Obituaries

The E3 Center, located on East Washington Street was set on fire last night.According to a press release from the Mt. Pleasant Police Department, at approximately 10:22 p.m., Monday night the Mt. Pleasant Police Department was dispatched to the E3 Center for a fire with people being evacuated. It was determined that the fire had been set on the docks on the back side of the building, stated the release.Two ...

By MEGAN COOPERMt. Pleasant NewsCradle of Hope is seeing a surge in volunteers and donations, allowing it to expand to other counties.As of Thursday, July 17, Cradle of Hope now has a site in Ft. Madison. It is located at the Living Hope Church of the Nazarene and the Rev. Jim and Brenda Hoffman are the driving forces behind the expansion.?This would not have been possible without them,? said Doni Townsend, a ...

Mt. Pleasant experienced largely a rain-free week last week. That is good for street construction.Because of the dry weather, there was considerable progress on the North Iris Street project last week. With continued favorable weather, Warner Engineering Associates, Inc. of Mt. Pleasant, the engineering firm for the project, said the Mapleleaf Drive/Iris Street intersection could be open sometime next week.Movin...

For the first time since April, the paving crew was back this week pouring pavement south of the Walmart Distribution Center driveway. Crews had hoped to begin paving weeks ago. However, wet weather in late June and earlier this month caused the construction crews to miss considerable work.

CLINTON ? Illness and other commitments kept the Fairfield wrestling team short-handed Saturday at the Bob Leuders Invite in Clinton, but that didn?t stop the Trojans from showing how strong of a squad head coach Jeff Courtright has assembled for 2010.In a crowded 22-team field, five of the nine wrestlers that did compete wound up with top-five place finishes for the Trojans headlined by Jordan Bradfield?s

PACKWOOD ? The free throw shooting woes that have plagued Van Buren all season reared their ugly head again Thursday night at Pekin.In a game that featured 49 fouls, the Warriors (6-5) made good on just 10 of 29 attempts from the line while Pekin (11-2) connected on five three-pointers ? three coming from the hand of Jesse Martin ? to coast in with a 55-40 victory.The Panthers made Van Buren pay for their 28 fouls

FORT MADISON ? Weather finally stepped aside long enough for Fairfield to open up the Southeast Conference wrestling season, but Fort Madison ? namely Bloodhound 145-pounder Austin Pauley ? got right back in the Trojans? way.Pauley, ranked No. 10 in class 3A, posted a pin in the meet?s final match to complete Fort Madison?s rally and a 39-36 come-from-behind victory. Braxton Klett also recorded a win by fall in the

Mt. Pleasant?s Independence Day Parade will be at 5 p.m., Friday, July 4, at McMillan Park.Along with the parade, there will be other activities at McMillan Park beginning at 5 p.m. include train, trolley and carousel rides, tractor rides and the opportunity to drive a tractor, National Guard obstacle course and MedForce (Mt. Pleasant Fire Department, Henry County Health Center and EMS) at 4:30 p.m.Fireworks ...

Editor?s note: The following article on the only Revolutionary War veteran buried in Henry County (a monument to his service is displayed at Forest Home Cemetery) was submitted by Sylvia Ridinger. Information for the article was taken from the Iowa Historical Record of January 1897. There are old men now living who, when boys in Eastern states, remember that on the Fourth of July celebrations of those days, an ...

By TRISHA PHELPSMt. Pleasant NewsWAYLAND ? Wayland?s City Attorney Mike Vance had some advice for the city council on how to appropriately handle the tenants in the building at 211 West Main Street that was purchased on June 30 by the city.?I would strongly suggest you get some kind of simple written leases in place,? said Vance at Wednesday night?s council meeting. ?You could possibly get criticized in an ...