Obituaries

Henry County Health Center Foundation is hosting a night of music through the Ages with a '50s, '60s, '70s and '80s music trivia and costume contest.The public is invited to attend this event on Friday, April 6, at the Mt. Pleasant Golf and Country Club starting at 6:30 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to dress in their favorite decade, and there will be fun refreshments and delicious snacks from each time period. ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. ? Congressman Dave Loebsack will have a member of his staff in Southeastern Iowa for open office hours.Jared Hershberger, Loebsack's District Representative, will be at Mt. Pleasant City Hall at 307 East Monroe Street on Wednesday, March 14, from 1 to 2 p.m.He also will be at the Crew Public Library in Salem at 107 East Cherry Street from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. and Burlington City Hall at 400 ...

Henry County Retired School Personnel Association met at Kimzey Funeral Home on March 7.A program on ?The History of Undertaking? was given by Mark Kimzey. The group then traveled to Pizza Ranch for lunch and a business meeting.The next meeting will be held on April 11, at the Fellowship Cup, to pack meals for ?Take Away Hunger.?

Author of fictional novel, ?Scout's Honor,? which was heavily influenced by Mt. Pleasant, will be hosting an author event Saturday, March 10, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Burlington By The Book at 301 Jefferson St. in Burlington.?Scout's Honor? was written by Joanne Salemink, and has many references to places and things familiar to Eastern Iowans and Midwesterners.Her book is the story of a woman whose world is ...

WASHINGTON - A delegation of workers from U.S. oil refining companies that oppose the nation's biofuels policy will converge on Washington on Wednesday to lobby lawmakers to find a way to lessen the regulation's costs without hurting corn farmers and makers of the alternative fuels.The trip, organized by the United Steelworkers union, marks the latest move in a battle between Big Oil and Big Corn over the fate ...

LONDON - A boxing Barbie doll, ?suffragette? flashmob and Wikipedia edit-a-thon are among a host of quirky initiatives aimed at highlighting gender inequalities and overturning stereotypes on International Women's Day on March 8.In a year which has seen the birth of the #MeToo movement on sexual harassment and abuse, women around the world have been pushing for more rights and visibility.In Paris, an edit-a-thon...

NEW YORK - The second winter storm within a week crept into New York and surrounding states on Wednesday, with forecasters predicting intensifying snowfall that could snarl the evening commute as thousands remained without power from the last nor'easter.Between 4 and 12 inches (10 and 30 cm) of snow were forecast for New York City and the surrounding suburbs in New Jersey and Connecticut through to Thursday ...

The Fairfield Area Weighted Blankets group will meet at Sunnybrook Assisted Living at 3000 W. Madison Ave., in Fairfield, on Saturday, March 10, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.The group is open to all ages and gender, there is no charge to participate. Questions may be directed to Joanne Ancell at 641-472-4736.

The Henry County Emergency Management, in partnership with the National Weather Service, will be hosting a Weather Spotter Class on Tuesday, March 20, at 6:30 p.m. The Class will be held at the New London High School Auditorium at 106 W. Wilson St., New London.The class is free and open to the public.Spotter training classes cover severe weather hazards including thunderstorms and tornadoes. This includes the ...

Iowa Wesleyan University is gearing up for a 40th Anniversary RadioThon in partnership with KILJ for a 40-hour live broadcast event March 23 to 25.?KILJ is honored to sponsor this event and help promote and support one of Iowa's best kept secrets,? said Paul Dennison, owner of KILJ Radio.The Mt. Pleasant Community came together 40 years ago to raise money to build the Mapleleaf Athletic Complex. These efforts ...