Obituaries

DEAR ABBY: My father passed away a year ago, after being married to ?Valerie? for 14 years. After his death, she got his life insurance. She paid for his funeral and the burial. She also bought a new house and a horse within two months of losing our father. Four months later, she was dating another man.My sister and I didn?t ask for anything except a few articles of Dad?s clothing. Having spent all the insurance ...

Iowa farmers have the opportunity to win $2,500 awards for their favorite nonprofit organization. The awards are available through Monsanto Fund?s America?s Farmers Grow Communities program.The America?s Farmers Grow Communities program is intended to benefit non-profit community groups such as youth organizations, schools and other civic groups important to America?s farmers.Farmers can apply online at ...

Fred Parsons, Class of 1957, back-row left in top photo, and Fred Jacobeit, Class of 1950, back-row right, were inducted into the IWC Athletic Hall of Fame Friday. They are pictured Saturday morning with their wives, from left, Sheila Parsons, Class of 1986, and Barbara (Henderson) Jacobeit, Class of x1951. Barbara is wearing her husband?s letter sweater from 1947.

Homecoming royalty at Iowa Wesleyan College included, from left, Princess Emily McVey, junior, Corydon; Prince Jamarco Clark, junior, Conley, Ga.; Queen Allison Houston, senior, West Point; King Tarvis Gordon, senior, Sanford, Fla.

Henry County Health Center will begin preparation for the Surgery Department construction this week. Patients and visitors will be impacted in the following ways:? Beginning today (Oct. 8) at 5 p.m. the Frontage Road (the street that runs between the health center and the parking lot) will be closed and barricades will be set up on Tuesday. This means that all street parking from the corner of West Warren Street ...

Henry and Washington counties hosted their first Red Flag Horseless Carriage Tour last week with the grand finale being the tour from New London to Brighton Saturday. In the photo, one of the vehicles needed a little push in New London to get going (the vehicle was unable to complete the tour).

Henry County supervisors will open bids for installation of lights at the community service building during their regular meeting at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Henry County Courthouse.Other tentative agenda items include making a decision on whether the patient advocate position is a contract position or a county employee.Supervisors also will receive an update on secondary roads from County Engineer Bill Belzer.

Parking at the Henry County Health Center will be impacted during the upcoming construction project. HCHC will be keeping the public informed about the progress and what is affected by the construction.The following areas will be impacted immediately:Parking: The Frontage Road (the street that runs between the health center and the parking lot) will be closed. This means that all street parking from the corner ...

The end is in sight.Reconstruction work on Washington Street is nearly completed. Warner Engineering, the engineering firm for the three-year project, said plans are to have the painting of the stripes and symbols on the final stretch of the project completed by Oct. 19, which means streetwork will be completed shortly thereafter.Intersection work should be completed and all streets opened by the afternoon of ...

By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsThe CPCs (central point of coordination) have done the leg work; now it?s time for the boards of supervisors to join the conversation.During the Henry County board of supervisors meeting on Thursday morning, Henry County CPC Sarah Kaufman announced that a meeting between the boards of supervisors will be held at 10 a.m. on Oct. 17 at the Heatilator Performing Arts Center in ...