Obituaries

The Van Buren volleyball team?s offense sputtered Tuesday as the Warriors fell to Danville 18-25, 13-25, 7-25.Van Buren?s Makenzie Zeitler was 9-of-10 on serves with one ace, and Alicia Fitzsimmons also tallied one ace in the match.Also in the back row, Jordan Billups was a perfect 7-of-7 on serves and Payten Hughes recorded a team-high four digs, while Billups had three digs.Offensively, Billups also ...

The Fairfield JV volleyball team swept Fort Madison on Tuesday, needing two games to take care of the SEC foe.Cheyanne Laux was a perfect 11-of-11 on serves with four aces and the Trojans won 25-21, 25-18.Sydney Burnett also was perfect on serves, going 8-of-8 with three aces, and Dorian Larson went 3-of-3 on serves.Top hitters were Kristen Terrell, Ashley Manning and McKenna Ledger with four kills ...

Iowa Wesleyan College?s Chapel hosted the first of four Family Leadership Regional Summits Thursday night. The organization is headed by Bob Vander Plaats, former Republican candidate for governor. Over 600 people attended the summit, which attracted four potential Republican presidenital candidates. The candidates included former Texas Governor Rick Perry, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, pictured, ...

Commissioners of the Henry County Soil and Water Conservation District will host their regular monthly meeting Tuesday, April 14, at 3:30 p.m. in the district office at 709 S. Iris St.Tentative agenda items include watershed reports and cost-share payments in addition to routine business.

By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsReligious liberty was the focus of a seminar Thursday night that attracted some political heavyweights and over 600 area residents to the Iowa Wesleyan College Chapel.Bob Vander Plaats, president and CEO of The FAMiLY LEADER, organized the forum ? one of four the organization will be having in Iowa during the upcoming months.Political candidates speaking generally represented...

By KARYN SPORY Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? The Winfield-Mt. Union School Board has approved the property tax levy for fiscal year 2015-16.Carmen Benson, W-MU business manager, said the board unanimously approved a property tax levy of $13.25 per $1,000 taxable valuation during its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, April 8. That is, if the allowable growth stays at zero percent.Winfield-Mt. Union?s ...

By KARYN SPORY Mt. Pleasant News WAYLAND ? The City of Wayland has agreed to pay up to $350 for the boring expense to hook up a home to Wayland gas.Ron and Deb Reid approached the city council during its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, April 1, to request a natural gas hookup and see if the city would incur some of the additional costs for the installation.The Reids reside at 306 S. Brooks St., in ...

Short-haired terrier, Sage, had a problem. She enjoyed going outside into the yard during the winter months but was constantly getting cold and had to bark to get back into the house.Sage?s owners, Randy and Ingrid Teboe of Mt. Pleasant, decided to do something abut that. They raked winter?s leaves into a pile to make a nice, warm yard nest for poor Sage.Sage enjoys more time in the front yard now, where she ...

Join Main Street Mt. Pleasant for their Easter Eggstravaganza this Saturday, March 28 at 11 a.m., in Mt. Pleasant Central Park.This annual event includes a visit from the Easter Bunny and an Easter Egg Hunt in Mt. Pleasant's downtown Central Park. The event is sponsored by Mt. Pleasant's Park and Recreation Department and the Mt. Pleasant Area Manufacturers Association.

In honor of Belle Mansfield, Iowa Wesleyan College offered a full day of celebration and female empowerment on Thursday, March 26, as the second annual Mansfield Symposium. At 11 a.m. on Thursday, students, faculty and residents of Mt. Pleasant filled the Adam Trieschmann Hall of Science Auditorium on the IWC campus for the panel discussion: ?Women entrepreneurs: Daring to be bold by stepping out on their own.? ...