Obituaries

SALEM ? Salem?s annual Easter egg hunt will be tomorrow (Sat.) beginning at 10:30 a.m. in the downtown city park.The event is sponsored by Salem businesses, civic organizations and the Crew Public Library.

Winfield-Mt. Union?s jazz band qualified for the Iowa State Jazz Championships in Des Moines March 31. The W-MU band gained the berth at district competition March 7 at Iowa City West. W-MU placed second in its division, behind last year?s Class 1A champion North Mahaska. This will be the fifth consecutive apperance at state for the band.

Several of the best baseball teams in the state came from southeast Iowa this summer. Washington made it to the state semifinals in Class 3A. Van Buren went 26-2, with its only two losses coming at the hands of eventual state champion Davis County. Mount Pleasant finished its season with a record of 25-9 after bowing out to Washington in the first round of the district tournament.Appropriately, the 2011 ...

Mt. Pleasant School Board members will consider approval of a fifth- and sixth-grade trap-shooting team and the Iowa Child and Adult Care Food Program Household Contact Policy during their regular meeting March 9.Other tentative items include discussion on the fiscal 2016 budget and property taxes.Prior to the 7 p.m. meeting at the high school, the board will meet at 6 p.m. in special session to consider ...

By BRYCE KELLY Mt. Pleasant NewsA myriad of topics filled the Henry County Supervisors? agenda during their regular board meeting on Thursday with the first item up for discussion being reports from various Henry County department heads.Walt Jackson, Henry County Emergency Management coordinator, took time during his report to update the board on some of the improvements being made to the county?s new ...

A Mt. Pleasant woman?s foot reportedly slipped off the break, causing her vehicle to rear-end a police vehicle.At approximately 9:16 a.m. on Monday, March 2, 2015, the Henry County Sheriff?s Office received a report of a two-vehicle, property damage accident at the intersection of South Jefferson Street and East South Street.A 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee, owned and operated by Allie Liechty, was involved in a ...

The driver of a semi was not injured after his rig rolled onto its side.The Henry County Sheriff?s Office received a report of a semi rollover south of Mt. Pleasant on the Big Creek Bridge at 2:20 a.m. on Monday, March 2, 2015.According to police reports, David Byrd, of Wisconsin, had drifted into the median and was unable to regain control of his semi. Byrd then struck the bridge guardrail and the semi ...

BURLINGTON - LISCO is pleased to announce that Pzazz is the first LISCO customer in Burlington to get 1 Gig Internet/data services. Most LISCO fiber optic customers are happy to use up to 100 megabits per second data speeds, but Pzazz now gets ten times that with 1 Gig Internet. That means Pzazz gets speeds up to 1000 megabits per second. Scott Anderson, IT Director for Pzazz says, ?Pzazz is delighted to be on ...

Staff and residents at Park Place Elder Living in Mt. Pleasant engage in some activities during a recent afternoon. Pictured, clockwise from lower left, are Janet, Alaine Geeding, activities care partner, Carol Ruggles, Park Place coordinator of elder events and Bella the poodle, Elva, Marion, Laura and Margaret. Only first names are being used (at their request) to identify the residents.

Mt. Pleasant Community High School will be hosting a meeting for all eighth-grade students and their parents in the high school commons Thursday, March 5, at 6:30 p.m.Focus of the meeting will be discussing scheduling options for the 2015-16 school year.All eighth-grade students and their parents should attend the March 5 meeting.