Obituaries

The Dover Museum, in New London, will open its program season at 1:30 p.m., on Sunday, March 26, with ?A Chat with Mattia?, New London?s 2017 foreign exchange student.Mattia Hanusch is from Mettmenstetten, Switzerland, which has a population of about 4,670.He is a sophomore who speaks several languages, plays soccer, and enjoys skiing in the winter.The Todd Lehman family are his local host family.Locals are ...

The Mt. Pleasant Community High School band performed last weekend for friends and family during a band concert. A full calendar of upcoming band performances can be found at www.mt-pleasant.k12.ia.us.

Wesley Chapel is pleased to announce the first gospel concert in the 2017 season on Saturday, March 25, at 6 p.m.The Southern Gospel quartet, Reconciled, will present an evening of enthusiastic and entertaining music.The members of Reconciled began singing together in southwest Iowa in 2005, along with 25 other vocalists. In 2010, these four realized that they had an interest in southern gospel music, and met ...

Happy birthday!MARCH 17Collin Anderson, Pat Hollingsworth, Jonathan Itaand Bradyn SmithMARCH 18Eric AndersonMARCH 19Bob Batten , Kyle Boeding, Josie Yaley and Sean BrousseauHappy anniversary!MARCH 19Mr. and Mrs. Chad Brousseau

Wherever you find healthy community, you will always find healthy marriages and families. Troubled communities with crime, low employment, poor education and high drug use will always be filled with broken marriages and broken homes.Today, we hardly think twice about another divorce or a broken home. It?s par for the course. One man said to me who had been divorced after 18 months of marriage, ?Music played at ...

On Sunday, March 19, Iowa Wesleyan will host the showing of the film documentary, ?13th?, from 7 to 9 p.m., in the Chadwick Library?s International Room.The title of Ava DuVernay?s documentary refers to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which reads, ?neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United ...

The Golden Dragon Acrobats, a performing group of Chinese acrobats, will be coming to Iowa Wesleyan University on Saturday, March 25, from 7 to 9 p.m.The Golden Dragon Acrobats represent a time honored tradition that began more than 25 centuries ago. The Golden Dragons are recognized throughout the United States and abroad as the premiere Chinese acrobatic touring company of today.World renowned impresario ...

American Eyecare held a Breast Cancer Awareness campaign in October of 2016 in which $600 was raised to benefit the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa.The campaign was held at each of their four locations in Burlington, Fairfield, Ft. Madison and Keokuk.American Eyecare staff began organizing this event in 2015 to honor the numerous staff members and patients that have been affected by ...

MARCH 13Marsha Cioffi

Senior, Reece McNamee, and freshman, Clayton Lowery have been selected as Mt. Pleasant Community High School (MPCHS) Students of Character. The MPCHS Student of Character is selected each month based on staff nominations. This award is given to students who exhibits at least one of the Six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship. The MPCHS Student of ...