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Kiddos were looking high and low to make sure they found all of the Easter eggs left by the Easter Bunny at Sunnybrook on Saturday, March 24.

James Coffin, 3, selects a new crayon as he and his sister, Lael, 5, center, and friend Beckett Lipper, 3, right, color some Easter themed pictures during the Easter egg hunt at Sunnybrook on Saturday, March 24.

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Art Campbell was the first in Henry County to be issued a license plate with the new state of Iowa design on Monday, March 26, at the Henry County Department of Transportation.While Henry County still has about six weeks of the former design in their inventory, because Campbell ordered a specialty issued ?Cattlemen Care? plate, he jumped the line and got his newly-minted plate ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News After sitting through meetings for three years talking about getting the Mapleleaf Athletic Complex parking lot paved, hard work will finally come to fruition this summer.Bids were accepted by the city yesterday, with the city awarding the contract to Fye Excavating from Sperry for the project, coming in with the lowest bid of $818,964.?We're under the $1 million mark, which ...

The subject of a police pursuit on Monday died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.According to police reports, Cody France, 39, of Muscatine, led police on a high speed chase Monday, which ended when he shot himself.The Louisa County Sheriff's Office received a call about a disturbance at a residence in rural Columbus Junction located in the 18,000 block of County Road X17, at approximately 6:37 p.m. The ...

Mother Nature didn't seem to care much about Mt. Pleasant resident's weekend plans as the area was hit with a variety of precipitation ranging from rain to snow to sleet and even pea sized hail.

By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News With less than a month left in Iowa's legislative session, there are still plenty of things Rep. Dave Heaton (R-Mt. Pleasant) wants to see done before he retires from public service. Specifically in the realm of health care.Heaton and Sen. Rich Taylor (D-Mt. Pleasant) met with constituents Saturday, March 24, during the third of four legislative breakfasts sponsored by the Mt. ...

The Fairfield freshman boys' basketball squad played back-to-back games this week, first hosting Albia at the Cambridge Sports Plex on Monday and then traveling to Centerville for another non-SEC matchup Tuesday.The Trojans had a difficult start with Albia, allowing the Blue Demons to build an 8-0 head start and a 24-4 lead after just one quarter of play.Fairfield responded with a 20-7 scoring advantage in the ...