Obituaries

By MEGAN COOPERMt. Pleasant NewsNEW LONDON ? New London Community School District is taking class outside of the classroom.This year, New London High School created a broadcasting class entitled Communication Arts, which is worth English credit. The goal of the class is for students to create meaningful projects in order to understand the effects broadcast media has on society. The show has been named Tiger TV ...

Change orders dominate the agenda for the regular meeting of the Mt. Pleasant City Council tonight (Tues.) at 7 p.m. at City Hall.The council is meeting one night earlier due to the Thanksgiving holiday.Three change orders ? two on the north Grand Avenue PCC project and one on the sanitary sewer lining project ? await council action.In other tentative agenda items, the council will consider the appointment of ...

KALONA ? The Friends of Bunker Mill Bridge, whose mission it is to save and restore the historic 126 year old bridge just outside of Kalona, received good news from the engineering team that arrived at the bridge site this month. Initially the group thought that the bridge may have to be completely lifted and moved to the river bank possibly to be dismantled and rebuilt at estimated costs exceeding $450,000.The ...

Henry County Health Center was recently recognized by iVantage Health Analytics as a HealthStrong? Award winner for Excellence in Patient Satisfaction, reflecting top quartile performance among all acute care hospitals in the nation.?Henry County Health Center is honored to once again receive recognition for excellence in patient satisfaction. This award, along with our recent Top 10 Hospital of Choice Award, ...

Iowa State Rep. Dave Heaton, R-Mt. Pleasant, has been presented the Iowa Hospital Association?s Legislator of the Year award.As a state legislator for nearly 20 years, Heaton has provided important experience and leadership that have benefited Iowa?s health care system, particularly for Iowans residing in rural areas.This year he helped bridge political differences that led to passage of the Iowa Health and ...

By TRISHA PHELPSMt. Pleasant NewsAfter a 45-minute discussion about terms and a call to the Washington County Attorney, Jack Seward, Washington County Supervisor, turned a check over to the Regional Utility Service Systems (RUSS) to pay for the debt from the Richmond/Rubio project with no ?strings? or terms attached to the check.At the beginning of the discussion on the agenda item at Wednesday?s RUSS board ...

By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsAlthough it will be a few months before area farmers head back to the fields, no doubt their thoughts are already there, that is, in a sense of preparation.What they could find is better starting conditions in the spring of 2014 than last spring, says Virgil Schmitt, Iowa State University regional agronomist.?Soil conditions are a little better than last year,? Schmitt, who ...

Henry County Health Center was recently recognized by the American Alliance of Healthcare Providers (AAHCP) as one of the top 10 hospitals in the nation to receive the Hospital of Choice Award for 2013. The Hospital of Choice Award is designed to identify America?s most customer-friendly hospitals, recognizing the best hospitals in customer service delivery.In 2012, HCHC was named as a Top 100 hospital. This ...

From the Golden TriangleNews ServiceFAIRFIELD ? Members of the Fairfield Police Department initiated a traffic stop at 8:41 p.m. Tuesday in the 600 block of Pleasant Plain Road and seized a significant amount of marijuana after the police department K9 alerted on the vehicle.Police obtained search warrants for a motorhome parked on Waterworks Road leading to the Fairfield Water Department loading dock at ...

Iowa Wesleyan launches a new era of graduate education in the field of Strategic Leadership. On Nov. 11, Wesleyan took the first step toward offering graduate programs by approving the launch of two eight-week graduate courses. Organizational Communication and Leadership (COMM 555) will focus on the role of leaders and leadership in enacting organizational goals. Research Methods (SSCI 547) will examine the ...