Obituaries

Many of you are probably wondering how things are going with our foster placement.It has certainly been an eventful journey with many interesting twists and turns resulting in laughter, tears, lack of sleep and blessings untold. Hours can be spent in foster care training, gathering information, learning the dos and don'ts, but once it comes down to the real thing, only then have we learned what being foster ...

Monday, Oct. 2, 9:30 a.m. game1st ? Ray and Joy Gilleard2nd ? Betty Kilbourn and Lea BradleyThursday, Oct. 5, 1 p.m. game1st ? James Graves and Allen Ross2nd ? Ray Gilleard and Don SchantzMonday, Oct. 9, 9:30 a.m. game1st ? Betty Kilbourn and Lea Bradley2nd ? Karen Land and Anne SchockThursday, Oct. 12, 1 p.m. game1st ? Randy Scischmeier and Chuck Woodruff2nd ? Natalie Carrell and Doris DorethyMonday, ...

DES MOINES ? State and federal insect experts say it likely will be next year before they will be able to tell whether a swarm of stingless wasps introduced in Iowa are helping suppress a destructive pest that has attacked ash trees in 52 of Iowa's 99 counties.Three species of parasitic wasps were released in 2016 at two biocontrol sites ? 11,000 in the Whitham Woods in Jefferson County and 14,000 at the Mt. ...

The Lockridge Veterans Association is hosting a Veterans Day celebration on Saturday, Nov. 11.The Honor Guard will be meeting at the Community Center and heading to the cemetery at 7:45 a.m. for a flag-raising ceremony. During the ceremony, members of the Calvary Baptist Men's Group will be singing the national anthem and the rifle team will fire a volley of rounds followed by ?Taps.?The group will return to ...

Henry County Health Center's Imaging Services staff will celebrate the important role that diagnostic imaging has had in the field of medicine and the invention of the X-ray during National Radiologic Technology Week, Nov. 5-11.Diagnostic imaging has greatly improved since the X-ray was first discovered in 1895. The invention of the X-ray plays an instrumental role in providing high-quality, effective and ...

A free dinner will be provided for veterans and a guest at Faith Lutheran Church on Sunday, Nov. 12, at 5:30 p.m.The church's famous Old Threshers meal of beef and noodles with mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, coleslaw, rolls and a dessert will be served.Entertainment will be provided by Acapella, a woman's vocal group from the area.Veterans are encouraged to call the church at 319-385-8427 to make a ...

First Baptist Church will host this week's meal on Wednesday.They are serving:ChiliChicken noodle soupRelish trayFruitDessert/ice cream.

Breanne French had been caring for the baby boy, whose bloodcurdling screaming fits finally had started to dissipate, for nine months when the Iowa Department of Human Services gave him back to his birth mother.The 11-month-old child had spent most of his life in one of two places: with Breanne, a licensed foster parent, and in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar ...

The Evening Rotary Club of Mt. Pleasant is hosting a presentation on polio on Monday, Nov. 13, at 5:30 p.m. at Second Baptist Ministries, Inc.The presentation will provide information about how this paralyzing and potentially fatal disease still threatens children around the world. Rotary also will give updates on what they are doing to end polio.Soup will be served at the event and a free will donation is ...

Henry County Health Center's Diabetes Team will be offering a Diabetes Review Course on Thursday, Nov. 9. The course will be from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Health Education Center at HCHC. On the day of the course, register at the HCHC Registration Desk before proceeding to the Health Education Center.Call the HCHC Diabetes Education Center, at 319-385-6518 by noon on Nov. 8 to sign up.The program is open to anyone ...