Obituaries

Mt. Pleasant?s Police Department received a report Sept. 5 of a scam.The victim said someone identifying himself as an employee with a utilities department advised the victim that service was going to be shut down.During the conversation, the victim provided his name, date of birth, Social Security number and a credit card number to the scammers. The victim?s credit card was then used soon after.Mt. Pleasant ...

Mt. Pleasant policemen responded to an accident Aug. 31 in the 100 block of North Jefferson Street.The accident report relates that a 2009 Chevrolet truck, operated by David Felton, was traveling northbound. Felton made an illegal U-turn and struck a legally parked 2004 Dodge truck owned by Joan Rowland.Total damage was estimated at $1,500. There were no injuries, and Felton was cited for failure to obey a ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News There hasn?t been a Midwest Old Threshers Reunion this century without the Wissman family providing some of the free ground entertainment.Loren and Gloria Wissman and their children marked their 17th year at Old Threshers, ranking as either one of the longest or the longest continuous entertainment group.Although when asked, Loren Wissman said the family keeps returning ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News When Leroy Van Dyke took the stage at Country Gold during Midwest Old Threshers on Thursday night, Lillian Starks was thinking about her mother.Ten years ago, Starks waited in line at Old Threshers to get signed sheet music of the song ?Auctioneer? for her mother. That much-anticipated and much-loved song by Starks means even more to her now as she listens to it in memory of ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Vernetta Zimmerline has been setting up a modest tent on the Old Threshers grounds since she was a teenager 40 years ago.This year, Zimmerline shares a tent with her daughter Alicia Baxter and granddaughter Dakota Harding, who don?t mind living ?rustically? once a year. The trio traveled from Des Moines on Friday afternoon, Aug. 25, and are spending a total of 10 days on the ...

It was a Yee Haw good time this past weekend, Aug. 25 - 27, during the 134th annual Old Settlers in Salem.

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News The Iris Motel at 905 W. Washington St. in Mt. Pleasant is reopening their doors today, Aug. 29, after spending several months under construction.The motel was forced to close its doors on Feb. 15 when the Lee County Health Department found ?imminent dangers? to individual?s health and safety, city building and zoning director Jack Swarm said in March. At the time, Solid ...

By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News SALEM ? Joyce Welcher spread a blanket out near the edge of the curb for herself and her seven-year-old granddaughter, Logan Welcher. She pulled out a deck of cards and quickly shuffled them, Logan?s eyes narrowing as she surveyed the hand she?d been dealt. That was until the sirens signaled the beginning of the 134th annual Old Settlers Day parade in Salem and as quickly as ...

Joyce Welcher and her seven-year-old granddaughter, Logan, pass the time before the Old Settlers parade on Saturday, Aug. 26, by playing a hand of cards.

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News To Tom and Karen Boston-Kemple, Cassity Cabin on the Old Threshers grounds in Log Village is like a second home.Tom rebuilt the cabin with his own two hands, trying to preserve the structure for future generations to enjoy. He took apart every log and put it back together again, he said. He knows the cabin inside and out. It?s the place where all of their children had their ...