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Eighth Judicial District, Sub-District 8B Judge Cynthia Danielson, of Mt. Pleasant, is retiring. Danielson has submitted her letter of retirement, which is effective Jan. 28, 2016. Danielson has served as district court judge for 16 years, having been appointed to the bench in 1999.The Eighth Judicial District, Sub-District 8B includes Henry, Des Moines, Lee and Louisa counties.The 8B judicial nominating ...

About 200 people gathered at East Lake Park for the 2015 Glowing Pumpkin Fun Run on Thursday night. Above, the Whalen family, (left to right) Chloe, 3,Clare, 5, Alicia, and Joe brought their glowing skeletons to the run. Alicia said she wanted to do a family-friendly theme and after seeing the idea on Pinterest, she decided to bust out the glow-in-the-dark duct tape and glitter.

BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsIowa Code says the county doesn?t have to do it, but Henry County budgets burial costs for indigents.Sometime this fiscal year, however, the county may have to look at its budget for the program.Currently, the county budgets $16,000 for burials. Generally, the county will pay $2,000 for each burial. Thus far during the fiscal year, county funds have been used for three ...

BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsFox News terms it a ?Monster El Niño? while the National Weather Service (NWS) refers to the weather phenomenon building in the Pacific Ocean as a ?Godzilla El Niño.?Call it what you want, but Rich Kinney, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in the Quad Cities, said in all likelihood, the United States would be experiencing the strongest El Niño since the winter ...

Penny Vacek, U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley?s, R-Iowa, regional director, based in Davenport, will be having office hours in Henry, Lee and Des Moines counties on Tuesday, Nov. 10.Vacek will be in the Mt. Pleasant City Hall Council Chambers, 220 W. Monroe St. from 9 to 10 a.m. Her visit to Lee County will be from 11 a.m. to noon at the Lee County Extension Office, 414 Main St., Donnellson, and she will be at the ...

AMES ? Several Special Olympics athletes from Pence, Fairfield Middle School and Fairfield High School participated in the Special Olympics State Summer Games held May 17-19 in Ames.Athletes competed in both cycling and track and field events.Ross Robinson, Jessica Clements, Andrew Peiffer, Wesley Polson and Justin Cross all won gold medals in the 250-meter cycling race. Nathan Mathis and Trevor Pisano placed ...

PACKWOOD ? Visiting teams, beware: The baseball is as big as a meteor to the Panthers right now.One day removed from routing Winfield-Mount Union with 16 runs, the Panthers blasted New London to the tune of 16 more runs Wednesday in Packwood. Pekin won the shortened, three-inning contest 16-0.The Panthers tallied 12 hits in the contest, scoring two runs in the first before opening the floodgates with eight more ...

The Trojan JV softball team lost a pair of games to the Mount Pleasant eighth- and ninth-graders Wednesday in Fairfield.The Trojans fell in the opener 11-4 before losing the second game 5-3.In game one, Lindsey Repp contributed two hits, while Sierra Simmons, Addison Thornton, Emma Kuehl and Harley Cook all singled once. Cook crossed the plated twice, and Thornton and Kuehl each scored once.Mikaela Amendt ...