Obituaries

By TRISHA PHELPSMt. Pleasant NewsWAYLAND ? Wayland has decided to commit $10,000 to help fund the owner-occupied housing rehabilitation program.During the council meting on Dec. 5, the council approved a resolution to apply for a $349,990 grant for the owner-occupied housing rehabilitation program offered through the 2013 Community Development Block Grant (CCBG) housing fund program.Through a survey distribute...

From the Golden Triangle News ServiceWASHINGTON ? Washington Police Chief Greg Goodman confirmed yesterday that a search warrant served at 306 N. Marion Ave. was connected to a mobile methamphetamine lab that was discovered on the Washington Square Wednesday afternoon.According to police reports, Ronald Wayne Boileau, 50, of Washington, has been charged with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine and three ...

By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsSALEM ? With the end of the year rapidly approaching, the Salem City Council is attempting to clear the desk.Paramount on the ?to do? list is completion of the city?s zoning ordinance. City leaders discovered last summer that neither a city zoning ordinance nor accompanying zoning map has ever been filed with the county, therefore making the existing city ordinance basically ...

DEAR ABBY: I?m engaged to someone I love very much. I am 36 and he is 44. We get along great, but he?s in a rush to get married. It will be my first and his second. We got engaged three months ago, and he wants the wedding to be in February. The date he picked is his father?s birthday.My other problem is, he is always pawing at me. He always needs to be touching me or calling me his ?beautiful angel.? It?s good ...

William Albert Stott, 57, Mt. Union, possession of pseudoephedrine with the intent to manufacture a schedule II controlled substance methamphetamine ? five years probation, 100 hours of community service, $1,000 fine plus court costs and surcharges.Tammy Lynn Aplara, 34, Mt. Pleasant, theft of the fourth degree - $315 fine plus court costs and surcharges.Marth Akins, 49, Chicago, Ill., simple assault - $65 fine ...

A one-vehicle accident Sunday, Nov. 25, in Mt. Pleasant totaled a vehicle, damaged a utility pole and sent the driver by ambulance to the Henry County Health Center.According to the Iowa State Patrol?s accident report, Scott Lee Wichhart Jr., 18, Mt. Pleasant, was eastbound on East Monroe Street in Mt. Pleasant when he lost control of his vehicle east of the intersection with North Haynes Street.Wichhart?s 2008 ...

Members of the Mt. Pleasant Historic Preservation Commission will discuss current projects ? Second Baptist Church, National Register nominations, reprinting of historic books and printing of walking tour brochures ? during their monthly meeting Thursday.Other tenative agenda items include a proposal from Vicki Larson and discussion of the 2013 budget.Commission members meet tomorrow at 5 p.m. at Jerry?s ...

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 ...