Obituaries

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 ...

As quickly as the snow fell on Sunday it seemed it was gone. Tuesday afternoon Mt. Pleasant city workers removed the snow which had yet to melt - typically piles of snow that had been removed from parking lots. Mt. Pleasant residents aren?t likely to see snow again until Saturday afternoon. The National Weather Service projects a 30 percent chance of snow Saturday afternoon and 40 percent chance until later that ...

BY BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsNEW LONDON ? Thanks to a change in policy, which was approved during Monday night?s New London School Board meeting, high school students wanting to take college level courses will have more opportunities to do so.Brought before the board by New London High School teacher, Allison Lair, was what she cited as a minor flaw in the system. According to the school?s initial policy, ...