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BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsHenry County Coordinator of Disability Services/General Assistance Director Sarah Berndt is adding another title to her resume.Berndt will become supervisor/program director of the five-county jail transition program. Coordinators of the program meet with and assess incarcerated inmates in jails in the five counties and provide jail-based intake screening, administer required ...

BY KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsNEW LONDON ? The New London City Council meeting was shorter than usual, despite a lengthy agenda Tuesday evening.The council seemed to breeze through the bulk of the business items with relative ease and agreeableness.The meeting kicked off with a public hearing to discuss the proposed budget amendments for the 2015-16 budget. With no comments from the public, the council moved ...

The Fairfield youth basketball program presents a check worth $5,000 to the Jefferson County Foundation on Monday to go toward the new outdoor pool and public gymnasium project. Adults pictured in the back row are, from left: Dan Breen, Jodi Kerr, Joe Carr, Angela Bloomquist and Dave Swanson. The boys pictured are skill session participants in third- through sixth-grade.

ELDON ? The Cardinal boys continued their undefeated 2013 with a 59-45 win over conference foe Central Lee Tuesday.Dakota Showman and Kaleb Durflinger led the way on offense with 18 and 15 points, respectively, as the Comets improved to 2-0 after the holiday break. Cardinal also handled Moravia last Thursday.The Comets opened Tuesday?s home game taking a 13-12 advantage and leading 26-24 at halftime. They ...

WEST BURLINGTON ? A cold start was the beginning of a long night for Maharishi School, which dropped a 51-16 road game to West Burlington on Tuesday.Falling behind 13-0 after the first quarter, the Pioneers played even with West Burlington in the second quarter but still trailed 21-7 at the intermission. They then scored the first basket of the second half to narrow the deficit to 12, but it was all West ...

The Mt. Pleasant Middle School will be holding a meeting for incoming sixth-graders this week.The meeting for parents of current fifth-graders will be held at the middle school on Wednesday, May 4, at 6:30 p.m.The meeting will be to discuss the transition to middle school. Any questions parents have about the transition will be answered at that time.

A recognition event for members of the American Legion?s Bob Tribby Post 58 who have been continuous members of the Post for 50 years and over is planned for Tuesday, May 10, at the Mt. Pleasant Veterans Hall.Stan Hill, who is organizing the event, said there are approximately 19 veterans who have been continuous members of the Post for a half century and over.A light lunch and beverages kick off the event at 5 ...

BY BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsNEW LONDON - The New London School Board moved to terminate a staff employment contract during a special session on Monday evening.After discussion was held in closed session, pursuant to Iowa Code, Section 279.16, the board moved to terminate the employment contract of Maria Mellado, effective at the end of the current school year.Mellado is the New London Community School ...