Obituaries

Crews from Kinney and Sons of Mt. Pleasant have been busy recently installing water lines for the second phase of the Bell Street Subdivision. The subdivision is located in the southeastern corner of Mt. Pleasant near the Mt. Pleasant Correctional Facility. Favorable weather has allowed the project to proceed without interruptions.

INVESTIGATIONSBobby Dustin Lloyd, 22, Mt. Pleasant, was arrested and charged with public intoxication/consuming in public, Nov. 23.Brandon Edward Butler, 30, Burlington, was charged with driving under suspension (nonpayment of fines), Nov. 23.MISCELLANEOUSDestruction/vandalism of property ? 1200 block of West Saunders, Nov. 22.Destruction/vandalism of property ? 200 block of South Wilson, Nov. 22.Animal ...

By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsA gunman reportedly fired shots towards the county waste collection site located in Winfield several weeks ago?That was, I hope, an isolated incident,? Mike Prottsman of Prottsman Sanitation told the board of supervisors on Tuesday morning. ?That?s what we?re taking it as.?Prottsman explained that a man was shooting across the paved road towards the waste collection site. The ...

DES MOINES ? Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL), a subsidiary of Alliant Energy, has been granted a portion of the rate increase it filed May 25, 2012.IPL, which serves the Mt. Pleasant area with natural gas, requested a $14.8 million (5.6 percent) annual revenue increase last spring. The utility already has collected a temporary revenue increase of $8.6 million (3.3 percent) since June 4, 2012.The Iowa ...

A variety of student service-learning projects will be on display during the Iowa Wesleyan College Service Fair Thursday, Nov. 29, in the social hall of the Howe Student Activity Center, beginning at 11 a.m.More than 120 Iowa Wesleyan students from a variety of service-learning classes will display exhibits that demonstrate how they have been serving throughout the semester. A sample of projects showcased will ...

A Mt. Pleasant girl who was reported missing earlier this morning (Tuesday) has been found, according to the Henry County Sheriff's Office.Brianna Crain, 8, was reported missing at 8:44 a.m. today. A Code Red alert was issued, but Crain was found about a half hour later.

What will eventually become the surgery center at the Henry County Health Center is now a big hole. The forms are being erected and soon the walls will be poured. During the construction process, patients and visitors to the center are reminded that past parking regulations have been suspended and signs now direct patients and visitors to the proper parking lot.

By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsHenry County currently funds mental health services above and beyond the core services mandated under redesign, and when the changes go into effect on July 1, 2013, residents could potentially lose some of those services.?Henry County would back-pedal in what people have available to them,? Sarah Kaufman, Henry County CPC administrator told the Henry County Board of Health on ...

The Howard and Helen Hills Henry County Heritage Center (the old Saunders School) will officially open on Sunday, Nov. 18, with an open house from 1 to 4 p.m.Charter memberships for both the Heritage Center and Van Allen House will be presented in a ceremony at 3:30 p.m.Exhibits include information and illustrations on James Van Allen, Saunders School and other Mt. Pleasant Schools, a military display and ...

DEAR ABBY: My brother lost his wife, the love of his life, three years ago. He has three children. His oldest, a 25-year-old daughter, ?Jenny,? told him that ?when you marry, it is for life.? She has threatened that if he dates someone or sees anyone, she will be out of his life and he won?t be able to see his future grandchildren. (Jenny is getting married next summer.)My brother is very upset. He wants to ...