Sports

Despite weekend heat, Swedsburg-Olds Fun Day brings a crowd

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By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Keiran Luitjens strolled onto the Swedesburg Parish Hall lawn from Olds United Church of Christ with his dog Mittens panting in his arms.While the Pomeranian-shiatzu mix held her own for the majority of the two-mile hike from Olds to Swedesburg during the Swedesburg-Olds Fun Day on Saturday, June 16, it was the last quarter of the mile when the 95-degree heat exhausted her and ...

Schumer seeks federal framework for sports betting

Field Level Sports Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:06 pm2688d ago

As more states turn to sports gambling in the wake of a May Supreme Court decision that overturned a federal ban on state-sponsored sports betting, some politicians have sought to introduce a framework to guide the industry at the federal level.On Wednesday, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) joined the conversation by releasing a memo outlining several suggestions for the burgeoning industry.Major League Baseball, ...

Musical summer evenings

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:06 pm2688d ago

Adam Creager welcomes the community to the first Community Band Concert of the summer Thursday, June 14. Creager said he is very proud of the community band, with 41 people turning up to the first practice. The Community Band performs in Central Park every Thursday.

Pekin and Van Buren run at Albia Invitational

Justin Webster

Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:06 pm2688d ago

Pekin and Van Buren both ran at the Albia Invitational Monday night with the Panthers finishing second on the boys side and first on the girls, while the Warriors only submitted five runners between the two groups. Boys1st Albia 432nd Pekin 723rd Knoxville 804th Wayne 1135th Centerville 125 Local finishers 1st Colten Glosser, Pekin 18:305th Brady Milikin, Pekin 19:146th Jonah Heckenberg, Van Buren ...

National Run for the Fallen stops in Mt. Pleasant

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:06 pm2688d ago

By John Butters, Mt. Pleasant News George Lutz, founder of America's Run for the Fallen, is blazing a memory trail across the United States.Lutz, who lives in Virginia, is leading a rotating team of voluntary runners, military and civilian, in a 6,000 mile trek across the U.S. in five months. The run started in April at Fort Irwin, Calif., and will end in August at Arlington National Cemetery. On Wednesday ...

City Development Board to pay special assessment for Mt. Union community building

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:06 pm2688d ago

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News The City Development Board will pay a $384 special sewer assessment for the Community Building in unincorporated Mt. Union.Henry County Auditor Shelly Barber approached the Development Board a couple weeks ago requesting they pay the special assessment for the community building as the building still is legally owned by the city of Mt. Union, despite it being unincorporated. ...

Road closed for trucks near Mt. Union Thursday, Friday

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A pavement patching project will close Henry County Road X-23 and Racine Ave. to truck traffic weather permitting on Thursday, June 14 and Friday, June 15.The road is near Mt. Union between Iowa 78 and Henry County Rd. H-28.The Iowa DOT reminds motorists to drive with caution, obey the posted speed limit and other signs in the work area, and be aware that traffic fines for moving violations are at least double ...

More summer construction projects to be tackled soon in Mt. Pleasant

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By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News The city is hard at work this summer completing the numerous construction projects to better Mt. Pleasant's streets and sewers.The Mt. Pleasant City Council approved several change orders and projects including installing a new stormwater pipe across Mapleleaf Athletic Complex's parking lot and hiring LL Pelling Co. to do chip and seal on city streets during a meeting on ...

Conservation continues working toward moving Water Works Campground to higher elevation

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:06 pm2688d ago

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News A two- to three-foot increase in elevation could be the difference between the flooded Water Works Campground and grounds that are able to be used well into the summer months.The Henry County Conservation Department campground, surveyed by French Reneker Associates Inc., will move from an elevation of 567 feet inland to an elevation of 569 to 570 feet cost dependent. This could ...

MP expels 2 students involved in school threats in May

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:06 pm2688d ago

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant Community School District expelled two middle school students whose threatening remarks prompted investigations in May.The school board agreed to expel the students during two separate closed sessions to discuss what happened to prompt the conversation and the details of an expulsion consent agreement during the board meeting on Monday, June 11.The first ...

ICE detainees from Mt. Pleasant appear in Davenport

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:06 pm2688d ago

By Alma Gaul, Quad-City Times DAVENPORT ? As her father sat shackled in a courtroom chair, 2-year-old Frida played with a gold-colored rosary, climbing over the lap of her mother, who was quietly weeping.That was the scene Monday morning in Davenport's U.S. District Court, as Ricardo Macias Saucedo, one of 32 men arrested May 9 during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid in Mt. Pleasant, appeared before ...

Emergency Management, Public Health meet to discuss protocol if disaster strikes

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:06 pm2688d ago

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Henry County is proactively preparing in case of disaster.Emergencies start local and end local, Emergency Management Coordinator Walt Jackson counseled during a Board of Health meeting on Tuesday, June 12.?The state and FEMA may come in, but they're going home,? Jackson said. ?We're the ones who have to live with everything in the end.?Jackson was invited to the Public ...