The Iowa State Patrol is pleased to announce that during the February 15 Highway 218 Avenue of the Saints enforcement efforts there were ZERO traffic fatalities or crashes reported on […]

Mount Pleasant, IA – February 22, 2022 — The Friends of the Harlan-Lincoln House, in coordination with Iowa Wesleyan University, is excited to host the Brown Bag Lecture Series once […]

WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa – The annual Southeast Iowa Regional Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Festival (STEMFest) will take place at SCC’s West Burlington campus on March 12 from 10 a.m. […]

BURLINGTON – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is hosting a series of town hall-style meetings where local staff provide updates on recently completed hunting seasons, discuss possible changes […]

Family owned Kruse Motors of Marshall, Minnesota is adding Mount Pleasant, Iowa to the family.  Keith McKinzie and his son Kyle are busy getting ready to open Krusen Motors at […]

In the interest of keeping Henry County residents informed, the Henry County Sheriff’s office has requested KILJ post the daily jail count. During the jail referendum campaign it was publicized […]

Mount Pleasant High School’s show choir InMotion brought home the Second Runner-Up trophy Saturday night after a full day of competition at Pella High School. Eleven high school and six […]

The two Mount Pleasant High School jazz bands competed Thursday at the Tallcorn Jazz Festival at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. They were among 17 bands in […]