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Mt. Pleasant?s Police Department investigated a single-vehicle accident March 25 on Highway 218 near mile marker 42.According to the accident report, a 2007 Ford Freestyle, operated by Marjorie Sinnock, no address given, lost control and struck a guardrail causing damage to the vehicle and the guardrail.Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $8,000. No injuries were reported. Assisting the police department at ...

By Ed Tibbetts, Quad City Times U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is seeking information from a political opposition research firm as he continues to dig into the origins of a dossier that made controversial but unsubstantiated allegations about President Donald Trump.Grassley?s office announced Monday that he had sent the letter to a company called Fusion GPS asking a series of questions.Earlier this month, ...

By Bryce Kelly, Mt. Pleasant News Author, nationally-known speaker and abortion survivor Melissa Ohden is coming to Mt. Pleasant to share her story, and says it is one of hope and inspiration.Headlining this year?s Cradle of Hope annual banquet, Ohden will be speaking April 8, ringing in Cradle?s 10th year.?We wanted to really bring some awareness to the issue of abortion, and that human life does begin at ...

Henry County Sheriff?s deputies received a report March 27 of a possible intoxicated subject.Upon investigation, it was determined that Jeffrey Troutman, 29, Danville, had come into the county jail to serve time on a previous conviction. It was determined that Troutman was intoxicated. He was arrested for public intoxication, a simple misdemeanor.A criminal charge is merely an accusation and the defendant is ...

By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News It was an easy decision for Joy Lapp?s Social Justice and Service class to decide what their next cause was going to be.When the six Iowa Wesleyan students learned the governor?s proposed budget included plans to cut $3 million from victim-services funding, which helps fund programs that assist sexual assault and domestic violence victims, they knew they needed to do something....

The Pekin boys? and girls? track teams continued their strong seasons Thursday at the state qualifying district meet in Highland.Both teams finished in their first overall and will be sending multiple individuals to the state meet in Des Moines Thursday. Just like in Class 3A, the Class 1A individuals who finished first or second in an event automatically qualified for the state meet.Gwynne Wright continued her ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News During his five-plus years as the Henry County Emergency Management Director, Walt Jackson has organized many training exercises for county law enforcement agencies, fire departments and rescue teams.But some of those would pale in comparison to what Jackson is planning for this Friday and Saturday (March 24-25).Actually, Jackson will be having two similar, but yet different...

By Bryce Kelly, Mt. Pleasant News It is a topic that has long been debated nationwide, and Thursday afternoon the local Mt. Pleasant chapter of Business and Professional Women (BPW) made gender pay gap a main topic of discussion during their regular business meeting.Leading the evening?s discussion on the topic was Mt. Pleasant BPW group president, Deb Bagby. The group consists of roughly 20 women of various ...