Obituaries

Winfield hosted its annual Crooked Creek celebration over the weekend. The theme was ?Mardi Gras.? One of the floats in the parade was this one from Caseys General Store.

Southeast Iowa?s corn and soybean crops received a boost in recent days as the area received its first significant rainfall in weeks. Not only will the rain benefit crops, but it also has put the green back into lawns and pastures. City lawns had been showing stress from a hot spell during July.

A male turned himself in to the Mt. Pleasant Police Thursday for his involvement in a hit and run incident yesterday morning, according to Lt. Lyle Murray of the department. Murray said he could not release the name of the individual.According to a release from the department, a newer model, candy-apple-red Ford F-150 pickup allegedly struck a pedestrian, Bethany Knudsen, in the Jefferson/Monroe streets intersect...

Mt. Pleasant's Police Department is searching for a newer model, candy-apple red Ford F-150 pickup that allegedly struck a pedestrian in downtown Mt. Pleasant this morning.According to a release from the department, the pickup allegedly struck Bethany Knudsen of Mt. Pleasant at approximately 8:40 a.m. as she was walking east in the Jefferson/Monroe streets intersection crosswalk.The truck, the report said, then ...

3:15 a.m. The alarm goes off. Time to start another day. I pack my husband Joe?s lunch. We close the windows that were open during the night. It?s 50 degrees and the house feels cold. After all the hot weather last week this is a quite a difference. It makes for nice sleeping weather.3:45 a.m. Joe leaves for work. I go back to bed.4:50 a.m. I get up again. Daughter Elizabeth is packing her lunch.5:15 a.m. ...

By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsAn exploratory meeting to gauge interest in a community preschool in Mt. Pleasant is attracting strong interest, according to Mt. Pleasant Superintendent of Schools Mike Wells.?I want to have an open, honest conversation about whether we need a community preschool (in Mt. Pleasant) or not,? Wells said this morning.He said he has invited about 20 people from the community who ...

Teyanna Lane, 7, Mt. Pleasant did a jazz dance in the sprouts division Friday night of the Bill Riley Talent Show at the Henry County Fair.

DEAR ABBY: My husband retired and we thought we were fulfilling our lifetime dream when we moved to the beach, but our dream has turned into a nightmare. Our family never wanted to visit us this often before.When they come, no one even brings along so much as a bottle of water. My grocery bill has skyrocketed, and I?m sick of playing the role of cook and maid while they have a wonderful time.I?m ready to move ...

Henry County Extension and Outreach will be hosting a summer garden webinar series, ?Moisture Extremes in the Landscape,? offered by the Iowa Master Gardener program on July 23, Aug. 13 and Sept. 13.The theme was chosen because weather patterns over the past couple of years have moved rapidly from drought to flood.?Iowa Gardeners are dealing with a variety of extreme conditions this summer,? said Denny Schrock, ...

Editor?s Note: Lovina?s column is on summer break. I?d like to wish her and her husband, Joe, a very happy, blessed anniversary this week (July 15). I hope they have many more years of good health and happiness together.Meanwhile, it is the season of peaches and zucchini, two summer staples. Here are some favorites from the Amish Cook archives ? Kevin Williams, Amish Cook editorZUCCHINI PATTIES3 cups peeled, ...