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• Work begins July 10 on Oakland Mills bridge

• Mt. Pleasant native named to governor’s STEM ...

• Esta Mae Ferguson

• Community band concert selections

• Charles Claire Curtis

• PEO Chapter NZ report

• Southeast Iowa Ridge Blasters Snowmobile Club ...

• Bible reading marathon begins next week

• Trump seizes on Republican victory in Georgia ...

• Tropical Storm Cindy to hit U.S. Gulf Coast ...

Sports

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Tiger baseball team takes down W-MU in five innings Jun 21 By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON — The Winfield-Mt. Union baseball team took New London to five innings on Tuesday night but a ... Beason’s no-no caps off MP sweep in Ft. Madison Jun 20 By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News FT. MADISON — The Bloodhounds gave the Panthers an early scare in the baseball portion of Monday night’s ... Blint’s walk-off lifts Tigers past Wolves Jun 21 By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON — New London’s Camryn Blint and Winfield-Mt. Union’s Madie Anderson went punch-for-punch on ... No. 8 Mt. Pleasant hounds Ft. Madison in conference road sweep Jun 20 By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News FT. MADISON — The eighth-ranked Mt. Pleasant softball team took care of business on Monday night, never ... More »

MP girls fight controversy at state meet Jun 01 By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News MARSHALLTOWN ­—It was no picnic for the MP girls’ golf team this week, going up against illness and ... Mt. Pleasant trap shooting team competes at state meet Jun 19 The SCTP (Scholastic Clay Target Program) State Trap Championships were held at the Cedar Falls Gun Club June 7 through June 11 completing the Mt. ... Panther profile: Trevor Mabeus May 25 By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Trevor Mabeus is a senior at Mt. Pleasant High School and a member of the Panther boys’ golf team. Mabeus ... Panther Profile: Bailey Johnson Jun 15 By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Bailey Johnson is a senior at Mt. Pleasant High School and a member of the Panther softball team. Johnson ... More »

Lifestyles

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Mt. Pleasant native named to governor’s STEM Advisory Council Jun 21 World Food Prize Director of Global Education Programs, Kelsey Tyrrell, has been named to the Governor’s STEM Advisory Council. Tyrrell is among ... PEO Chapter NZ report Jun 21 Chapter NZ of the P.E.O. Sisterhood met for their regular meeting on Monday, June 12, 2017, in the home of Sara Titus with Sharon Davis, Judy ... Happy birthday! Jun 21 June 21 Lillian Carter and Brent Pendgraft Community band concert selections Jun 21 Mt. Pleasant’s Central Park will be filled with music once more, as the next installment of the Mt. Pleasant Community Band Concert will be held ... Bible reading marathon begins next week Jun 21 All counties in southeast Iowa are taking part in the 2017 Iowa 99 County Bible Reading Marathon, inviting people to read 30-minute or more ... Hillsboro News Jun 20 News from the Hillsboro Public Library: Van Buren and Henry County farmer, Lisa Remick, has won the opportunity to direct a $2,500 donation from ... More »

Retirement Jun 05 Marlin Ford retired June 1, 2017, from Mt. Pleasant Community Schools as Bus Driver. He started Sept.16, 1986. The district thanks him for being a ... Tarbell-Cooney Jun 14 Jessyca Tarbell and Bradley Cooney, both of Mt. Pleasant, will be married July 29 at Calvary Baptist Church in Mt. Pleasant. Parents of the couple ... Bands, brews and BBQ coming to Mt. Pleasant this Saturday Jun 06 The Triple B: Bands, Brews and BBQ is coming to downtown Mt. Pleasant on June 10, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The event will will feature cars and ... Amish Cook Jun 13 By Gloria Yoder “What are we going to do tonight?” I asked my husband, Daniel. “I don’t know, do you have anything that you would like to do?” ... Retirement Jun 19 Don Yeast is in full retirement mode now. Yeast recently retired from Lomont after 35 years of service as a plastic processing engineer. Above, ... Amish Cook - Can anyone attend an Amish church? By By Kevin Williams, ... - May 30 Man, this is an interesting question. Paula, on Facebook asked: “Do you know what the policy is for going to their church service?” From a legal ... More »

Obituaries

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  Esta Mae Ferguson

  Jun 21
  Esta Mae Ferguson, 79, of Mt. Pleasant, died Saturday, June 17, 2017, at the Donnellson Health Center in Donnellson. A funeral service for ...
  

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  Jun 20
  Esta Mae Ferguson, 79, of Mt. Pleasant, died Saturday, June 17, 2017, at the Donnellson Health Center in Donnellson. A funeral service will be ...
  

• Virginia VanWyngarden

  Jun 19
  Virginia VanWyngarden, 83, formerly of Wayland, died June 1, 2017, at Trinity Center in Des Moines. A celebration of life service will be held at ...
  

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  Charles Claire Curtis

  Jun 21
  Charles Claire Curtis, 82, died Monday June 19, 2017, at Sunrise Terrace Care Center in Winfield. The funeral service will be Friday, June 23, ...
  
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  Carol J. Mickey

  Jun 20
  Carol J. Mickey, 85, of Mt. Pleasant, died Sunday, June 18, 2017, at Arbor Court. Visitation will begin Thursday, June 22, 2017, at 9 a.m., with ...
  
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  Katherine L. Carey

  Jun 19
  Katherine L. Carey, 93, of Columbus Junction, died Friday, June 16, 2017, at Colonial Manor Care Center in Columbus Junction where she had been a ...
  

Announcements

• Lily Maxine Blint

  Jun 12
  Tara Branch and Nathan Blint, of Mt. Pleasant, celebrated the birth of their daughter, Lily Maxine Blint, on Sunday, June 4, 2017, at the Henry ...
  

• GRACELYN ISABELL MUNCY

  Jun 06
  Courtney Coontz and Joshua Muncy, of Yarmouth, celebrated the birth of their daughter, Gracelyn Isabell Muncy, on May 30, 2017, at Henry County ...
  

• LINCOLN JAMES FILLINGER

  Jun 02
  Lindsey Clark Wagner and Josh Fillinger, of Mt. Pleasant, celebrated the birth of their son, Lincoln James Fillinger, on May 25, 2017, at Henry ...
  

• Jackson Myles Duffie

  Jun 09
  Ryan and Natalie Duffie, of Mt. Pleasant, celebrated the birth of their son, Jackson Myles Duffie, on Friday, June 2, 2017, at Mercy Hospital, in ...
  

• Finn Nicholas Achen and Silas David Achen

  Jun 06
  Courtney and Alex Achen, of Mt. Pleasant, celebrated the birth of their twin boys, Finn Nicholas Achen and Silas David Achen, on May 26, 2017, at ...
  

• Maliky Russell Church

  May 26
  Makenzie Church, of Mt. Pleasant, celebrated the birth of her son, Maliky Russell Church, on May 18, 2017, at Henry County Health Center, in Mt. ...
  

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