Obituaries

By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsA year or two can make quite a difference.That?s the scenario for farmers who have the crop in the bin and the combine in the machine shed.Both the 2012 and 2013 growing season were marked by late-summer droughts and dry falls.Zip ahead to 2014 and the word ?drought? wasn?t heard all summer and abundant fall moisture has field tiles running said Virgil Schmitt, Iowa State ...

Mt. Pleasant?s Public Works Department received its new street sweeper recently and immediately put it to use. The sweeper is shown cleaning a street in the central business district.

?Blankets? are placed in the road bed remaining to be paved yet this year on North Iris Avenue. Construction crews are hoping for a few days of moderate temperatures so the street can be paved. The remainder of the project (south from the railroad tracks to Washington Street) will be done next spring. Wet summer weather prevented the project from being finished this year.

On Nov. 13, 2014, at approximately 5:41 p.m., the Mt. Pleasant Police Department responded to a report of a single vehicle accident with injury. The accident occurred in the 200 block of N. Wilson St., according to police reports.Brent Keaster, of Mt. Pleasant, was driving his 2003 Ford Ranger northbound on Grand Ave., approaching the overpass, when he lost control of the vehicle due to slippery road conditions....

Jumping from a board into a pool of water one meter beneath sounds simple enough.However, things tend to get complicated when you consider that the board is designed to fling someone as high in the air as possible. Then you?re expected to be doing flips, twists and everything in between before hitting the water.And one more thing ? there are judges.Fairfield sophomore Jaci Bell hasn?t been around the sport of

KEOSAUQUA ? Things were going about as well as they could for the Cardinal volleyball team Thursday night at Van Buren, but a few minutes later, they were going about as bad as they could.The Comets made it look easy by taking a 2-0 match lead, but the Warriors stormed back to make it a fierce contest before Cardinal eeked out a 25-24, 25-8, 26-28, 26-24 victory.The game four victory avoided a game five and also

Mt. Pleasant?s High School Drama Department will present ?Lizzie Borden of Fall River? at 7 p.m. tonight (Fri.) and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Civic Center auditorium. In the photo are, from left, Mallory Swigart (Lizzie Borden), Caitlyn DePriest (Emma Borden) and Madi Jones (Aunt Vinnie). The play is directed by Marlene DePriest. Stage manager is Joe Goody and Gayle Olson headed the costumes.

Mt. Pleasant?s Veterans Day observance begins at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11, at Veterans Hall, 300 W. Monroe St. The observance is sponsored by the Avenue of Flags.Dean King, Avenue of Flags chairman and honor guard commander, will serve as master of ceremonies. The Rev. Deborah Stowers of First United Methodist Church, Mt. Pleasant, will deliver the invocation and benediction.Students from Mt. Pleasant ...

Due to the observance of Veterans Day on Tuesday, Nov. 11, the Henry County supervisors moved their meeting to Monday, Nov. 10, at 9 a.m. in the Henry County Courthouse.Henry County Engineer Jake Hotchkiss will give his weekly report and the supervisors will canvass the Nov. 4 general election.Supervisors will also be at the ISAC meetings on Thursday so will meet just Monday next week.

OSKALOOSA ? The Pekin girls? cross-country team showed exactly why it is the top-ranked team in all of Class 1A while the boys? team showed why hopes are high for 2010 with its heap of returning runners.The Panthers won the girls? division of the Lake Keomah Invite with an impressive score of 25, and the boys came up just two points short of doing the same with a final tally of 47. The Panthers were second behind