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By Gretchen Teske, Mt. Pleasant News Chris Armstrong believes in Iowa schools so much he's never not worked for or attended one. He spent the last 10 years as the Superintendent for the Highland Community School District in Riverside and is now looking forward to his future with WACO.In 1983 he graduated from Iowa Wesleyan with a degree in music education. ?I was always really interested in music and as time ...

Six students recently received their completion certificates for Mt. Pleasant's home school program.The certificates were awarded during an end of the year picnic and senior recognition on May 16. According to the Home School Assistance Program (HSAP) teacher/coordinator, there were 84 students and 45 families in the Mt. Pleasant HSAP during the 2017-18 school year.Below is a brief biography on each of the six ...

A hit and run on Wednesday, June 20 at 9:40 p.m. on West Saunders St. has left police searching for the driver of the offending vehicle.Andrew Jarrett, of Mediapolis, was parked in the 300 block of West Saunders St. when his vehicle was struck in the front driver's side.The offending vehicle was described by witnesses as a late model silver SUV or minivan. It struck Jarrett's 2005 White Dodge Ram Truck head on ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News It took emergency response personnel nearly 10 minutes to extract an individual from their vehicle following a single-vehicle accident on Wednesday.According to police reports, Cragon Caboth, of Mt. Pleasant, was traveling east on Highway 34 Wednesday, June 20 at 8:43 a.m. when his vehicle struck the median divider and careened into the south ditch. The Mt. Pleasant Fire ...

A two-car collision on Highway 218 slowed traffic in the northbound lane on Monday, June 18 around 4:30 p.m.Sara Jenkins, of Grenada, Miss., was traveling northbound on Highway 218 in the right lane when she swerved into the left lane to avoid hitting a vehicle turning onto Highway 218 from 170th Street. A second car, driven by Sarah Genkinger, of Ft. Madison, came up behind her in the left lane and struck the ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News In keeping with HIPAA standards, the Henry County Board of Supervisors signed a business associate agreement with Iowa County Technology Services during their meeting on Tuesday, June 19.Coordinator of Disability Services Sarah Berndt said that the Iowa State Association of Counties wants counties using Iowa County Technology Services (ICTS) to have a business associate ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Mt. Pleasant resident Al Huisinga was named the first Ambassador of the Year by the Mt. Pleasant Area Chamber Alliance with a tree planted in his honor on the campus of Iowa Wesleyan University.The distinction of Ambassador of the Year was conceptualized by Chamber Executive Vice President Kristi Ray in an effort to encourage Chamber ambassadors to attend ribbon cuttings and ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Administrators at Henry County Health Center are working on a proposal by July 31 to convert patient information to an electronic health record.A Henry County Health Center (HCHC) task force identified Cerner Electronic Health Record as the best option to automate health records ? and they want to partner with Great River Health Systems in West Burlington to do so.?The way to ...