Obituaries

The Cotillion Club is hosting a dance on Friday, Dec. 8, at The Burlington Eagles Lodge. Polyester Blend will play from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.The dance is open to the public. Dress is business casual. There is a cover charge for non-members.Anyone interested in listening or dancing to live music is invited to join this nonprofit group for an enjoyable evening of ballroom dancing.For additional information contact ...

Donations of warm clothing are being accepted at the Vendor Blender on Saturday, Nov. 18, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.The Vendor Blender is accepting donations of pants and sweatpants, new or nearly new, sizes five to 16, new underwear sizes small to extra large and new socks for the Mt. Pleasant Elementary Schools. Every donation item will receive a ticket to be placed in one of the raffles.

Henry County Sheriff's Department held a Reserve Deputy meeting on Nov. 14. In the photograph (L to R) are Sheriff Rich McNamee, Investigator Jesse Bell, Reserve Deputy Luke Leichty, Reserve Deputy Brant Knudsen, Reserve Deputy Aaron Aplara, Sergeant Jason Sutton and Reserve Deputy President Larry Duckett.Leichty, Knudsen, Aplara and Brent Rich (not pictured) recently completed their training and received their ...

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Henry County office will host a RESHOW Commercial Ag Weed, Insect, Plant Disease Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) for commercial pesticide applicators on Wednesday, Dec. 20.Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. followed by sessions from 9 to 11:30 a.m. There is a registration fee. To register or to obtain additional information about the CIC reshow, contact Traci ...

The Henry County Historic Preservation Commission met Wednesday, Nov. 15, at the Henry County Emergency Management Center for the Commission's final meeting of the calendar year.Commissioners were updated on the status of several projects, including historic signage, website development and the Wayland/Jefferson Township survey of historic properties. The Commission reviewed its accomplishments in 2017 and ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday acknowledged the thanks he received from three UCLA basketball players who had been detained in China for shoplifting and were released after he raised the case with his Chinese counterpart.The players - LiAngelo Ball, Cody Riley and Jalen Hill - have admitted to stealing items from three stores during a team trip to China. Before they thanked Trump ...

The regular meeting of Chapter L of the National T.T.T. Society was held Monday, Oct. 23, at the Olds United Church of Christ. President Sharon Beattie called the meeting to order and opened the meeting with the group singing the Sword of Gold. The Initiation Ceremony was performed with Louise Unkrich renewing her initiation after 75 years.Seventeen members answered roll call with their favorite table, board or ...

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Henry County will host a private Pesticide Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) on Monday, Dec. 11, at 1 p.m. The course is set to take place at the Henry County Extension Office located at 127 N. Main St.If there is an overabundance of participants, the training will be moved to the First United Methodist Church, one block north of the extension office.Preregistration...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A man was found dead on Thursday in a flat in a Stockholm suburb with a ?package with cables taped to the body?, the Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet reported, citing sources.Stockholm police spokeswoman Eva Nilsson confirmed that police had found a body and a suspicious object, but later she said it had been determined the object was not dangerous and police did not believe a crime had been ...

BURLINGTON ? One of the region's favorite events, downtown Burlington's Lighted Holiday Parade will take place Saturday, Nov. 25 at 5 p.m. Dozens of floats and entries will participate in this year's parade, with the theme of ?North Pole Fantasy.?A special visitor from the North Pole also will be on hand. The parade begins at Eighth and Jefferson and proceeds east down Jefferson to Main St.For more information, ...