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Words to friend are better late than never

DEAR ABBY - Abigail Van Buren News Sep. 30, 2018 9:30 pm2695d ago

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend of four years, "Joey," is a kind and loving person. Recently the father of one of his close childhood friends died. We live a plane ride away, and Joey could not get time off work to attend the services.I assumed Joey called his friend and family to extend his sympathies. During our last visit home, I found out he had not reached out to them. I'm upset that he didn't, and I know the ...

Tailgater

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The Winfield Betterment Committee organized a tailgating celebration for the Iowa/Iowa State football game on Saturday, and several Winfield community members came out to support their favorite team.In the photo, Taylor Shelledy paints Emma Haines? face to help the Winfield-Mt. Union football cheerleaders at their booth.

Carol Nemitz chosen as grand marshal of IWC Homecoming parade

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:30 pm2695d ago

Carol Nemitz of Mt. Pleasant will serve as the grand marshal of the 2013 Iowa Wesleyan College Homecoming parade.The parade will be on Saturday, Oct. 12. It will begin at 10:30 a.m. in front of the Howe Student Activity Center on the Iowa Wesleyan campus; continue south on Broadway, then turn east on Madison St., then turn north on Main Street to return to campus.The much loved and revered Nemitz began as ...

Water service to be suspended

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:30 pm2695d ago

Mt. Pleasant Municipal Utilities will suspend water service tomorrow (Tues.) from 8 p.m. to approximately midnight for the Central Park project.The 100 block of West Monroe Street (north side of the square) will not have water service at this time.If unforseen problems arise, water also will be turned off during these hours on Monroe Street from Locust to White streets.

I have a dream...a dream spanning the next 150 years

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:30 pm2695d ago

Editor?s note: As part of the nation?s 150-year anniversary of the Civil War, the Henry County Civil War Sesquicentennial Task Force will be publishing a monthly column, written by Henry County historians. The research for the articles comes from Henry County newspapers published between 1861-1865, as well as diaries, journals and letters written by Henry County Civil War soldiers and their families.By Joy Lynn ...

Saddle Club to host horse show

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:30 pm2695d ago

The Henry County Saddle Club will be having their September horse show at 10:30 tomorrow (Saturday) at the horse arena in McMillan Park, Mt. Pleasant.

Extension agronomist sees silver linings for soybean crop in spite of drought

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By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsVirgil Schmitt tends to be an optimist.Maybe he has to be because he deals daily with a number of people who tend to be less optimistic.Whatever the case, Schmitt said this year?s soybean harvest may not be all doom and gloom.No measurable rain in the area for over 40 days (the area received about a tenth of an inch of rain Sept. 11, the first rainfall since July) naturally ...

Mt. Union's non-payment for services putting RUSS' finances in a bind

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By TRISHA PHELPSMt. Pleasant NewsAt Wednesday?s Regional Utility Service Systems (RUSS) meeting, Executive Director Bruce Hudson informed the board that they were getting dangerously close to defaulting on their USDA loan, and then opened up the floor for intense discussion between residents of Mt. Union and the RUSS board concerning the possibility of raising their rates.Currently, system users in Mt. Union ...

Family?s feuding complicates plans for funeral

DEAR ABBY - Abigail Van Buren

News Sep. 30, 2018 9:30 pm2695d ago

DEAR ABBY: I have four siblings. We get along fine as long as we're apart.During Mom's and Dad's funerals, I was dismayed at the degree of tension and bickering among us. I am now dealing with an incurable illness that will shorten my life considerably. I have no desire to put my husband through a funeral hosting a family who never liked him. I prefer to be cremated, and a handwritten letter be sent to each of ...

Emmy-nominated film to be shown Sept. 17 at Oakland Mills

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:30 pm2695d ago

Award-winning filmmakers Tammy and Kelly Rundle of Fourth Wall Films spent two years visiting over 70 one-room schools throughout the Upper Midwest for their most ambitious documentary to date, ?Country School: One Room ? One Nation.?The Emmy-nominated documentary film will be featured in a special screening event at the Oakland Mills Nature Center, 2593 Nature Center Drive, Mt. Pleasant, Sept. 17, at 7 p.m. A ...

Add healthy alternatives to tailgating this fall

DEE SANDQUIST, Hy-Vee Dietian

News Sep. 30, 2018 9:30 pm2695d ago

?Tis the season for tailgating! What better time to build a better tailgate with nutritional trade-ups and simple swaps. Add food fun and team spirit to your next tailgating event without sacrificing any of the crowd favorites. From better beverages to healthier sides, make your next tailgating event nutritious and delicious. Now that?s worth celebrating.Cheers for Better BeveragesCalorie-free beverages are ...

Council's action reduces MP's canine population by one

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:30 pm2695d ago

By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsThere is one less dog in Mt. Pleasant.After hearing an appeal of a dog removal case during their regular meeting Wednesday night, Mt. Pleasant City Council members unanimously upheld the police department?s order to remove the dog.The dog?s owner, Derrick Malone, made the appeal. Malone did not deny that the dog bit his neighbor (Robert Guthrie, who was not present at the ...