Obituaries

U.S. Postal Inspection Service personnel are investigating fraudulent emails and phone calls to individuals nationwide, according to a press release.Recently, the Postal Inspection Service has received numerous complaints from individuals. Some of the individuals have reported that the caller is stating a package intended for the individual was unable to be delivered. The emails and phone calls, the Postal ...

Although no arrests were made immediately, several search warrants were executed Friday, the result of lengthy drug investigations in Mt. Pleasant.The Mt. Pleasant Police department executed the first search warrant at a residence located at 304 E. Vernon St. in Mt. Pleasant, where they discovered marijuana, scales, baggies, U.S. currency and ammunition, according to a press release from the police department. ...

FAIRFIELD (GTNS) ? The Fairfield Police Department reported it has uncovered a large marijuana growing operation with more than 100 plants.On May 14, Fairfield Police Department officers executed a search warrant at 409 E. Hempstead Ave., Fairfield. More than 100 plants suspected to be marijuana were seized. A large amount of evidence was also seized and the investigation is ongoing.Campbell John Hair, 63, a ...

Average retail gasoline prices in Iowa have fallen 2.6 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.50 per gallon May 18, according to GasBuddy?s daily survey of 2,036 gas outlets in Iowa. This compares with the national average that has not moved in the last week to $3.62 a gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.Including the change in gas prices in Iowa during the past week, prices ...

By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant News WAYLAND ? WACO may make history again.This year, the school district became the first in Iowa to have a four-day school week year-around. Now, WACO is considering capturing the sun?s rays for electric power in its buildings in Crawfordsville and Wayland.?We would become the first school district in Iowa to do this,? said WACO Superintendent of Schools Dr. Darrell Smith. ...

By MEGAN COOPER Mt. Pleasant NewsMost of the minor flood damage projects are completed at Oakland Mills now, and the major project will be completed this fall.?The 2013 flood damage repairs have been mostly completed,? said Executive Director of Henry County Conservation John Pullis during the Henry County Conservation board meeting Monday night. ?We had done seeding at Water Works and South Shore, the grass ...

LOCKRIDGE (GTNS) ? Dale Ralph Stutzman, 81, of Lockridge, died Wednesday due to an accident in the 2100 block of Watercress Boulevard near Lockridge.The Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office reports that Stutzman, a resident on Watercress Boulevard, was driving a 2010 Yamaha Grizzly 700FI four-wheeler coming out of a farm drive onto Watercress. He began backing up and went into the east ditch. The vehicle flipped ...

The Henry County Treasurer?s Office will be closed all day Thursday, May 15, for staff training.The office will resume normal business hours on Friday, May 16.

PACKWOOD ? Paige Jensen stepped in to deliver ten assists and Pekin got back on track Thursday with a 25-23, 25-18, 25-19 sweep of Columbus.?I?m proud of the way the girls came out and played tonight,? said head coach Jina Heisdorffer, whose team improves to 10-12 on the seaosn. ?We came out and were in control most of the night. We covered the court well and attacked the ball.?Jessica Deutsch added eight more

AMES ? Iowa State University?s Department of Sociology will be compiling its third statewide survey in 2014.ISU also compiled surveys in 1994 and 2004 based on responses from almost 15,000 residents living in 99 Iowa rural communities.Called the Rural Development Initiative (RDI) Project in 1994, it was jointly supported by ISU?s Experiment Station and Extension Service to establish a baseline of living ...