James Coffin, 3, selects a new crayon as he and his sister, Lael, 5, center, and friend Beckett Lipper, 3, right, color some Easter themed pictures during the Easter egg hunt at Sunnybrook on Saturday, March 24.
By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Art Campbell was the first in Henry County to be issued a license plate with the new state of Iowa design on Monday, March 26, at the Henry County Department of Transportation.While Henry County still has about six weeks of the former design in their inventory, because Campbell ordered a specialty issued ?Cattlemen Care? plate, he jumped the line and got his newly-minted plate ...
By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News After sitting through meetings for three years talking about getting the Mapleleaf Athletic Complex parking lot paved, hard work will finally come to fruition this summer.Bids were accepted by the city yesterday, with the city awarding the contract to Fye Excavating from Sperry for the project, coming in with the lowest bid of $818,964.?We're under the $1 million mark, which ...
The weather may have been nasty outside on Saturday, March 24, but it was all fun and games at Sunnybrook as residents watched local kids take part in an indoor Easter egg hunt.
By Gretchen Teske, Mt. Pleasant News Henry County Health Center (HCHC) is ready to train civilians how to respond in the event of a crisis.On Saturday, March 31 HCHC will participate in National Stop the Bleed Day. The free event will include three training sessions to be held in the Danny Eversmeyer Training Center. The goal of the initiative is to teach the public how to act in a crisis situation.?Because ...
The subject of a police pursuit on Monday died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.According to police reports, Cody France, 39, of Muscatine, led police on a high speed chase Monday, which ended when he shot himself.The Louisa County Sheriff's Office received a call about a disturbance at a residence in rural Columbus Junction located in the 18,000 block of County Road X17, at approximately 6:37 p.m. The ...
Mother Nature didn't seem to care much about Mt. Pleasant resident's weekend plans as the area was hit with a variety of precipitation ranging from rain to snow to sleet and even pea sized hail.
By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News With less than a month left in Iowa's legislative session, there are still plenty of things Rep. Dave Heaton (R-Mt. Pleasant) wants to see done before he retires from public service. Specifically in the realm of health care.Heaton and Sen. Rich Taylor (D-Mt. Pleasant) met with constituents Saturday, March 24, during the third of four legislative breakfasts sponsored by the Mt. ...
The Fairfield freshman boys' basketball squad played back-to-back games this week, first hosting Albia at the Cambridge Sports Plex on Monday and then traveling to Centerville for another non-SEC matchup Tuesday.The Trojans had a difficult start with Albia, allowing the Blue Demons to build an 8-0 head start and a 24-4 lead after just one quarter of play.Fairfield responded with a 20-7 scoring advantage in the ...
The No. 13 team in Class 2A improved to 16-1 with an easy 47-25 SEISC smackdown of Highland Tuesday night in Riverside.It wasn't until the fourth quarter when Head Coach Davis Eidahl's squad even allowed double-digit points in a period, outscoring the home team 14-4. 13-2 and 12-6 in the first three frames before surrendering 13 points to their eight scored in the fourth.The Panthers will now host 2-14 Columbus ...
The Pekin boys' basketball team improved to 10-5 on the year with a 69-58 SEISC victory at Highland Tuesday night.The Panthers shot 51 percent from the field and 62 percent from behind the arc while leading at the end of each period: 18-14, 40-30, 57-49 and 69-58 for the final.Offensively, Pekin was led by senior Ryan Stansberry who had 18 points on 6-8 shooting including 5-7 from the perimeter. Fellow senior ...
Mt. Pleasant Community High School drama students were working much longer than just ?9 to 5? as they did a final run-through of their spring musical production Wednesday night. ?9 to 5? will show Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 2-4 p.m., at the Heatilator Performing Arts Center.
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