Obituaries

Mt. Pleasant is offering a one-day television recycling program. City residents may bring televisions they wish to discard to the public works department, 1201 N. Broadway, June 11 from 8 a.m.-noon.Each televison will require five garbage stickers. You must be a city resident and identification will be required.This program is for televisions only, no computer monitors will be accepted.Questions should be ...

By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsMt. Pleasant resident Robert Batey and his legal council were at the Henry County Board of Supervisors meeting Thursday morning concerning a discussion they alleged was illegally held by the supervisors on Feb. 14, concerning Batey and the cross he had recently erected south of Mt. Pleasant.?[Batey?s] not here because he wants a lawsuit,? said Mark Roberts of Simmons, Perrine, ...

Our work has still been centered around the recent house fire that we experienced.My husband, Joe, doesn?t have to work the next two days, so we are moving the furniture from our bedrooms upstairs to the downstairs and basement. We will set the beds up in the basement for the girls to sleep in. The boys are sleeping on a bed in the living room now.The carpenters that are working on the rebuilding said that a ...

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is sponsoring a food safety training seminar for food service managers and employees on Wednesday, June 6, at Great Prairie AEA in Burlington from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.?We all want to eat food that is safe as well as tasty. We know that food safety hazards and risks are prevalent in today?s world. Serving safe food is mandatory. This training program aims to train food ...

By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsSALEM ? New Salem City Clerk Brenda Carver received a pay increase at Tuesday night?s regular meeting of the Salem City Council.Carver, however, has been logging many hours to receive that pay increase. Council members approved a monthly salary of $900 for Carver, based on 32 hours of work weekly.She formerly received $660/month but said the job responsibilities had more than ...

By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsNEW LONDON ? The New London Community School District will hold a public hearing and meeting Tuesday night on the fiscal year 2013 budget, with plans to increase property taxes by 86 cents per $1,000 taxable valuation.The proposed 2012-2013 tax levy is listed at 17.22178 per $1,000 taxable valuation, an 86-cent increase over the 2011-2012 levy of 16.36 per $1,000 taxable ...

Editor?s note: Emily Robinson, a Creston eighth grader, won first place in a statewide essay contest, sponsored by the Iowa Department of Human Rights, the Iowa Department of Education and the State Historical Society. Robinson won her award in the Science and Engineering for 8-9 grade divisions. The contest is called ?Write Women Back into History? and Robinson?s essay was on Barb Welander, Mt. Pleasant. ...

Members of the board of directors of the Mt. Pleasant Municipal Utilities meet Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the utilities offices for their monthly meeting.Agenda items include updates on the street lighting and water main installation projects, and a review and approval of the final draft of the proposed collective bargaining agreement between the utilities and the local bargaining unit.

Hey gardeners, are you ready to plant potatoes and onions? The Hillsboro Public Library has a nice selection of gardening books to get you ready for a vegetable garden, flower garden or the dreaded weeds. These books can be found in the featured books section.New on the shelf:Adult nonfiction: Dressing and Cooking Wild Game by Teresa Marrone gives the reader a perspective from field to table of big game, small ...

Note: All meals served with milk.Mt. Pleasant Community SchoolsMONDAY: Feb. 13: Hot dog/bun, baked beans, lettuce salad/ranch, kiwiTUESDAY: Feb. 14: BBQ pork sandwich, lettuce salad/ranch, diced pears, Valentine cookieWEDNESDAY: Feb. 15: Chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes, bread/margarine, bananaTHURSDAY: Feb. 16: Super beef nachos, lettuce/cheese, refried beans, orange wedgeFRIDAY: Feb. 17: Meatball sub, ...