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A semi hauling a diesel tanker experienced an electrical fire on Hwy. 34 Monday, April 23. The driver was able to put the fire out. No one was injured.
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A semi hauling a diesel tanker experienced an electrical fire on Hwy. 34 Monday, April 23. The driver was able to put the fire out. No one was injured.
The District 8B Judicial Nominating Commission is now holding interviews to replace Judge John Linn of the Eighth Judicial District, which includes Henry, Des Moines, Lee and Louisa counties.Linn retired in December 2017. He was appointed to the bench in 1994.The District 8B Judicial Nominating Commission is comprised of five lawyers and five nonlawyer citizens and the senior Judge in the District, who acts as ...
Iowa Wesleyan University held a carnival over the weekend for Child Abuse Prevention month. Here, a child trades his shoe for the magicians' hat at Saturday's show.
Adam Wainwright is headed to the disabled list with discomfort in his right elbow.The Cardinals did not immediately make a corresponding roster move but are expected to recall top pitching prospect Jack Flaherty, the St. Louis Post Dispatch reported Monday, when Wainwright's spot in the rotation comes up.Flaherty, 22, started two games for the Cardinals this season. He's 0-1 with 11 strikeouts in 10 innings. ...
Sixth-graders at Mt. Pleasant Middle School kicked off the three-day meal packaging event on Tuesday, April 24. The students are hoping to prepare 125,000 meals, which will be sent to Vidor, Texas, a community roughly the same size as Mt. Pleasant that was devastated by hurricanes this past fall.
The final of a four-part legislative breakfasts, hosted by the Mt. Pleasant Area Chamber Alliance, will be held on Saturday, April 28.Local elected officials, Rep. Dave Heaton (R-Mt. Pleasant) and Sen. Rich Taylor (D-Mt. Pleasant) will be on hand to discuss education, specifically K-12 budgets and policy changes. After comments concerning education, the floor will open the discussion to any other matters guests ...
Awarding of construction contracts for the Henry County Law Enforcement Center was tabled Tuesday by Henry County Supervisors after they were served with a lawsuit by Prochaska and Associates, Inc., of Omaha, Neb., for an alleged breach of contract.Prochaska is suing the Board of Supervisors, the Law Enforcement Center contractor John Hansen (individually), and Midwest Construction Consultants for violating the ...
James Harden scored a franchise playoff-record 22 points in the third quarter to ignite a sudden offensive eruption as the Houston Rockets seized control of their Western Conference first-round playoff series with a 119-100 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 4 on Monday in Minneapolis.Harden poured in a game-high 36 points, authoring a remarkable in-game turnaround after his 0-for-7 start. He shot ...
The Fairfield girls' track team traveled to Eddyville to take on E-B-F and nine other schools, including Forest City who finished first and SEC rivals Washington and Keokuk who finished second and third, respectively, ahead of the fourth place Trojans.Junior Ashley Bloomquist continued to set the pace in the long distances for Fairfield with victories in the 1500 and 3000 meter races while Julia Fritz won the ...
Right before entering the hallway to the Mt. Pleasant Middle School gymnasium, there's a sign posted to the door, ?Life's most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others?? It's a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that passers-by can ponder in the stillness before opening the door, where their senses are electrified by music, laughter and just a feeling of joy as students work their way ...
By Gretchen Teske, Mt. Pleasant News Under the earth on the southwest end of Mt. Pleasant is the home of Bert and Laura Miller. The Miller's home was built into the hillside intentionally as it was designed to be compatible with passive solar energy, a form of green energy which allows for the sun to fuel the home.On Sunday, April 22, the Miller's opened their home to the public as part of Iowa Wesleyan's ...
Dick Meyers, the town public works employee, and former City Council member Warren Barton, help unload tires Saturday morning. ?County residents are allowed to recycle tires (at the main location at 900 W. Washington every Friday from 10-4, and Saturday mornings), commented Dan Patterson, mayor of Salem. ?The City Council agreed that we needed to help our town residents with recycling,? he said.
