Obituaries

Henry County unemployment rose by four-tenths of a percentage point in December, according to figures released Tuesday by Iowa Workforce Development.December?s unemployment in the county was measured at 4.2 percent, compared to 3.8 percent the previous month.Gains and losses among southeast Iowa counties were fairly much a mixed bag with some counties posting slight gains and others marginal losses. Iowa?s ...

Although January temperatures have been quite moderate, relatively-speaking, Belle Babb Mansfield is taking no chances, sporting a bright red-and-white scarf as she watches over the IWC campus.

Teenagers from Henry County have joined forces with other teens and scientists across the United States as part of ?National Drug Facts Week? (NDFW). The week-long health observance, organized by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, takes place Monday, Jan. 26, through Sunday, Feb. 1. As part of the NDFW celebration, Henry County students are shattering the myths ...

There has been an adjustment in the topics to be discussed at tomorrow?s (Sat.) legislative forum at Chadwick Library on the Iowa Wesleyan College campus.The forum will include a discussion regarding the proposed closing of the Mt. Pleasant MHI with Charles Palmer, director of the Iowa Department of Human Services.Saturday?s forum will run from 8:30-10 a.m.

Public meetings on tap early next week include the following:Monday ? WACO School Board, 6:30 p.m., WACO Junior/Senior High School Media Center.Tuesday ? Henry County Board of Supervisors, 9 a.m., Henry County Courthouse; Henry County Health Center Board of Trustees, noon, Henry County Health Center.Wednesday ? Wayland City Council, 7:30 p.m., Wayland City Hall.

By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsCassie Gerst is being proactive.Faced with the challenge of losing 50 percent or more of her Club M program funding, Gerst is appealing to the Mt. Pleasant and Winfield-Mt. Union School boards for funding to continue the program.Club M, a youth mentoring program based in Mt. Pleasant, has been in existence for nine years. Gerst is the coordinator of the program whose mission ...

By BRYCE KELLY Mt. Pleasant NewsHenry County Supervisors have joined several other Iowa county supervisors who have approved a resolution supporting the implementation of an increased fuel tax.The fuel tax has not been significantly increased since 1989, while maintenance and construction costs have more than doubled during that same time frame. In addition, a severe shortage in state funding to meet the ...

By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsFor a short time, it was thought that 235th Street in Mt. Pleasant would become Progress Street, but the street negotiated a curve and now will be known as Blue Grass Road following action by the Mt. Pleasant City Council Wednesday evening.It is likely most Mt. Pleasant residents don?t even know the location of Progress Street, it is equally likely that even less residents ...

The Mt. Pleasant Police Department is searching for the driver of a small black passenger car with a female driver and female passenger.The vehicle in question was involved in a two-vehicle collision on Monday, Jan. 12 at approximately 4 p.m. near the intersection of North Cherry Street and East Monroe Street.According to police reports, a 2006 Chevy Equinox driven by Abigail Noel of Mt. Pleasant was traveling ...

LENEXA, Kan. ? Inhance Technologies LLC, formerly known as Fluoro-Seal International, L.P., headquartered in Houston, Texas, has agreed to pay a $59,000 civil penalty and spend a minimum of $180,000 on systems to recycle hazardous hydrogen fluoride gas, as part of a settlement of the company?s alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act (CAA) and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) ...