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Following is the public meeting schedule for next week.Tuesday ? Henry County Board of Supervisors, 9 a.m., Henry County Courthouse; Healthy Henry County Communities, 1 p.m., Henry County Extension Office; Salem City Council, 7 p.m., Community Center; New London City Council, 6:30 p.m., New London City Hall.Wednesday ? Wayland City Council, 7:30 p.m., Wayland Community Building. Thursday ? Henry County Board ...

By MEGAN COOPER Mt. Pleasant NewsHillcrest Life Services of Washington may join with Henry County in order to provide mental health services to those in need.Sarah Berndt, administrator for Central Point of Coordination (CPC), said, ?As of right now, we have to send people to Fairfield for services. We don?t have the right resources here in town and some of these people aren?t making those appointments.? This ...

By ANDY HALLMAN Golden Triangle News Service FAIRFIELD ? Jefferson County Attorney Tim Dille will not press charges relating to the death of David Bittner because he believes Bittner died as a result of a justifiable homicide.Bittner, 46, of rural Mt. Pleasant, was shot in the abdomen while at a residence in Lockridge on Sept. 4. Dille said Bittner was shot by his son, Steven, who fired a shotgun slug into ...

DEAR ABBY: I'm three months pregnant. Before I got pregnant, my husband and I enjoyed having wine with dinner or a margarita when we were out on the town. We didn't drink to excess, but have enjoyed alcohol in moderation.Obviously, I can't drink anymore, but my husband carries on like nothing has changed. I'm becoming resentful every time we go out to eat.I asked him once if he'd quit drinking until our baby ...

WAYLAND ? Volunteers and community leaders in Wayland are planting trees in their community to provide more shade and save energy.The local effort is part of the statewide Trees Forever and Alliant Energy Branching Out program.?We?re looking forward to working with Trees Forever and Alliant Energy to plant more trees in Wayland this year,? said local project volunteer Bev Conrad, who is also the city clerk of ...

Pump prices are dropping (although never as quickly as they rise).The average retail gasoline prices in Iowa, according to GasBuddy?s daily survey of over 2,000 gas outlets in Iowa, have fallen 10.8 cents from Sept. 15-22.Iowa?s gasoline prices averaged $3.46 on Sunday, Sept. 22, but have continued their downward descent this week. Pump prices at most Mt. Pleasant gasoline outlets are under $3.20 a gallon.Inclu...

By MEGAN COOPERMt. Pleasant News?Iowa Avenue will be facing a road closure soon,? said Jake Hotchkiss, Henry County engineer, during the Henry County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday.?We will begin work on the bridge approaches and we hope to begin that work by the week of Oct. 7. Once we begin work, we are looking at about two weeks, that?s what we were led to believe by the contractor, but we hope to get ...

The Henry County Democrats Harvest Rally will be Saturday, Sept. 28, from 4-6 p.m. at Museum B on the Old Thresher grounds.A picnic dinner will be served, and state and local Democratic officials and candidates will be on hand.There is a charge for the event and tickets may be purchased at the door or from local Democrats.For more information, call 319-385-2124.