Rosy Seniva

By Yorke Prough · Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 at 11:02 am CDT

Rosy Seniva, 82, of River Hills Village in Keokuk, passed away at 12:11 a.m. Sunday, February 12, 2024, at River Hills Village.

She was born on April 5, 1941, the daughter of Allie and Edna Palmer. On August 20, 1964, she married Nolan Seniva. He preceded her in death.

She is survived by her children: Arthur (Beth) of North Pole, Alaska, Loren (Wendy) of Montrose, Iowa, Brent (Shawna) of Des Moines, Iowa, Ruby (Adrian) of Phoenix, Arizona, Gary (Sonya) of North Pole, Alaska, Sandy (Anthony) of Oceanside, California; twenty grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband: Nolan; sister: Mitzy; sons: Clifford, Robert and grandson: Eric.

A graveside service will be held at 9:00 a.m. Saturday, February 17, 2024, at Liberty Center Cemetery, Liberty Center, Iowa with family friend Pastor Gary Majavec officiating.

A memorial has been established in her memory.

Schmitz Funeral Home of Donnellson is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.schmitzfuneralhomes.com.

Public Meeting in Wayland for “Wind Farm” Project This Evening

By Yorke Prough · Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 at 10:47 am CDT

There is a meeting tonight in Wayland for those of you interested in the potential “wind farm project” in Northern Henry County. The Henry County Supervisors are hosting RWE Representatives, the company behind the idea. As a reminder, this is a potential project, with nothing official right now. If you have any questions or contributions to the discussion, this would be a great place to voice those.

This meeting will take place at the Wayland Community Building at 6:30pm tonight. This is open to the public.

Merri Hainline

By Yorke Prough · Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 at 8:29 am CDT

Merri C. Hainline, 64, a resident of Fairfield, passed away Sunday, February 11, 2024 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

There will be no services held at this time. Memorials may be made to the family. Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield is assisting the family.

Merri was born December 24, 1959 in Keosauqua, the daughter of Bruce and Marie (Overlander) Hainline.

Merri worked in manufacturing, and as a nurse’s aid. She enjoyed watching movies with her family.

Those left to honor her memory include her children, Brandon (Josie) Hainline, Amber Timmons, Drew Timmons-Hainline, Jaiden Hainline, and Emily Hainline; grandchildren, Bailey and Paxten; two great-grandchildren; her mother, Marie Hainline; sisters, Linda (Carl) Sweatman and Melody Unkrich; and brother, Steve (Sandy) Hainline.

She was preceded in death by her father.

Online condolences may be made to Merri’s family by viewing her obituary at www.behnerfh.com.

May 30th, Last Day for Mount Pleasant Schools

By Yorke Prough · Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 at 7:45 am CDT

At Monday night’s board meeting, the Mount Pleasant Community School Board listened to Superintendent John Henriksen’s proposal of pushing the last day of school a little closer. With the winter weather causing cancellations and delays this year, schools in the district would not end until June 5th. That was until last night. The board voted to approve Henriksen’s request to end classes on Thursday, May 30th.

May 29th will now be a full day of school, instead of half, and May 30th will also be full. Students need to spend at least 1080 hours of instructional learning in the classroom. Mount Pleasant has it built so that the students spend around 30 hours more than that, however, with 5 delays and 5 cancelations, a solution was needed. Mr. Henriksen and the board agreed to use 20 hours of parent-teacher conferences as instructional hours, which is allowed in the Iowa code.

Teachers will still work until June 6th, which has not changed.

New London Opting for New Garbage Collection Providers

By Yorke Prough · Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 at 5:57 am CDT

Starting July 1st, 2024, the City of New London, Iowa will be switching garbage collection providers from WEMIGA to Waste Management. Along with this change the City will start providing its customers with garbage cans as part of the service. The garbage cans will be delivered the last week in June.

More information will be available as the date approaches.

Driver Avoids Damage to Self, Not to Fence

By Yorke Prough · Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 at 5:53 am CDT

On February 11th, 2024, at approximately 11:25 AM, Henry County Dispatch received multiple reports of a single vehicle crash in the 3300-grid of New London Road. An investigation into the collision determined a 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer, driven by, Kaity Bench, 36, of New London, was traveling southbound on New London Road, when the vehicle left the roadway. The vehicle travelled approximately 600 feet along the ditch and collided with fencing, before coming to rest. The driver of the vehicle left the scene and was later located at their residence.

No injuries were reported. The damage to the vehicle was estimated to be $15,000. Kaity was cited for Failure to Maintain Control.

Extension of Harvest Proclamation

By Yorke Prough · Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 at 5:51 am CDT

Governor Kim Reynolds signed an extension of the proclamation relating to the weight limits and transportation of grain, fertilizer, and manure.   

 

The proclamation is effective immediately and continues through February 23, 2024. The proclamation allows vehicles transporting corn, soybeans, hay, straw, silage, stover, fertilizer (dry, liquid, and gas), and manure (dry and liquid) to be overweight (not exceeding 90,000 pounds gross weight) without a permit for the duration of this proclamation.  

 

This proclamation applies to loads transported on all highways within Iowa (excluding the interstate system) and those which do not exceed a maximum of 90,000 pounds gross weight, do not exceed the maximum axle weight limit determined under the non-primary highway maximum gross weight table in Iowa Code § 321.463 (6) (a) and (b), by more than 12.5 percent, do not exceed the legal maximum axle weight limit of 20,000 pounds, and comply with posted limits on roads and bridges.  

Sunday Morning Crash Leaves Driver Hospitalized, Later Released

By Yorke Prough · Monday, February 12th, 2024 at 3:32 pm CDT

The Henry County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a motor vehicle accident in Geode State Park on Sunday morning. At approximately 11:34am on February 11th, the Sheriff’s Office received a report and promptly responded. It was determined that a vehicle was traveling north bound on Racine Avenue near Beach Road when the driver, Donald Fields of Brighton, lost control of the vehicle.

The vehicle then went across the center line towards incoming traffic, into the ditch, and struck a tree before coming to rest. No other vehicles were involved in the accident.

Donald was examined by the Henry County EMS personnel and transported to the hospital where he was later released. He was charged with driving while license revoked and failure to maintain control of vehicle.