Obituaries

Members of Mt. Pleasant City Council?s Public Safety Committee will meet tomorrow (Wed.) at 8:30 a.m. at the Mt. Pleasant Police Department.Tentative agenda items include discussion of the fire department?s standard operation guidelines and discussion of a bike-sharing program with the police department.

The Holtcamp Round Barn is one of the structures from Henry County on the National Register. The barn was built in 1917 and is located on 335th Street, one-half mile east of Highway 218/27 in Salem Township.

A site plan was approved by the Mt. Pleasant City Council Wednesday night for the speculative building located in the city?s Crossroads Industrial Park on the northeast edge of Mt. Pleasant. Negotiations are under way to sell the building to a local developer who then will lease space to a local manufacturer for storage.

By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsShe?s back.Mariannette Miller-Meeks is making her third bid for a U.S. Congressional seat, announcing about a month ago she would be seeking the seat currently held by Second Congressman Dave Loebsack-D Iowa.For the past three years, Miller-Meeks has been director of the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH). She said that she consulted with Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad before ...

Mt. Pleasant Community High School is asking parents to fill out an online survey which will help determine where the positions of the school and community on the use and availability of technology resources.Parents are asked to complete a survey for each building they have a student attending this school year.Surveys need to be completed by March 30 for the data to be included in the information received from ...

Thursday?s regular meeting of the Henry County supervisors should be brief, barring unforeseen circumstances.The lone item on the agenda is an update from supervisors on their subcommittee meetings.Supervisors meet at 9 a.m. in the Henry County Courthouse.

By MEGAN COOPER Mt. Pleasant NewsNew London High School?s spring musical, ?Annie? will be pushed back a little due to make-up games.?We had to push the musical back because of all the make-up games we had due to the winter weather,? said board secretary Jessica Boyer during Monday night?s New London School Board meeting. ?The students haven?t had much time to practice, so they moved it until April 5 and ...

The Winfield-Mt. Union Elementary School, along with Prairie Fire Children?s Theatre, presented Pinocchio on Friday and Saturday at the school. Sully Scott, left in photo, played Pinocchio and Griffin Humphreys, right, played Cricket.

LOCKRIDGE ? The Lockridge Lions Club will host its annual pancake and sausage supper Saturday, March 15, from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Lockridge Community Center.During the event, the club will also be accepting donations of glasses, hearing aids and cellphones.

By ANDY HALLMAN Golden Triangle News Service FAIRFIELD ? A group of pandits at the pandit campus near Vedic City attacked Jefferson County Sheriff Gregg Morton Tuesday morning by throwing rocks through the windows in his vehicle and rocking the vehicle back and forth.According to a press release from the Jefferson County Attorney?s Office, about 70-80 pandits surrounded Morton while he was in his marked ...