Obituaries

BURLINGTON - LISCO is pleased to announce that Pzazz is the first LISCO customer in Burlington to get 1 Gig Internet/data services. Most LISCO fiber optic customers are happy to use up to 100 megabits per second data speeds, but Pzazz now gets ten times that with 1 Gig Internet. That means Pzazz gets speeds up to 1000 megabits per second. Scott Anderson, IT Director for Pzazz says, ?Pzazz is delighted to be on ...

Staff and residents at Park Place Elder Living in Mt. Pleasant engage in some activities during a recent afternoon. Pictured, clockwise from lower left, are Janet, Alaine Geeding, activities care partner, Carol Ruggles, Park Place coordinator of elder events and Bella the poodle, Elva, Marion, Laura and Margaret. Only first names are being used (at their request) to identify the residents.

Mt. Pleasant Community High School will be hosting a meeting for all eighth-grade students and their parents in the high school commons Thursday, March 5, at 6:30 p.m.Focus of the meeting will be discussing scheduling options for the 2015-16 school year.All eighth-grade students and their parents should attend the March 5 meeting.

Editor?s note: Following the war, Civil War soldiers and sailors began publishing their stories. These firsthand accounts have proven to be invaluable in helping our nation understand what took place 150 years ago. In the Civil War Collection section of Special Collections, Chadwick Library, Iowa Wesleyan College, is a tattered copy of such a publication. Entitled ?Four Years For The Union,? the booklet was ...

WELLMAN ? Fairfield head coach Josh Allison acknowledged that his team didn?t play great baseball in Tuesday?s non-conference game at Mid-Prairie. But his Trojans were still able to pull out a 12-10 win at Paul N. Bailey Field.Fairfield committed five errors in the field and only had six hits in the game, but the Trojans scored six runs in the last two innings to come up with the win.?Hopefully you go ...

Henry Krieger-Coble struck out 12 and Connor Shull fanned 10 to propel Mount Pleasant to a doubleheader sweep of Fairfield in Southeast Conference play Thursday night.?Mount Pleasant?s pitchers had us pretty baffled all night at the plate,? said Fairfield head coach Josh Allison. ?We had way too many strikeouts, and clearly, too many strikeouts looking.?The Panthers (14-5, 6-2 SEC) ran away to win game one ...

WAYLAND ? A public hearing and resolution to accept the sale of city property heads the tentative agenda for the Wayland City Council meeting tonight (Wed.) at 7:30 p.m. at Wayland City Hall.Other agenda items include adoption of an update to the Henry County Multi-Jurisdictional Pre-Disaster Mitigation Plan, consideration of an asbestos removal quote for a building at 113 W. Main St. and authorizing the mayor ...

Vacation Bible School students and parishioners at the Olds United Church of Christ worked hand-in-hand Sunday, Feb. 15, to pack meals for 2,000 people through the ?Kids Against Hunger? program. Purchasing and packaging the meals was a project of last summer?s Vacation Bible School attendees.

By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant News OLDS ? Children and adults left the pews following the Feb. 15 worship service at the Olds United Church of Christ, rolled up their sleeves and helped ?Kids Against Hunger? fight a battle to help feed the world.?It was a lot of fun, it seemed like everyone was enjoying it,? said the Rev. Elaine Vass, who pastors the congregation along with her husband, Carl. The Vasses have ...

By BRYCE KELLY Mt. Pleasant NewsTalks of closing the Mental Health Institute in Mt. Pleasant have not been lost on the Henry County Health Center Board of Trustees. During Tuesday?s monthly meeting, HCHC CEO Robb Gardner took a moment to address the current issues surrounding MHI in Mt. Pleasant and what the institute?s closing could mean for the local medical community.?I do hope that the state government is ...