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Car-deer mishap reported near the high school

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A car vs. deer accident, which occurred on Friday, Sept. 11, on Grand Avenue near Mt. Pleasant High School resulted in $6,000 in damages to the car.According to the Mt. Pleasant Police Department?s accident report, Laura Willis was driving a 2006 Honda south on Grand Avenue when a deer entered the road from the east ditch, running west across the road in the path of the Willis vehicle.Willis did not sustain any ...

White announces bid for council

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BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsFormer Henry County Supervisor Kent White said he misses public service.That?s one of the reasons White is running for the Ward I seat on the Mt. Pleasant City Council.Tim Gray currently serves as the Ward I representative but announced at the Aug. 26 city council meeting that he would not be seeking re-election because he is furthering his education.?I enjoyed my work very ...

More and more turning to acupuncture for healing

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BY BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsAcupuncture. It?s a practice that, in countries like America, still draws some skepticism from the general public. For Sue Dusterhoft, she admits that at one point she could have been a skeptic herself, but after a very personal success with the practice, she has now become one of acupuncture?s biggest cheerleaders, and has made it her career.?When my husband was battling cancer, ...

Athletic trainer serves up advice for weekend sports enthusiasts

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BY KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsWhat?s better than a pick-up game of flag football during a nice, crisp, fall weekend? Well, other than winning, not coming away with an injury.Andrew Niemann, athletic trainer at Iowa Wesleyan University, said for those weekend warriors who are looking for a little sports therapy, there are some easy preventative measures that can be taken to make sure they stay injury free and ...

Supervisors report on sub-committee meetings

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BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsWith no business items to tackle, Thursday?s regular meeting of the Henry County supervisors was relegated to reports of subcommittee meetings recently attended by the supervisors.Supervisor Gary See reported on the recent meeting of the District Department of Correctional Services board meeting. See said the district department is realigning staff and will now have two ...

W-MU sets goals for district, superintendent

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BY KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsWINFIELD ? If you don?t know where you?re going, any road will get you there.Harry Heiligenthal, leadership development director with the Iowa Association of School Boards, shared that warning with the Winfield-Mt. Union Board of Education when they met Wednesday evening.Despite having only been less than 24 hours since the polls closed on Tuesday?s school board election, W-MU ...

MP Council clears another hurdle to amend electronic sign ordinance

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BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsAn ordinance amendment regarding electronic messages in residential districts cleared another hurdle at Wednesday night?s regular meeting of the Mt. Pleasant City Council.Council members approved the second reading of the ordinance following a brief discussion. Three readings are needed before passage of an ordinance. The ordinance becomes effective after publication in the Mt. ...

Neil knocks in game winner to lift Trojans

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The Fairfield girls? soccer team rallied to score two goals in the final six minutes Thursday, knocking off Washington 3-2 in Southeast Conference action at Trojan Stadium.Down 2-1 and time expiring, Fairfield?s Elaine Brandt scored the tying goal with 5:42 on the clock. Taylor Neil completed the comeback with a goal of her own at the 76-minute mark.The win improves Fairfield?s record to 2-2 overall and hands ...

IWU sees largest class sizes in 20 years

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Iowa Wesleyan University welcomed one of its biggest classes in almost two decades and achieved an 11 percent increase in persistence rate among returning students.?There is a lot of excitement and enthusiasm on the Iowa Wesleyan University campus as it continues to set records and reach its enrollment and retention goals,? stated an IWU press release.The university released its official census data for the ...

No injuries following two-vehicle mishap

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No injuries were reported following a two-vehicle accident on Tuesday, Sept. 8, at the intersection of East Washington and South Cherry streets in Mt. Pleasant.According to the Mt. Pleasant Police Department?s accident report, a 2012 Ford Focus, driven by Hannah Stater, 17, of Mt. Pleasant, was traveling eastbound on East Washington Street and was stopping to turn north onto Cherry Street. Stater?s vehicle was ...

Racine Avenue closing Monday for road work

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The Henry County Engineer?s Office has announced that Racine Avenue, north of New London, will be closed beginning Monday, Sept. 14, at 7 a.m.The road will be closed from 220th Street to 210th Street, approximately a one-mile stretch of roadway, in order for crews to replace culverts.There will be a posted detour route.Seaton Construction of Deep River is the contractor for this project. The construction is ...

RUSS continues legal action against Mt. Union

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BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsLegal skirmishes between the Regional Utility Service Systems (RUSS) and the City of Mt. Union are continuing.The matter began several years ago when some Mt. Union residents refused to pay their sanitary sewer bills to RUSS after the utility service system installed a new sewage system in the Henry County community.RUSS Executive Director Bruce Hudson told the RUSS board ...