Sports

Ray: Business is booming in Mt. Pleasant

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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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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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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:54 pm2690d ago

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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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:54 pm2690d ago

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 pm2690d 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 pm2690d 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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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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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 ...

MP teen charged with trespassing

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:54 pm2690d ago

A rural Mt. Pleasant teenager was charged with a simple misdemeanor following an incident April 22 near the 2800 grid of Fremont Avenue.Jenna Ludwig, 18, was charged with trespassing after the Henry County Sheriff?s Office received a report of subjects riding four wheelers and dirt bikes on private property without permission.

Wayland man charged in theft of welder

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:54 pm2690d ago

A Wayland man faces felony and serious misdemeanor charges following an investigation into an April 3 burglary to a garage at a farm residence in the 2200 grid of 235th Street. A welder was stolen during the burglary.Cole Emry-Stannard, 22, Wayland, was arrested and charged with third-degree burglary, a Class D felony, and fourth-degree theft, a serious misdemeanor.The Fairfield Police Department assisted the ...

IW alumna breaks space records

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:54 pm2690d ago

NASA has announced that Dr. Peggy Whitson, a 1981 graduate of Iowa Wesleyan University and Commander of the International Space Station, has broken the record for most time in space. On Monday, April 24, President Donald Trump, First Daughter Ivanka Trump and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins made a 20-minute Earth-to-space call with Whitson to personally congratulate her for her record-breaking stay aboard the Internati...

Preserving a piece of Yesteryear?s entertainment

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:54 pm2690d ago

By Brooks Taylor, Mt Pleasant News ?I never had so much fun making so little money,? Bob Hollis told the 50 people gathered Saturday at The Theatre Museum at Midwest Old Threshers.Hollis, a ?trouper? (a term referring to actors in repertoire theatre) was among several troupers reminiscing during the 33rd annual meeting of the National Society for the Preservation of Tent, Folk and Repertoire Theatre.The ...