Obituaries

The Mt. Pleasant Community Band is seeking new members for the 2018 summer season. The band is always looking for fresh new faces and players to add to the mix.Making every rehearsal and concert is not required. All rehearsals are held in the Mt. Pleasant Middle School music room at 7 p.m. and concerts in uptown Mt. Pleasant Central Park Square at 7 p.m.The final concert at the Henry County Fair will be held at ...

Although construction at the Mapleleaf Athletic Complex's parking lot is well underway, Mt. Pleasant Community School District administration and school board members traversed the rocky lot for a groundbreaking earlier this week. Pictured are (from left to right) Chuck Andrew, school board member; John Henriksen, superintendent; Jen Crull, school board member; Martha Wiley, school board member; David McCoid, ...

YANGON - When Cho Nwe Soe went to a Yangon court last month with her husband, she expected he would be fined for organizing prayers in the street without a permit last year, and that they could go back home to prepare for Ramadan - the Muslim holy month.Instead, her 41-year-old husband Aung San Lin and six other Myanmar Muslims, who last year organized the Ramadan street prayers after local madrassas were ...

On June 7, at 10 a.m., The Oakland Mills Nature Center will present, ?Butterflies are Important? to the ACORN club.An informative PowerPoint will be presented by Danika Cox, Assistant Naturalist for the Henry County Conservation Department.This free event will include fun facts, gardening tips and will be followed by a make-and-take butterfly feeder activity.To ensure enough supplies for all participants, the ...

The James Harlan Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution recognized five Henry County seniors with the ?Good Citizen? award at their respective senior awards assembly. DAR stresses the qualities of good citizenship, service, and dependability to their school, community and nation. The following are the honored students, parents and their chosen college:Winfield-Mt. Union, Lauren Jamison, Mike and Marcia ...

On Sunday, June 3, at 1:30 p.m., Jo Crabb, a Mt. Pleasant quilter, will return to the Dover Museum in New London, for a free trunk showing of ?Quilts for all Seasons.? These works of art vary from small wall hangings to bed-sized quilts. Each will add color and interest to the home.

PEORIA - Caitln R. DePriest has received recognition on the Dean's List for the spring semester at Bradley University in Peoria, Ill. To be eligible for the Dean's List a student must achieve a minimum 3.5 grade point average for the semester on a 4.0 scale.

The Mt. Pleasant family aquatic center will be open Memorial Day from 1-7 p.m. then closed until school is out. The season will open on Friday, June 1, from 1-7 p.m.

Henry County Health Center is pleased to announce the addition of Michael Ryskin, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., to the women's health care team. Dr. Ryskin is an obstetrician and gynecologist and has been working with HCHC patients since the retirement of Dr. Robert Smith last October.?During HCHC's search for an OB-GYN, Dr. Ryskin has experienced working with the medical community at HCHC.After reviewing our opportunity ...

Recently, the Henry County Health Center received the 2018 Innovations in Nursing Practice and Patient Care Award, sponsored by the Iowa Organization of Nurse Leaders. This award is in recognition of the nursing team's innovative achievement, excellence and leadership in quality patient care.HCHC received this award for the program, ?Quiet time: benefits for patients and staff? that was implemented last January ...