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Great River Health System names two EXCEL Service Heroes

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WEST BURLINGTON ? Teresa Krueger, Diabetes Education, and Cheryl Robben, Integrated Services, have been named EXCEL Service Heroes at Great River Health System. The health system recognizes employees who demonstrate actions that extend beyond routine, expected employee behavior.Criteria for the service hero award are based on the health systems' philosophy of care. EXCEL stands for Enthusiastically friendly, ...

New shingles vaccine 90 percent effective in preventing the virus

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By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News From the time a person contracts chickenpox, a more sinister virus lies sleeping in the human body.Shingles rises to the surface when a person's immune system becomes stressed or weak, whether from getting older or other factors. While there is a vaccine to fight against shingles, there still is a 30 percent chance of developing the virus. However, with a new vaccine on the ...

New scam targets subscribers

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:01 pm2689d ago

By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant News has been made aware there is a new scam targeting subscribers of the newspaper.According to subscribers they have received phone calls from scammers claiming to be from The News and notifying them their subscription is about to expire. The scammer then asks for a credit card number in order to renew the subscription.This is not how The News conducts ...

MP woman arrested for driving while barred

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:01 pm2689d ago

A rural Mt. Pleasant woman was arrested and charged with driving while barred after being pulled over for speeding.Tori Lynn McPherson, who was driving a 2002 white Ford Focus, was stopped at approximately 12:57 a.m., on Thursday, Nov. 30, by a Henry County Sheriff's Deputy near the intersection of Dakota Avenue and Salem Road for speeding.McPherson was found to be driving while barred. She was arrested and ...

Cookie decorating

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:01 pm2689d ago

Cookies were free to decorate during the New London Holiday Stroll at the fire department along Main Street.

No injuries reported following two-vehicle accident

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:01 pm2689d ago

No injuries were reported after a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of South Grand Ave. and East Linden Drive on Friday, Dec. 1.According to police reports, Jaxon Hoyle, of Mt. Pleasant, was operating a Pontiac Grand Am south bound on Grand Ave. and failed to stop his vehicle before running into the back of a Toyota RAV4, operated by Kurt Rosenberg, of Mt. Pleasant. Rosenberg was stopped, waiting to turn ...

MP man arrested for theft, drugs

N/A News Sep. 30, 2018 10:01 pm2689d ago

A Mt. Pleasant man was arrested and charged with burglary and drug possession following a lengthy investigation by the Henry County Sheriff's Department.David Mertens, 39, was arrested on Nov. 28, after the Henry County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant at 701 W. Henry Street, in Mt. Pleasant. According to police reports, the search warrant was part of an ongoing, lengthy investigation of multiple ...

Students embrace independent holiday shopping at Van Allen?s ?Kid?s Christmas?

N/A Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:01 pm2689d ago

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News It was like their own personal Black Friday for elementary students in Mt. Pleasant. When the doors of Van Allen Elementary School opened at 8 a.m., children and their parents were lined up to the end of the block anxious to start shopping for Christmas presents.Parents waited in one room while their children went on to the school gymnasium where about 2,000 gift options ...

ALL-GTNS 2017 SMALL SCHOOL BOYS? BASKETBALL TEAM

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:01 pm2689d ago

Mason Porter, of New London, was named Most Valuable Player of the All-Golden Triangle News Service Small School Boys? Basketball Team. Others on the squad are Zack Lasek, Jacob Wickenkamp, Nick Yutzy, Ben Dentlinger and Bryce Robison.~Zack LasekLasek is a freshman from Highland and was the leader in scoring for the Huskies. He had 368 points, averaging 15.3 points per game. He connected on 68.7 percent from ...

Trojans take big leap

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:01 pm2689d ago

Fairfield?s Hunter Drish leaped 19 feet, capturing fifth place in the Long Jump at the 30-team Central College Boys High School Track and Field Meet in Pella on Friday.?We found out the Long Jump will be a very good event for Hunter,? said Trojan head coach Brian Dunlap. ?That was one of our big highlights of the night.?And there were plenty of highlights.Trojan Leone Gichure-Marira leaped 18-7.5, finishing ...

Iowa Attorney General?s office gives tips to identify scams

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:01 pm2689d ago

By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News Stop. Think. Call.That's the three things Al Perales, an investigator with the Consumer Protection Divison of the Iowa Attorney General's Office, wants Henry County residents to remember if they receive a suspicious phone call, text or email.Representatives from the Iowa Attorney General's Office will be in Mt. Pleasant on Tuesday, Dec. 5, to talk with Henry County residents ...

New Chamber program welcomes newcomers to MP

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:01 pm2689d ago

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Mt. Pleasant Area Chamber of Commerce is rolling out the red carpet for selected newcomers to the community.?Welcome Aboard? is designed not only to welcome the new residents but also could be a recruiting tool for local businesses, said Kristi Ray, executive vice president of the Chamber Alliance. ?I think it could be a valuable recruiting tool for local businesses trying ...