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Local business professionals brainstorm solutions to childcare needs

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By Bryce Kelly, Mt. Pleasant News When it comes to addressing the issue of childcare, various organizations in southeast Iowa are coming together in the hopes that open, honest conversation might boost positive change and better meet the demand for quality childcare for local working families.On Friday, Southeast Iowa Early Childhood invited local business leaders, educators and childcare workers to a luncheon ...

Iowa?s Latino immigrants living in fear, preparing for deportation, leaders say

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By Erin Murphy, Lee Des Moines Bureau DES MOINES ? As people across the country prepare for a day of demonstration designed to show what life would be like without immigrants, families in Iowa?s immigrant community are preparing for that literal possibility.Arrests and deportations of immigrants living in the U.S. without documentation have increased in the roughly three-month tenure of President Donald Trump, ...

MP man arrested on two charges

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:55 pm2564d ago

A traffic stop April 30 by Henry County Sheriff?s deputies resulted in the arrest of a Mt. Pleasant man.Leonel Garcia, operating a 2016 Chevrolet, was stopped at the Pilot Truck Stop and charged with fraudulent use of registration.A further investigation revealed that Garcia was driving under the influence of alcohol.Garcia was arrested and transported to the Henry County Jail for operating under the influence ...

County approves new zoning for Mt. Union

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:54 pm2564d ago

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Henry County supervisors put their final stamp of approval Thursday morning on creating zoning districts in the former City of Mt. Union.The board, after some debate, approved the third and final reading and adopted an ordinance which creates five zoning classifications in Mt. Union. Prior to the unincorporation of the community on March 8, the entire town was zoned A-1 or ...

Ray: Business is booming in Mt. Pleasant

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:54 pm2564d ago

By Bryce Kelly, Mt. Pleasant News Driving down Mt. Pleasant?s Grand Avenue, it?s hard to miss the future site of a Hibbett Sports and Dollar Tree store, and according to city officials, the current work site is an obvious indication of Mt. Pleasant?s current growing trend.While the Hibbett Sports and Dollar Tree store is likely the most obvious sign of local business growth, Kristi Ray, vice president of the ...

Mt. Pleasant duo finish sixth in national mechanics event

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:54 pm2564d ago

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Michael McKenzie and Jaymie Peterson weren?t in New York City earlier this month to see skyscrapers, although Peterson admitted that all the tall buildings ?were pretty cool.?Rather, McKenzie and Peterson, seniors at Mt. Pleasant Community High School, finished sixth in the nation in the National Automotive Technology Competition, sponsored by the Greater New York City Auto ...

Iowa GOP wants school choice; results mixed among states with programs

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By Erin Murphy, Lee Des Moines Bureau DES MOINES ? A program that would allow Iowa parents to use taxpayer money to put their child in a non-public school could be proposed next year when Iowa lawmakers resume their work.Varied versions of so-called school choice programs are operating in dozens of states, and the data on their effect is mixed.Republicans, who have complete lawmaking control of the Iowa ...

Homeschoolers take to the field

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Area home-school students were on the track April 21 for their annual track meet. The meet is conducted by IW Professor Valerie Unkrich and her students. Jakin Bunnell, above, participates in the standing long jump.

County approves 28E pact with RUSS concerning Mt. Union

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:54 pm2564d ago

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Another step was taken Tuesday morning by the Henry County Board of Supervisors concerning the transition of Mt. Union from an incorporated community to its current standing as an unincorporated part of the county.The supervisors approved a 28E agreement between the county and the Regional Utility Service Systems (RUSS) concerning future sewer fees paid by Mt. Union residents...

County engineer outlines Winfield Avenue project

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:54 pm2564d ago

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News It is a common belief that there can?t be summer without road-construction projects.That being said, the county engineering office is gearing up for its first major construction project of the season ? a 1.04-mile joint city-county project on Winfield Avenue, stretching eastward from Grand Avenue to the U.S. Highway 218 overpass.County Engineer Jake Hotchkiss said the start ...

A Sobering Simulation

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:54 pm2564d ago

By Myrna Joy Wenger, Wayland Reporter Wayland ? Our hearts skip a beat whenever we hear sirens, or pull over for a speeding ambulance. We ask ourselves, ?Is it someone we know?? When these sounds and sights took place in Wayland on Friday, residents reacted. Then when an Air Care Helicopter circled town and landed on the WACO Football field, residents panicked.Thankfully, this was ?only? a simulation. One that ...

Keep car cleaning a priority

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:54 pm2564d ago

By Bryce Kelly, Mt. Pleasant News When it comes to getting your vehicle spick and span, few know better than Ralph Eland, detail expert at Jim Cordes Motor Co., in New London.As spring has sprung, now is as good a time as any to do a deep cleaning of your regularly used vehicles, says Eland. Now while running a vehicle through a car wash every so often is a good thing, Eland says a truly clean vehicle starts ...