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By TRISHA PHELPSMt. Pleasant NewsWINFIELD ? Winfield-Mt. Union Community School District will be getting three new Blue Bird School buses.At last night?s W-MU school board meeting last night, the board decided to go with a purchase agreement with School Bus Sales to purchase the three new buses at a total cost of $261,819. Thomas Bus Sales also submitted a bus quote with a total cost of $268,560.?My suggestion...

By MEGAN COOPERMt. Pleasant NewsThe cabins at Oakland Mills are experiencing some technical difficulties regarding the heat.?The cabins are a bit cold right now,? said John Pullis executive director of the Henry County Conservation Department during Tuesday mornings? Henry County Board of Supervisors meeting. ?The company that did the heating when we put the cabins in doesn?t have the style of heater anymore ...

By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsWhen the Mt. Pleasant School Board first glanced at the school?s facilities study Dec. 2, they said some prioritizing would have to be done.That was done, courtesy of Struxtures Architects, when the study was formally presented to the board during Monday night?s regular board meeting.Struxtures was commissioned to do the study and listed $485,580 in work that needed immediate ...

The Mt. Pleasant Police department will be conducting it?s annual toy drive this year in cooperation with Dollar General.The department is asking for names of families who may need assistance this year. Families may be called in anonymously. To submit a family?s name, the department will need names, ages of children, phone numbers and addresses of the families.The Fellowship Cup and Community Action will be ...

Members of the Mt. Pleasant Advisory Committee will receive an update on the storage garage during their regular meeting Tuesday, Dec. 10, at 5:30 p.m. in the meeting room at the airport administration building.Other tentative agenda items include the manager?s report, discussion of the five-year CIP plan and discussion of budget items.

Mt. Pleasant yard waste collection area, located southwest of Saunders Park, will close at 5 p .m. Saturday, Dec. 7, for the season.Any questions regarding the site or its closing for the season should be directed to the city?s public works department at 385-1480.

KALONA ? The Friends of Bunker Mill Bridge (FBMB), formed in the Kalona community in early September 2013 to halt the demolition and foster the restoration of the historic 126 year old bridge at the English River, took another step closer in reaching its goals.FBMB Executive Director, Julie Bowers and Managing Director, Suzanne Micheau were on hand at the bridge to welcome a group of volunteers from the Kalona ...

INVESTIGATIONSCodie Lynn Carver, 21, Mt. Pleasant, was cited at the 800 block of West Irish Ridge Road for disorderly conduct, Dec. 1.Christopher Michael Kracht, 19, Mt. Pleasant, was cited at the 800 block of West Irish Ridge Road for disorderly conduct, Dec. 1. MISCELLANEOUSAnimal complaint ? 1100 block of South Linden Lane, Nov. 29.Destruction, damage, vandalism of property ? 800 block of North Palm ...