Obituaries

The James Harlan Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution met Saturday, Feb. 24, at the Veterans' Hall in Mt. Pleasant. There were 19 members present despite the icy weather. Hostesses Dianna Klaus, Jane Neil and Mary Savage provided a wonderful assortment of refreshments.Regent Barbara Welander conducted a brief meeting after opening rituals. It was announced that Burlington will be the site of Southeast ...

The Henry County Historic Preservation Commission held its monthly meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 21, at the Henry County Court House.Sales of the recent publication ?History of Transportation, Henry County? are winding down with just a few copies left at the auditor's office and local museums. Work continues toward providing information to the Henry County website developer for adding a page of small museums.Spark ...

Pastor Mark Youngquist, of Swedesburg Evangelical Lutheran Church, visited the church's partner congregation in Tanzania from Jan. 30 to Feb. 6. Youngquist visited with Pastor John Kinkoro and the congregation of Ngaeni Lutheran Parish in Tanzania. Gayle Olson also went along on the trip.

The Wayland Lions Club held their meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 20, at the Wayland Community Center. There were nine members present.First Vice President Bill Grimm called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. and led the Pledge of Allegiance. Larry Graber gave the Invocation. The meeting broke for a delicious meal catered by Alice Hochstetler.At the resumption of the meeting, Brian Pattyson read the minutes of the last ...

The Henry County Historical Preservation Commission encourages residents of Henry County to visit a little gem in Swedesburg.The Swedish-American Museum has many unique items on display. Today's featured item is the melodeon, an early instrument in immigrant churches and schools. The melodeon on exhibit in the museum was originally made for Magnus Munter (1841-1884), an organist at the New Sweden Lutheran ...

WEST BURLINGTON ? Taylor Rice, Women and Family Center, has been named an EXCEL Service Hero at Great River Health System. The health system recognizes employees who demonstrate actions that extend beyond routine, expected employee behavior.Criteria for the service hero award are based on the health systems' philosophy of care. EXCEL stands for Enthusiastically friendly, X-ceeding expectations, Caring and ...

WEST BURLINGTON ? Great River Health System-Diabetes Education offers four-week group diabetes classes every month. The next afternoon series will be from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Mondays beginning March 5. Morning classes will be from 10 a.m. to noon Thursdays beginning March 22.Group diabetes classes are for people newly diagnosed, making a change in treatment, or having complications or concerns. A physician ...

Perhaps this is a better question: Are you getting at least 28 grams of fiber a day? That's the recommended daily value based on a 2,000-calorie diet.Turns out the average American only gets 15 or 16 grams of fiber each day. While many dietitians encourage clients to consume fiber-rich fruits, vegetables, whole grains and legumes to reach that number, consumers may still turn to fiber supplements. But not all ...

A two-hour seminar about Medicare is being offered at Henry County Health Center next month.For anyone eligible for Medicare in the near future, who wants to better understand what Medicare offers them or who helps family members with Medicare issues is invited to the seminar on Thursday, March 22, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Health Education Center.?Welcome to Medicare? is being taught by Sally Fager and Liz ...

DES MOINES ? To deal with a fivefold increase in cases of skimming devices being placed on ATMs and fuel pumps to steal credit card information, the Iowa House has approved language to make it easier to prosecute those crimes.House File 2199 was approved 97-0 Tuesday to clarify intent to defraud language bill manager Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Bondurant, said made it ?nearly impossible to prosecute the last 32 charges of ...