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There were 43 individuals in eight southeast Iowa counties who could have avoided jail or arrest had alternative mental health services been available, according to data from the jail diversion program's fiscal year 2018.During a Board of Supervisors meeting on Thursday, Sept. 6, Sarah Berndt, Henry County Transition program director and Coordinator of Disability Services shared data received during fiscal year ...

Deer tags are now on sale at the Henry County Recorder's Office.With deer season just around the corner, hunters can purchase one antlerless tag and hunter education classes are available through the Henry County Nature Center. Additional antlerless tags can be purchased starting Sept. 15 until quotas are filled.The hunter education classroom course is Sept. 29 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. All registrants must be 11 ...

The Mt. Pleasant Police Department was called to the scene of a two-vehicle collision in the 100 block of S. Van Buren Street on Thursday, Sept. 6 at 11:24 a.m.Sandra Wolfe, of Mt. Pleasant, was driving a tan 2002 Chevy Silverado truck southbound on S. Van Buren Street when she pulled off to the side so a car traveling northbound could get past on the road. Wolfe's brakes failed and her truck struck another ...

Every week, the Mt. Pleasant News will feature a Henry County resident in a profile snapshot. This week's friend is Amy Clark, who you may know from RSVP.Are you originally from Mt. Pleasant/Henry County? If not, what brought you here? I am actually from Michigan. I moved here with my husband because his family lives here.What is your favorite part of living here? I love all the connections between people. ...

The Midwest Old Threshers Reunion dipped in attendance by 4,000 guests this year compared to the last two years, making the year ahead ?tough? financially for the nonprofit organization, which largely relies on revenue made over the five-day reunion.CEO Terry McWilliams chalks it up to the weather. ?This year, Mother Nature ran the show,? he said.Attendance during the reunion was around 31,000 guests, compared ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News New outdoor pickleball courts at Mt. Pleasant Middle School are more reality than dream at this point.The project is almost 50 percent funded through private pledges, members from the pickleball committee announced during a Healthy Henry County Communities meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 4.?Hopefully people will be playing on it this time next year,? committee member Freddy Prellwitz...

Mt. Pleasant Arts IMPACT is spearheading a wintertime communitywide project to decorate some 8,000 paper lunch bags to be used by the Fellowship Cup for their 2019 Summer Sacks program.In January, residents in Mt. Pleasant attending any organized committee, board or club meeting will be asked to decorate a sack provided by Arts IMPACT. Assisted living facilities are invited to participate. Artistic talent is not ...

The City of Salem is adopting a new way to organize the books.At the prompting of city counselor Mary Hoyer, the Salem City Council approved switching from their current system to ClerkBooks to organize their finances during a meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 4.?It may not seem like we have the money, (but) we'll never figure out why we don't have the money unless we get our accounting system sorted out,? Hoyer ...