Obituaries

By MEGAN COOPERMt. Pleasant NewsMt. Pleasant may be gaining an endodontic clinic in the near future.Kiley Miller, executive vice-president of Mt. Pleasant Area Chamber Alliance, told the Henry County Board of Supervisors during its regular meeting Tuesday morning, ?Endodontics Specialists L.L.C. from Iowa City is looking to purchase two acres of land on the south side of East Washington Street in the Crossroads...

Henry County Health Center and the Mt. Pleasant Rec Center are teaming up to offer a free program Thursday, Nov. 21, on adaptive devices.Valerie Felland, HCHC occupational therapist, will present information on different types of adaptive devices and how they can assist individuals in gaining more independence and function in daily life.The program will be from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the Rec Center. You do not have ...

FAIRFIELD ? Jefferson County authorities are searching for a 15-year-old Batavia girl, according to a press release Wednesday from the Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office.The sheriff?s office was notified on Nov. 9 by Bill Kahl of Batavia that his 15-year-old daughter, Jessica Kahl, had run away. The sheriff?s office, however, said that the circumstances of her disappearance are not of a suspicious nature, but she ...

By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsRoutine matters ? rezoning, approving an engineering services agreement and a couple of initial ordinance readings ? were handled by the Mt. Pleasant City Council in a brief regular meeting Wednesday evening.The council was also told by engineer Jim Warner of Warner Engineering Associates Inc. of Mt Pleasant that work in Central Park ? with the exception of finishing the ...

(AP) ? A former Iowa jail guard was the only person with reason to kill his pregnant wife, a prosecutor said Wednesday in closing arguments before the man?s murder trial went to a jury for deliberations.A judge handed the case Wednesday to a Henry County jury of six men and six women, The Des Moines Register reported. They met briefly before being dismissed for the day, and they will resume deliberations ...

Gary See, right, chairman of the Henry County Board of Supervisors, reaches into a hat held by County Auditor Shelly Barber to draw the winner of the Salem mayoral election. See drew the name of Dan Patterson, who will return to the mayor?s chair on Jan. 1, 2014.

Former Salem Mayor Dan Patterson will reclaim the post effective Jan. 1, 2014, by virtue of the luck of the draw.Patterson and current Mayor Linda Ward each had in the Nov. 5 general election. Since the community does not have an ordinance on breaking ties through a runoff election, state law says that the tie is broken by the drawing of a name from a hat by the county board of supervisors.Gary See, chairman of ...

By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsThere isn?t much revenue for employee compensation next year, forewarned Mt. Pleasant Superintendent of Schools Mike Wells at Monday night?s regular meeting of the Mt. Pleasant School Board.He said due to an enrollment drop of 63 students in the certified enrollment count (the census dropped from 2,028.73 students last year to 1,964.89 during the current school year) this year, ...

By MEGAN COOPERMt. Pleasant NewsBurge Cemetery outside of New London has been facing dust issues for the past few years.?People are getting covered in dust, and not just their shoes,? said Chuck Knoll, who is part of the Burge Cemetery Commission, during Thursday?s Henry County Board of Supervisors meeting.The commission wants to have the roads fixed, in order to help control the dust. They are mainly looking ...

INVESTIGATIONSDaniel Ryan Vandenberg, 25, Stockport, was arrested at 400 block of East Henry Street and charged with operating while intoxicated (first offense), failure to prove security against liability (non-accident related) and driving on the wrong side of a two-way highway, Nov. 2.Michael Guy Given, 25, Ottumwa, was arrested at 200 block of South Adams Street and charged with public intoxication/consuming ...