty stemming from an incident with his girlfriend last October.Under the discipline announced Tuesday, the four-time All-Star will serve the penalty from the start of the Yankees? season on April 4. He will lose 30 days of pay ? $1,856,557 of his $11,325,000 salary. The ...

The Tampa Bay Rays? exhibition game against Cuba?s national team in Havana on March 22 has been finalized, Major League Baseball?s first trip to the communist island nation since the Baltimore Orioles played there in 1999.MLB and the players? association announced the game Tuesday. It will be televised by ESPN and ESPN Deportes.Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says ?during a time of historic change, we ...

Fairfield?s middle school and high school archery club members have participated in three tournaments this season up in Washington and come away with some pretty impressive scores.The archers shoot three scoring rounds at 10 meters apiece and three at 15 meters with a practice round before each flight. Each flight has five arrows shot and the score is tallied at the end of both.Gage Hook was Fairfield?s top ...