Obituaries

Live Healthy Iowa, a component of the Iowa Community Transformation Grant and Healthy Henry County Communities, encourages you to create a team and join thousands of Iowans in its 12th annual Wellness Challenge.This 10-week challenge begins Jan. 28 and ends April 5.Don?t know how to sign up? It?s easy: Log on to livehealthyiowa.org and create a team of two to 10 friends, family members or co-workers and have ...

Mt. Pleasant School Board members will consider the resignation of Superintendent of Schools Dr. John Roederer during its regular meeting tonight (Monday).Roederer has submitted his resignation, effective June 30.School officials also have recommended the hiring of Scott Lamm as activities director, beginning with the 2013-14 school year.Lamm currently is WisdomQuest principal and .75 time exercise science ...

By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsRich Taylor was eager for the gavel to sound this morning, opening the 2013 session of the Iowa Legislature.?I am ready and eager,? Taylor, who begins his first senate term today, said Friday as he speculated about the significant issues facing the solons this year.Taylor of Mt. Pleasant, a retired maintenance worker at the Iowa Correctional Facility in Ft. Madison, survived a ...

Board members of the Regional Utility Service Systems (RUSS) will consider the election of a new board secretary/treasurer during the regular meeting Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Henry County Emergency Management building.Other tentative agenda items include discussion of training for new RUSS board members; discussion/consideration of legal action to collect past due debt from the City of Franklin; and discussion/...

The annual Southeast Iowa Luncheon will be held on Feb. 9 from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Golden Corral, 1868 N. Power Road, Mesa, Ariz.All residents from Southeast Iowa living in Arizona and all ?snowbirds? visiting Arizona are welcome to attend.

Sierra Wyse, freshman, was named to the dean?s list for the fall semester at Hesston College in Hesston, Kansas.To be named to the dean?s list, a student must be enrolled full-time and earn a GPA of 3.90 to 4.00.Wyse is the daughter of Ron and Susan Wyse.

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I run a restaurant in a small town. Recently, my wife came home on my day off and told me that during the lunch hour, one of our servers had come into the kitchen and announced that they?d need extra sanitizer on table 29 because a mother was changing her baby on it!What has happened in our society that people don?t understand that this is unsanitary and rude? Had I been there, I don?t ...

Suspicious person, activity, vehicle ? intersection of Washington and Walnut streets, Jan. 3.Suspicious person, activity, vehicle ? 300 block of East Henry, Jan. 3.Harassment/threats ? 1700 block of East Washington, Jan. 3.Harassment/threats ? 100 block of South Jefferson, Jan. 3.Animal complaint ? 600 block of North Lombardy, Jan. 4.

By TRISHA PHELPSMt. Pleasant News?It probably won?t come to fruition, but our instructors wanted to make a project as true to life as possible,? described Ashley Olson of Mt. Pleasant, a senior at Iowa Sate University, about her interior design entry for the International Interior Design Association?s 2012 Student sustainable Design Competition.Olson and her design partner Erica Riha, Cresco, won the People?s ...

I hope everyone had a blessed and healthy Christmas Day. I?ve been struck with the same flu that has been going around this household. Hopefully I?ll be on the mend soon.With Joe off this week and the kids home from school, the house has been full.We?ve had snow and cold the past few days, perfect weather for some soups or stews. I thought I?d share recipes for a couple of our favorites.WINTER?S DAY SOUP1 ...