Obituaries

PACKWOOD ? While some sports are games of inches, Tuesday night was a game of seconds.Pekin beat the buzzer from behind the arc to tie the game at the end of regulation, at the end of the first overtime, and after a second extra period couldn?t settle things, the Panthers finally distanced themselves from WACO in the third.A sluggish start to the evening turned into a thrilling ending and when the dust settled

Members of the Henry County Pioneer Cemetery Commission will meet Monday, Dec. 1, at 1 p.m. in the conference room of the Henry County Courthouse.Those interested in the pioneer cemeteries of Henry County are welcome to attend.

Four Henry County communities ? Mt. Pleasant, Winfield, Wayland and New London ? hosted community Thanksgiving meals Thursday. Shown in the photo is a scene from the Mt. Pleasant Community Thanksgiving at the First United Methodist Church. Each year, scores of volunteers work at all the Thanksgiving meals, making such events possible.

Average retail gasoline prices in Iowa have fallen 7.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.85 a gallon Nov. 23, according to GasBuddy?s daily survey of 2,036 gas outlets in Iowa. This compares with the national average that has fallen 4.9 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.82 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.Including the change in gas prices in Iowa during the past ...

By BRYCE KELLY Mt. Pleasant NewsCounty engineer Jake Hotchkiss and Sarah Berndt, coordinator of disability services for Henry County, both presented reports during Tuesday?s Henry County Board of Supervisors meeting.First to present was Hotchkiss with an update on miscellaneous work items taking place in the upcoming weeks. Perhaps most pressing was an update on the budget for next fiscal year. As it stands, ...

By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsMt. Pleasant?s City Council is attempting to encourage Beck?s Superior Hybrid Seeds to create some good-paying local jobs.During the council?s regular meeting Tuesday night, they set a public hearing on a proposed development agreement with Beck for Friday, Dec. 12 at noon.Basically, the agreement is a trade-off ? if Beck?s hires workers at a reasonable starting salary, the ...

Engine #2 of the Midwest Central Railroad pulls the train up to the former Chicago, Burlington and Qunicy (Hillsboro) Depot on the north side of McMillan Park in Mt. Pleasant in this vintage photo. Midwest Central received a $30,000 grant Nov. 19 from the Washington County Riverboat Foundation for restoration of the engine.

By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsA year or two can make quite a difference.That?s the scenario for farmers who have the crop in the bin and the combine in the machine shed.Both the 2012 and 2013 growing season were marked by late-summer droughts and dry falls.Zip ahead to 2014 and the word ?drought? wasn?t heard all summer and abundant fall moisture has field tiles running said Virgil Schmitt, Iowa State ...

Mt. Pleasant?s Public Works Department received its new street sweeper recently and immediately put it to use. The sweeper is shown cleaning a street in the central business district.

?Blankets? are placed in the road bed remaining to be paved yet this year on North Iris Avenue. Construction crews are hoping for a few days of moderate temperatures so the street can be paved. The remainder of the project (south from the railroad tracks to Washington Street) will be done next spring. Wet summer weather prevented the project from being finished this year.