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Free eye sight screening Wednesday

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The Lockridge Lions Club and the University of Iowa Health Care are sponsoring a free eye sight screening on June 27, at 10 a.m. at Sue Hopper?s Lockridge Paint Studio.This screening only takes a few minutes and is taken with a camera on children six months old to 48 months old. It can detect problems that can cause reduced vision and is 85 to 90 percent effective.For consent forms, call Wayne Diers at 319-696-2...

HCHC may benefit from large grant received by University of Iowa

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By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsA $7.7 million CMS Innovation Grant received by the University of Iowa may end up making use of Henry County Health Center, though the details are still minimal.?Right now we cannot speak to what it entails (for HCHC),? said Robb Gardner, HCHC CEO. He explained to the board of trustees during their regular meeting on Tuesday that he had just received the information on Friday, ...

Directors enthusiastically back four-day school week

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By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsWAYLAND ? WACO will attempt to become the second Iowa school district to be granted a waiver for a four-day school week.Small, rural Iowa school districts must be innovative to set themselves apart from other similar school districts. WACO School Board members, who last night enthusiastically and unanimously approved application to the Iowa Department of Education for the ...

Ombudsman says supervisors' discussion was close, but not 'illegal'

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By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsAlthough it was described as a ?close call,? the discussion held between the Henry County Board of Supervisors and Planning and Zoning Administrator Joe Buffington on Feb. 14, was not illegal, according to a letter the supervisors received Monday from the State of Iowa Citizens? Aide/Ombudsman office.?I?m pleased to receive acknowledgement that the Iowa State Ombudsman Office ...

Water service to be interrupted

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:13 pm2696d ago

Several locations will be without water service Thursday, June 21, due to the Washington Street project, according to Mt. Pleasant Municipal Utilities.Water service to the following locations will be interrupted from 6 a.m. to approximately 12 noon:? The 100, 200, 300 and 400 blocks of South Main Street from Monroe to Green streets;? The 200, 300 and 400 blocks of South Jackson Street from Washington to Green ...

WACO's proposal to the DOE

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By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsWAYLAND ? Iowa schools must file a waiver request with the Iowa Department of Education (DOE) for a new innovative school year (four-day school week) by Nov. 1. If approved, the waiver would be effective for the next school year.According to WACO officials, the DOE has said cost savings cannot be used as a reason to request a four-day week. Rather, districts must document in ...

NL Schools undergoing major changes

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By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsNEW LONDON ? The New London Community School District is set to undergo some major changes for the 2012-2013 school year.By the first day of school:? There will be a new superintendent? There will be a new secondary principal? The 1:1 computer initiative will be implemented in grades six through 12? There will be a pilot proficiency grading program at the middle school ...

The guys all go fishing, post-fire cleanup continues

LOVINA EICHER, the Amish Cook News Sep. 30, 2018 9:13 pm2696d ago

This past week we did a lot of painting as we continue to get things in order after the house fire last month. All four bedrooms upstairs are painted and one needs another coat. Things are beginning to look a lot better.We would like to go get some flooring to put in the bedrooms that don?t have any yet. My husband Joe and the boys can work on that while he is off work. He will be having some days off due to ...

Burma-Shave signs give Salem its own slice of 'Americana'

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By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsSALEM ? ?The monkey?took one?look at Jim?and threw?the peanuts?back at him.?Sounds like to us who have been around a generation or two like Burma-Shave signs.And that is the jingle on the signs erected Tuesday along Henry County Road J20, about one-and-one-half miles east of Salem on the north side of the road.Salem took the initiative and became the Henry County community ...

Federal government wants $140,000 for just over an acre of land in the county

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By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsIf Henry County wants to keep the central waste collection site at the fenced-in area behind the Emergency Management Building on West Washington Street in Mt. Pleasant, it?s going to cost the county $140,000.According to County Auditor Shelly Barber, that was the price given to Emergency Management Coordinator Walt Jackson by the General Service Administration (GSA) as the ...

Semi struck deer Saturday

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:13 pm2696d ago

A semi struck a deer Saturday afternoon on U.S. Highway 218/27, resulting in approximately $100 in damage.The Henry County Sheriff?s Office was notified of the accident at about 4:10 p.m., June 9.During the investigation it was found that a 2012 International, owned by SAIA Motor Freight Line LLC of Houma La., was northbound on U.S. Highway 218/27, near mile marker 38, when it struck a deer that ran into the ...

Henry County Sheriff's weekend report

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:13 pm2696d ago

Reported animal neglect investigatedA report of possible animal neglect was received at approximately 6:02 p.m. June 7. The instance was reportedly in the 200 block of South Crew Street in Mt. Union.After checking on the animals, it was determined that the complaint was unfounded.Juvenile charged with assaulting her fatherA female juvenile was charged with assault causing bodily injuries after assaulting her ...