Dan Wittmayer, front, of Washington and Dan Conger, back, of Ollie, employees of Ace Electric, install the new diesel-powered generator at Salem Wednesday. The generator will supply power to the community in the event of a mass power outage.
By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsSALEM ? Salem?s new generator is up and running, Dick Myers, city public works director, reported to the Salem City Council Wednesday night.?We had it running (on Wednesday),? Myers told the council. ?Everything ran okay.?However, there is a problem with the electronic governor on the generator which is easily fixed, he said.Salem purchased the $22,000 generator from Ace ...
Mt. Pleasant and Lockridge will host Veterans Day observances this weekend.Mt. Pleasant will have its event Sunday, Nov. 11, and Lockridge?s observance is Saturday, Nov. 10. Following is information on each.Mt. PleasantMt. Pleasant?s ceremony will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Veterans Hall, 300 W. Monroe St. Traditionally, the event is at 11 a.m. but because the day falls on Sunday this year, the time has been ...
Suspicious person, activity, vehicle ? intersection of Green and Jefferson streets, Nov. 4.Animal complaint ? 700 block of North Main, Nov. 4.Animal complaint - 2200 block of East Commerce Drive, Nov. 6.Animal complaint - intersection of MArion and Henry streets, Nov. 6.Suspicious person, activity, vehicle - intersection of Warren and White streets, Nov. 6.
To celebrate the release of ?The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2,? the Mt. Pleasant Public Library will be holding a party on Thursday, Nov. 8, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Civic Center meeting room on the second floor.This program celebrating the final film in the ?Twilight? series is free and no registration is required. The program is open to both teens ages 13 and older and adult fans as well.Attendees can ...
We have entered the 11th month of this year already. Where did time go so fast? Every year seems to go faster than the year before.A happy 40th birthday goes to brother-in-law Jacob. His birthday is today, Nov. 1. It is a nice and sunny but cold day here in Michigan.Our thoughts and prayers are with the ones in New York and New Jersey who experienced such devastation from last week?s storm.Susan and I did the ...
By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsThanks to local donations, many disabled Guatemalans will be having a merry Christmas this year.Since Aug. 25, the Wayland non-profit On His Path joined up with Bethel Ministries International of Chimaltenango, Guatemala to collect wheelchairs, walkers, crutches or other medical equipment to send down to Guatemala, where 80 percent of the population lives in extreme poverty.Do...
Robin Lutovsky?s physics students at Mt. Pleasant High School took the classroom outdoors Tuesday. The class had been studying two-dimensional motion, in particular projectile motion. The students built their own catapults and were trying to construct a catapult which would launch a tennis ball the farthest. They measured the distance the ball traveled, the height and angle at which it was launched and the flight ...
Henry County supervisors will be hosting their monthly meeting with the county department heads tomorrow (Thursday) during the regular meeting of the board.Other agenda items include discussion of the Burge Cemetery.The meeting begins at 9 a.m. at the courthouse.
By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsRecent rain has kept the Henry County secondary roads department busy repairing potholes that have been forming in the county?s gravel roads.?This drizzly rain we?ve been getting has probably not been helping our roads,? commented County Engineer Bill Belzer. ?They?re taking a pretty good beating from the drizzle we?re getting.?Belzer noted during his weekly update at the ...
Iowa Wesleyan College students will host trick or treaters Sunday, Oct. 28.Area children are invited to Sheaffer-Trieschmann Residence Hall from 6-7 p.m.Children and their parents can meet in the lobby of the residence hall, located on North Broadway Street. Students will lead groups through the hall every 15 minutes.Parking is available in the large parking lot at Broadway and Franklin, just north of the ...
Eighteen volunteers participated in training on Saturday, Oct. 13, at the Henry County Extension Office to become club leaders with the Iowa 4-H Program. There were volunteers from Henry, Des Moines, Jefferson, Van Buren, Keokuk, Washington and Johnson Counties.The training was a six-hour program that focused on positive youth development. Participants learned characteristics of the 4-H eight essential elements ...
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