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City considering off-site signs to advertise businesses

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By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News In an effort to help people navigate Mt. Pleasant more easily, the Mt. Pleasant City Council is proposing an ordinance allowing off site signs advertising local businesses.The signs are designed to help people find their destination better, with multiple businesses in a common area putting their name on a free-standing sign. They would be located a ?reasonable distance? from ...

Experts: Key to surviving tornado season is having a safety plan

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By Gretchen Teske, Mt. Pleasant News Early spring may seem like tornado season, but according to emergency coordinators in the Henry and Washington counties, tornadoes can happen anytime. Learning how to spot one is only half the battle. The other half is being prepared in any situation.Marissa Reisen has been the emergency coordinator for Washington County for the past 10 months. Originally from Muscatine, ...

Mt. Pleasant Middle School student?s online ?joke? taken seriously as threat by police

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:05 pm2688d ago

By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News A Mt. Pleasant Middle School student was the cause of an investigation into an online threat made against the school on Monday, May 21.According to a news release, the Federal Bureau of Investigation received a complaint about a student referencing violence against a school. The threat was a ?vague? statement made on a YouTube video, which according to the student was meant to ...

New London music department hits the road

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:05 pm2688d ago

By Gretchen Teske, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? The New London High School band and choir will be taking their sound on the road. At last night's school board meeting, the board approved a music trip to an unknown, as of yet, destination.Every four years, the New London music department takes a road trip to allow students to see more of the world and perform in a new place. Past destinations have been ...

Wisdom Quest graduates five

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:05 pm2688d ago

By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News Wisdom Quest made all the difference in Shelby Hainline's life.Hainline, who was the class speaker during Wisdom Quest's commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 19, said she never thought she'd graduate.?School, especially high school, seemed like a never-ending ordeal,? said Hainline. ?A lot of people have the wrong idea about Wisdom Quest. People look down on people who go ...

Spring on the square

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:05 pm2688d ago

Volunteers from Mt. Pleasant Middle School plant flowers around the square for Main Street Mt. Pleasant Wednesday, May 16.

Your Friend on the Front Page

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Every week, the Mt. Pleasant News will feature a Henry County resident in a profile snapshot. The questions will appear in bold.This week's 'Friend on the Front Page' is Alicia Whalen, whom you may know from Two Rivers Bank and Trust in New London.Are you originally from Mt. Pleasant? If not, what brought you here? I grew up in Burlington, moved to Cedar Falls to attend University of Northern Iowa, got married ...

HCHC looking at negative cash flow for FY19

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By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Henry County Health Center is hoping to decrease some avoidable costs by connecting their power to an underground line.In the past year, the hospital has had eight flickers of power, prompting the generator to kick on. These flickers of power are because of squirrels, trees and other avoidable interferences with the power line connected to a substation by Saunders Park. This ...

County breaks ground on new jail

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:05 pm2688d ago

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News County officials who worked tirelessly toward making the new Henry County Law Enforcement Center a reality broke ground on the lot at 800 S. Grand Ave. Wednesday, May 16.With construction beginning next week, county Sheriff Rich McNamee said that in the next month, the vibrant grass will be turned to a brown, ugly and muddy mess. A year from now, however, the county will have a ...

Immigration arrests leave 1 MP child parentless

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:05 pm2688d ago

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News At 15 years old, Mt. Pleasant Community High School student Walfred Uriza considers himself orphaned by the immigration arrest that ended with his father locked up in the Linn County Jail, potentially awaiting deportation.His father, Elmer Uriza, is one of the 32 men who were arrested at MPC Enterprises in Mt. Pleasant Wednesday, May 9 by Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) ...

Backyard fire Thursday reminds residents to practice safe, controlled burns

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:05 pm2688d ago

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News The Salem and Hillsboro Fire Departments were called to 103 N. King St. in Hillsboro Thursday, May 17, after a controlled burn got out of hand.Gary Frisbie was burning items in his backyard when he heard a loud pop, spreading fire to an old camper and a '65 truck.?I told them to move the truck two years ago,? Frisbie said of his son-in-law as officials hosed down the now-smolde...

Residents question enforcement of junk abatement ordinance

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:05 pm2688d ago

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News While Planning and Zoning is prepared to start taking action against ?junk? properties in Henry County, residents are demanding a black and white definition of what the county considers junk.Although a junk abatement ordinance has been in effect for a number of years, county officials began taking a closer look at the process of abatement of junk zoning violations after citizen ...