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By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsWAYLAND ? Iowa schools must file a waiver request with the Iowa Department of Education (DOE) for a new innovative school year (four-day school week) by Nov. 1. If approved, the waiver would be effective for the next school year.According to WACO officials, the DOE has said cost savings cannot be used as a reason to request a four-day week. Rather, districts must document in ...

By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsNEW LONDON ? The New London Community School District is set to undergo some major changes for the 2012-2013 school year.By the first day of school:? There will be a new superintendent? There will be a new secondary principal? The 1:1 computer initiative will be implemented in grades six through 12? There will be a pilot proficiency grading program at the middle school ...

This past week we did a lot of painting as we continue to get things in order after the house fire last month. All four bedrooms upstairs are painted and one needs another coat. Things are beginning to look a lot better.We would like to go get some flooring to put in the bedrooms that don?t have any yet. My husband Joe and the boys can work on that while he is off work. He will be having some days off due to ...

By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsDawn Bodenham is concerned about the lack of parental involvement at the Mt. Pleasant Middle School and she is doing something about it.Bodenham sees involvement from a couple of angles. Not only is she a middle school instructor but also a parent of a middle school student.Consequently, Bodenham and some other parents have launched MS Power, a quasi-PTA organization, she told ...

After 15 years with Hy-Vee, Tim Mansfield has landed the position of Store Director in Mt. Pleasant after beginning his career as a general merchandise clerk in Kirksville, Mo.?It was really neat to see the amount of pride that the (Mt. Pleasant) community takes in their town. The downtown district is exceptional for Iowa, it?s really neat to see that,? said Mansfield.?I?m absolutely thrilled,? Mansfield said ...

DEAR ABBY: I am a 17-year-old girl and have just gotten out of a seven-month relationship. I was a virgin until this relationship. I told my boyfriend, ?Gavin,? that I was a virgin and wanted to wait until I trusted him and felt that I loved him.Well, the time came that I felt I did love and trust him, so I went ahead and had sex with him. After one month, Gavin decided he was sick of me! It seems like as soon ...

Incumbent Henry County Sheriff Allen Wittmer is being challenged in the Republican primary to retain his position by one of his own ? Henry County Deputy Sheriff Rich McNamee.The News sent questionnaires to both candidates and their responses follow. There is no Democrat running for the office, so barring unforeseen circumstances, the Wittmer-McNamee winner will not face opposition in the Nov. 6 general election....

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 ...