The Iowa Department of Natural Resources reports Iowa’s statewide pheasant population is at a 20-year high.  This report comes as the state celebrates the 100th anniversary of pheasant hunting. While […]

The Mt. Pleasant Community School District School Board will meet in regular session on Monday, September 8th at 6pm in the High School Media Center, 2104 S. Grand Avenue.  Items […]

The Mt. Pleasant Police Department investigated a two-vehicle traffic accident on Jefferson Street at the entrance to the Fellowship Cup on Friday afternoon.  KILJ’s Hayden Douglas reported that a medical […]

The State of Iowa remains drought free this week despite the drier weather in August.  The U.S. Drought Monitor shows that a wetter-than-normal July improved dry and drought conditions across […]

The Mount Pleasant Community School District finance committee met this week to review August expenditures, payroll transitions, and preliminary enrollment numbers. Expenditures and FacilitiesBills included routine maintenance and equipment purchases, […]

Burlington, Iowa — Detectives with the Burlington Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division arrested a Burlington man earlier this week following a months-long investigation into child pornography. The department received a […]

The Mount Pleasant Ordinance Committee will meet on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. in the City Administrators’ Conference Room at City Hall. The committee is set to review […]

A motorcycle and car accident occurred Thursday afternoon on Highway 34 eastbound, just east of U.S. Highway 218, according to Iowa State Patrol Website. Emergency crews from the Mount Pleasant […]