Obituaries

The 30th annual Day of the Child is set to be held at West Burlington's Westland Mall on Sunday, April 15.The event is free for children and families and features over 20 organizations. The event will feature free arts, crafts, games, giveaways, vision screenings for children ages six-months to four years and child identifications.The event will begin at noon and end at 4 p.m.For more information contact Tamee ...

This Friday, March 2, business leaders from the area will head to Mt. Pleasant Community High School for Career Advisory Day. High school students will select the career of their choice during their regularly scheduled advisory period.?It was so easy to get business people to say yes,? said Kristi Ray, Executive Vice President of the Mt. Pleasant Area Chamber Alliance. ?They love giving back to the school and ...

Happy birthday!February 27Billy RunyonJoe St. Clair Happy anniversary!Mr. and Mrs. Tarrant French

By Daniel Yoder Picture this: It's Tuesday evening at about 8:45 p.m. when Gloria told me, ?Daniel I started labor.?I was like, ?You are kidding me!? I was excited to go to bed early and get a good night's rest. I had this idea that I would like to be rested up when our brand-new bundle arrives. But guess what, God had a better idea.Soon the house was full of excitement. We told the children that the way it ...

12th grade 4.00Kalynn Batey, Garin Crane, Chi-anna Glaha, Elizabeth Heerdt, Joseph Holtkamp, Jonathan Ita, Elizabeth Larson, Jake Lowe, Jordan Magnani, Delaney McDowell, Ashlee Menke, Taylor Murray, Caleb Potts, Colby Potts, Lane Ridenour, Shayla Rotenburger, Meagan Sutherland 12th grade 3.500-3.999Maison Ashton, Audreana Barnes, Mikayla Beason, Danielle Broeker, Austin Buckert, Wyatt Carlston, Paris Chounlama...

Janet Heinold, 80, of Mt. Pleasant, formerly Danville, died at her home Sunday, February 25, 2018. Services are pending at Elliott Chapel, New London.

LOS ANGELES - YouTube now allows creators to tag their video uploads and live streams with locations, which in turn makes it possible for viewers to find videos and streams by location. The new feature was announced together with a number of other YouTube Live updates Monday.YouTube's mobile app now automatically suggests to add location tags whenever a user uploads a video or starts a live stream. These tags ...

The Sanctified Grumblers will be playing Saturday, March 3 at the Donnellson American Legion Hall.The doors open at 7 p.m. and the music starts at 8 p.m.The Grumblers feature Eric Noden on acoustic guitar and vocals along with everyone's favorite, Rick Sherry, on washboard and vocals. Mike Hogg carries the rhythm on upright bass.As always, it is bring your own drinks. Everyone is welcome to bring food to share ...

The Cotillion Club is hosting a dance at The Burlington Eagles Lodge on Saturday, March 10. LMNOP will play from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.The dance is open to the public. Singles are welcome to attend and encouraged to become members for 2018. Dress is business casual. There is a cover charge for non-members.Anyone interested in listening or dancing to live music are invited to join this not for profit group for an ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - North Korea must abandon its nuclear and ballistic missile programs and allow peace to take root on the divided peninsula, South Korea's foreign minister said on Monday.Kang Kyung-wha, foreign minister of the Republic of Korea, also called for the resumption of visits between separated Korean families, as a ?humanitarian and human rights issue,? especially are many are in their 80s.?It is ...