Obituaries

For winter haters, it is getting old. Mt. Pleasant received its weekly snowstorm yesterday and today. The snowfall Sunday night/Monday morning was followed by sunny skies Monday afternoon. The second part of the storm hit last night and this morning, bringing additonal snow. Mt. Pleasant received just over three inches of snow in the two snowfalls. It was the third snow event in the past three weeks in what had ...

Henry County Health Center (HCHC) generates 411 jobs that add $19,318,514 to Henry County?s economy, according to the latest study by the Iowa Hospital Association. In addition, HCHC Associates by themselves spend $4,793,710 on retail sales and contribute $287,623 in state sales tax revenue.?The health sector plays a significant role in positively impacting Henry County?s economy. As a community employer, Henry ...

Luke Ryon, 9, top photo, stands with his robot at the Henry County Courthouse on Sunday, where area students? art was displayed as part of Youth Art Month.

SALEM ? Salem City Council members will tackle some business tonight (Tuesday) that was tabled last month.Tentative agenda items include a back-up city maintenance position, computer software upgrade for the city clerk and possible tractor and lawn mower purchase.Council members meet at the Community Center at 7 p.m.

Salem Fire and Rescue will be holding a soup supper on Saturday, March 9, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Salem Community Building.The meal will be a free-will donation with an auction to follow.Money is being raised to cover the expenses to send six people to EMT class.

Henry County?s Relay for Life hosted one of its largest fund-raisers of the year Feb. 23 with the Daddy-Daughter Dance at the E3 Center in Mt. Pleasant. Shawn Elder, right in photo, returned to Mt. Pleasant from Tulsa, Okla., to take his daughter, Hallie, 7, to the dance. Elder is attending school in Oklahoma.

Editor?s note: As part of the nation?s 150-year anniversary of the Civil War, the Henry County Civil War Sesquicentennial Task Force will be publishing a monthly column, written by Henry County historians. The research for the articles comes from Henry County newspapers published between 1861-1865, as well as diaries, journals and letters written by Henry County Civil War soldiers and their families. By MIKAYLA ...

Members of the Henry County Historic Preservation Commission will meet Wednesday, March 6, at 11:30 a.m. at the Mt. Pleasant Pizza Ranch.Tentative agenda items include the budget report, transporation book, historic school maps, Lowell signs and ideas for National Historic Preservation Month in May.

By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsIf at first you don?t succeed, you try again.Mt. Pleasant?s City Council is putting that advice to use, passing the first reading Wednesday night of a proposed abandoned and junk vehicle ordinance.This is the second attempt at implementing an ordinance that will help rid the city of junked vehicles and vehicle parts.An ordinance with similar intent was defeated on its second ...

The Polishville Community Center has announced its events planned in March.A dance with Ned Francis of Mt. Sterling is set for Sunday, March 3. Food will be available for purchase at 4:30 p.m., and dancing will be from 6-9 p.m.Bingo is set for March 4, with food available at 4:30 p.m., and games beginning at 5:45 p.m.A dance with Jerry Beauchamp of Eldora is set for March 17. Food will be available for ...