There may not be any snow on the ground yet, but Iowa Wesleyan University is ready. The university is all decked out for the holidays, including this traditional sled near the IW Chapel.
By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Henry County is currently the only county in the Southeast Iowa Crime Commission agency that is PREA compliant.In a Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 19, Supervisor Gary See said that although no one else has failed compliance, Henry County is the only county so far to have completed the process.PREA is the Prison Rape Elimination Act signed into law in 2003. See ...
By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News Just beyond the main lobby in Innovairre, visitors won't see cubicals. Instead, they are transported from Mt. Pleasant to the North Pole as two departments have taken the company's holiday decoration competition to the next level.Becky Mattson and her fellow project managers may have felt like they were as busy as Santa's elves, so they have turned their workspace into just ...
By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News New London ? New London High School will begin outsourcing driver education.After the high school's driver education teacher stepped down, leaving a vacant position, the New London School Board voted to privatize the class and will begin to look for a vendor to provide the curriculum, drivers' vehicles and teacher during their meeting on Monday, Dec. 18.District superintendent ...
Two vehicles collided at the intersection of Mapleleaf Dr. and Grand Ave. on Friday, Dec. 15.At 5:06 p.m., the Mt. Pleasant Police Department was dispatched to a two vehicle accident at the intersection of Mapleleaf Dr. and Grand Ave.Upon investigation, it was determined that a 2003 Pontiac, operated by Patricia Walker, had been traveling west on Mapleleaf Dr. Walker had stopped at the flashing red light on ...
By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Christmas and the holiday season is safer these days.Although Mt. Pleasant Fire Chief Stewart Kinney didn't exactly say it in so many words, he acknowledged that today's holidays don't have as many fire risks as yesterday's Christmases.One of the major reasons is that most holiday lights today are LED. ?They are a lot less susceptible to fire, don't use as much voltage and ...
Santa Claus greeted children at the Mt. Pleasant Library on Saturday, Dec. 16. While some were a little too nervous to talk to him, others came prepared with a list of requests for Christmas Day.
By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News The fifth-grade student council at Van Allen Elementary School is learning how to pay it forward with their canned food and bottle drive.The nine members of council came together with their teacher, Tracy Jarrett, to brainstorm a way to raise money for the school and give back to the community. The students are going classroom to classroom collecting cans of food that they will ...
By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News A year after writing her first children's book ?We All Have Guardian Angels,? local author Gina Burns was once again struck with divine inspiration in the middle of the night for a second book.?It was the second time it happened, so this time I knew what was going on,? Burns said.With words running through her head, Burns went straight to her desk and wrote as quickly as she ...
No injuries were reported following a roll over accident on W. Clay St., in Mt. Pleasant on Thursday, Dec. 14.The Mt. Pleasant Police Department responded to a single vehicle rollover accident in the 1400 Block of W. Clay St. at approximately 3:10 p.m., Thursday.Upon investigation police determined Cora Duval, of Mt. Pleasant, was operating a 2001 Chevy Monte Carlo west bound on Clay St. when she lost control ...
The Fairfield Trojan girls? track team finished second in Ottumwa?s Don Newell Classic on Tuesday with 140 points.Iowa City won the meet (194), Ottumwa finished third (134) and Burlington fourth (80).Among the highlights for Fairfield, Sam Fritz took the gold medal in the 800 (2:36.42) and teammate Ashlyn Elmore took silver (2:43.71).Trojan Malory Jones won a silver medal in the 400 (1:05.71) and high jump ...
Mt. Pleasant Police responded to a rollover accident at 1405 W. Clay St. in Mt. Pleasant on Thursday, Dec. 14. It appeared everyone made it out of the vehicle. A full report will be released later today (Friday).
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