Obituaries

By KARYN SPORY Mt. Pleasant NewsA lightning strike during Wednesday night?s storm caused a small, but difficult fire at Main Street Cinema in Mt. Pleasant.Fire crews were dispatched to Main Street Cinema following receiving reports of smoke Thursday afternoon.According to Mt. Pleasant Fire Chief Stew Kinney, a lightning strike on the north wall at the east end caught some wood in the attic on fire.?The ...

By BRYCE KELLY Mt. Pleasant NewsIt seems Henry County has proven to be a favorable place to serve as a training ground for an elite search and rescue team based out of Cedar Rapids.Iowa Task Force 1 (IA-TF1), a volunteer-based urban search and rescue team, has reportedly shown interest in holding a full-scale search and rescue training exercise at Oakland Mills. Henry County Supervisor, Marc Lindeen, spoke of ...

By BRYCE KELLY Mt. Pleasant NewsNeal Abbott, executive director of the Food Bank of Southern Iowa, gave a presentation to the Henry County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday regarding the food bank?s services, stating that current statistics show Henry County has a 14.3 percent food insecurity rate.?This means that about 2,000 people currently living in Henry County need some sort of food assistance at some ...

Some of the highlights of the second day of the Henry County Fair were the 4-H dog show and the Bill Riley Talent Search competition.Jordan Crooks, 10, pictured, of Mt. Pleasant, competed in the sprout division of the talent search.

By KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsThe Mt. Pleasant Community School District has a superintendent; at least for the next year.The MPCSD school board selected Linda Brock as the interim superintendent on Monday during its regularly scheduled meeting. On Wednesday morning, Brock accepted the post.Brock most recently served as superintendent at Ft. Dodge, a post she held from 2005 to 2010. Prior to that, she was ...

Carter Foerch, 11, Mt. Pleasant, performed "America the Beautiful" in the sprout division of the Bill Riley Talent Search Wednesday night at the Henry County Fair.

Henry County Health Center's diabetes team will be offering a one-day diabetes education class Tuesday, July 28, 2015. This program is open to anyone who has Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes.The class will be conducted from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., on July 28, in the Health Education Center at HCHC. Meals will be served to class participants. Directions will be given when you call HCHC's Diabetes Education Center at ...

Leah Hunter leads her Australian Shepard, Gracie, past judge, Courtney Hoover, during the dog show on Wednesday. Hunter was one of 11 individuals who spent the afternoon with their furry best friends.

COLUMBUS JUNCTION ? The Van Buren wrestling team fell 63-18 to Columbus Junction before topping Wapello 42-30 Thursday at Columbus Junction.Against Columbus, Van Buren?s Colton Putnam won his first varsity match ever with a win by fall at 120. Curtis Thomas won by fall at 182 pounds and Zach Corman won by fall at 220.In the dual with Wapello, Jacob Heisel pinned his opponent at 126, Hunter Coffman won by fall ...

By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsJeff Krug likes the progress thus far for the Fourth Annual Red Flag Horseless Carriage Tour, which originates in Mt. Pleasant.?It is coming together well as usual,? said Krug. ?I think we are gaining some momentum.?The president of the Red Flag board of directors said that registrations already are in double figures which ?is more than we?ve had other years at this stage.?I...