Obituaries

The Wayland High School class of 1948 held their 69th class reunion at the Bestro in Washington on Friday, Sept. 8.The table centerpiece had a bouquet of roses in memory of the nine classmates who have died. The bouquet was give to the attendee who had the most great-grandchildren, which was Mary Frances Graber, who has 27.A brick from the old high school building was spray-painted white with large purple ...

Smoking just one e-cigarette might expose users to enough nicotine to trigger an adrenaline surge in the heart that can contribute to high blood pressure and other health problems, a small experiment suggests.For the experiment, researchers asked 33 healthy nonsmokers to come to a lab on different days to try an e-cigarette with nicotine, a nicotine-free alternative, and a sham device that wasn't a real e-cigaret...

Swedesburg Evangelical Lutheran Church participated in ?God's Work, Our Hands? on Sunday, Sept. 19, in Swedesburg.

Henry County Health Center (HCHC) recognizes 41 associates who participated in HCHC's Career Ladder Program. The Career Ladder was developed to promote professional enrichment and growth for every HCHC Associate. This program endorses HCHC's vision to be the health care provider and employer of choice.The purpose of HCHC's Career Ladder is to recognize, facilitate and compensate associates for demonstrating ...

BURLINGTON ? The legendary eight-day, 2,000 mile life-size trivial pursuit road rally competition is being filmed in downtown Burlington on Tuesday, Sept. 26, and Wednesday, Sept. 27. The public is welcome to attend the filming of Amazon's Fireball Run: Big Country's 11th season.Tuesday's events will take place from 3 to 6 p.m. at the corner of 4th and Jefferson St. On Wednesday, teams begin the next leg of ...

Kayla from Miss K's is leading the next community wellness workshop on Tuesday, Oct. 3, in making single-serving meals in a muffin tin.The workshop will be held at 5:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Cup community room. The first 12 people to sign up can take a meal home. The rest can observe and take home recipies.These meals are perfect for cooking for one or two, to eat out of the oven or freeze for later.Healthy ...

WEST BURLINGTON ? Great River Health Systems will offer a health career workshop from noon to 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, for high school students and others to help them decide if a career in health care is the right choice.The workshop will include a brief tour of Great River Medical Center, information about a variety of health careers and opportunities to meet health care professionals in more than 15 fields.Th...

Earlier this month, 10 residents of Sunnybrook along with their activity director, Erika, arrived in their new handicap accessible van to visit the Dover Museum and railroad depot.With a chair lift and wheelchair on the second floor of the museum, all guests were able to enjoy the school room, rock collection, former businesses and military exhibit.Many items on display were familiar to residents of Sunnybrook, ...

WASHINGTON ? Grow Greater Burlington, the economic development division of the Greater Burlington Partnership, won a Bronze Excellence in Economic Development Award for its ?Outboxing Our Weight Class? Magazine Ad, a project in the category of Paid Ad Campaign from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC). The honor was presented at an awards ceremony on Tuesday, Sept. 19, during the IEDC Annual ...

A short drive southwest of downtown Mount Vernon sits Palisades-Kepler State Park, which took its names from the dramatic palisades overlooking the Cedar River at the park's center.?It's very scenic through there,? said Park Ranger Jim Hansen. ?That is where the park gets its name. They'd refer to the limestone bluffs as palisades.?Identify the trees you see in Iowa's fall color displaysPalisades-Kepler, ...