(AP) ? A former Iowa jail guard was the only person with reason to kill his pregnant wife, a prosecutor said Wednesday in closing arguments before the man?s murder trial went to a jury for deliberations.A judge handed the case Wednesday to a Henry County jury of six men and six women, The Des Moines Register reported. They met briefly before being dismissed for the day, and they will resume deliberations ...
By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsPrincipals at Harlan and Van Allen Elementary schools presented their action plans to school directors Monday night concerning steps being taken to meet No Child Left Behind (NCLB) benchmarks.Harlan Elementary School is classified as a NCLB School in Need of Assistance for failure to meet reading proficiency. Van Allen did not meet the standards in either math or reading.Three ...
CEDAR RAPIDS (AP) ? Former First Lady Christie Vilsack is returning to Iowa as part of her new federal job promoting international education.After failing in her bid to unseat Iowa Congressman Steve King last year, Vilsack has worked since March as a senior adviser at the U.S. Agency for International Development in Washington.Kirkwood Community College says Vilsack will visit its main campus in Cedar Rapids on ...
Mt. Pleasant City Council?s Sanitation Committee will meet tomorrow (Wed.) at 6 p.m. in the city administrator?s office in City Hall.Tentative agenda items include discussion of sewer credit for properties on East Webster and West Madison streets and discussion of facility plan proposals for SBR/lagoon facilities.
Former Salem Mayor Dan Patterson will reclaim the post effective Jan. 1, 2014, by virtue of the luck of the draw.Patterson and current Mayor Linda Ward each had in the Nov. 5 general election. Since the community does not have an ordinance on breaking ties through a runoff election, state law says that the tie is broken by the drawing of a name from a hat by the county board of supervisors.Gary See, chairman of ...
A Mt. Pleasant resident on North Lincoln Street marked Veterans Day Monday by displaying the flags of the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines under the nation's flag.
By TRISHA PHELPSMt. Pleasant NewsWINFIELD ? The Winfield City Council appointed Kathy Nelson to a seat on the council last night, even though she did not win in the recent election.With the resignation of David Good on Oct. 14, one seat on the Winfield City Council became vacant but not in time to get that position put on the ballot for the Nov. 5 election. The city council then had the option of appointing ...
By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsThere isn?t much revenue for employee compensation next year, forewarned Mt. Pleasant Superintendent of Schools Mike Wells at Monday night?s regular meeting of the Mt. Pleasant School Board.He said due to an enrollment drop of 63 students in the certified enrollment count (the census dropped from 2,028.73 students last year to 1,964.89 during the current school year) this year, ...
By MEGAN COOPERMt. Pleasant NewsBurge Cemetery outside of New London has been facing dust issues for the past few years.?People are getting covered in dust, and not just their shoes,? said Chuck Knoll, who is part of the Burge Cemetery Commission, during Thursday?s Henry County Board of Supervisors meeting.The commission wants to have the roads fixed, in order to help control the dust. They are mainly looking ...
Barring hotly contested races, municipal elections rarely attract a large turnout. That was the case in Mt. Pleasant Tuesday as poll workers had a lot of free time on their hands. In the photo, the workers wait for voters in the Central Precinct (Westwood and Rome), which voted in the Cottrell Gymnasium wrestling room.
MISCELLANEOUSAnimal complaint ? 400 block of West Washington Street, Nov. 5.Suspicious person, activity, vehicle ? 800 block of Sheaffer Drive, Nov. 5.Suspicious person, activity, vehicle ? 900 block of South Adams Place, Nov. 5.Suspicious person, activity, vehicle ? 1100 block of East Baker Street, Nov. 5.Theft ? 2000 block of East Washington Street, Nov. 5.Suspicious person, activity, vehicle ? 500 block ...
INVESTIGATIONSDaniel Ryan Vandenberg, 25, Stockport, was arrested at 400 block of East Henry Street and charged with operating while intoxicated (first offense), failure to prove security against liability (non-accident related) and driving on the wrong side of a two-way highway, Nov. 2.Michael Guy Given, 25, Ottumwa, was arrested at 200 block of South Adams Street and charged with public intoxication/consuming ...
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