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Questions arose during the Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday surrounding whether or not they have to include a city-mandated sidewalk in the construction bid of the jail project.Submitting a revised plan to supervisors that includes stipulations from the City of Mt. Pleasant, Construction Manager John Hansen said that originally, he was under the impression the city would cover half the cost of the sidewalk.T...

Richard Shaffer wants to make Mt. Pleasant's Veteran's Center the place to be in town. That begins on Friday with the opening of the Windmill Dinner Theatre.?We're going to turn (the Veteran's Center) into a real social venue,? said Shaffer. ?Our plan is to create a series of events every month, starting with our St. Patrick's Day event.?Although St. Patrick's Day isn't until Saturday, the Windmill Dinner ...

Mt. Pleasant native and University of Iowa senior, Josh Larson, was one of two U.S. students to be invited to the Canada-Norway Student Sounding Rocket exchange program. Above, program participants take in the Northern Lights.

By Monday evening, Fairfield Activities Director Jeff Courtright had addressed the cold weather's possible effects on tonight's non-conference home game versus the new school from North Liberty, Iowa City Liberty.As noted in Courtright's original email, temperatures have risen slightly and are expected to crescent at 3pm today around 10 degrees, a full 20 degrees warmer than it currently sits as I type this ...

By Xiomara Levsen, Golden Triangle News Service WASHINGTON ? Friday afternoon, the Washington Community School District released a special agenda for a school board meeting to be held Monday evening. There were two action items listed on the special agenda: superintendent resignation and superintendent search.Jeff Dicks has been the superintendent in Washington for three years and has shared with WACO for two ...

Main Street Mt. Pleasant's Open 4 Business contest is looking for entrepreneurs who are ready to take their business to the next level.Main Street Mt. Pleasant is looking for interested entrepreneurs who could use $28,000 to launch or grow their business idea within the Mt. Pleasant Main Street district.The Open 4 Business contest, launched in 2015, is an opportunity for businesses located within a state-designa...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Mt. Pleasant Community School District's tax rates are going up ever so slightly this year ? increasing from 13.66 to 13.82 for fiscal year 2019.Even though the tax rate is going up because the taxable valuation rollback is being adjusted from 0.57 to 0.56, property tax is actually decreasing slightly.Mt. Pleasant Community School District (MPCSD) board secretary Ed Chabal ...

Residents in the Winfield-Mt. Union School District will be heading to the polls next month to vote on a physical plant and equipment levy (PPEL).On April 3, there will be a special school election involving the voter-approved physical plant and equipment levy (PPEL). This is a primary revenue source for funding school facility improvement and maintenance, as well as repairs and purchasing of technology and ...