Final Plans for the 2024 Memorial Day Observance in Mt. Pleasant

By Yorke Prough · Wednesday, May 15th, 2024 at 9:33 am CDT

The Avenue of Flags, Henry County Veterans Memorial Committee has made final plans for the 2024 Memorial Day observance in Mt. Pleasant.

On Thursday, May 23rd, flags will be placed in Forest Home, Old City, and St. Alphonsus Cemeteries under the supervision of Bob Svidal and Robin Daniel. Flags can only be placed if there is a flag holder at the gravesite. It is the responsibility of family members to make sure those flag holders are in place. Flags will be picked up on Tuesday, May 28th, at 4:00pm. Anyone is welcome and encouraged to help place and pick up the flags at cemeteries.

On Saturday, May 25th, at 8:00am, the flags will be raised on the Courthouse lawn. This year the flags will remain flying for 4 days. The courthouse lawn flags will be retired on Tuesday, May 28th, at 4:00pm weather permitting. Anyone is welcome and encouraged to volunteer in the raising and retiring of the Flags at the Courthouse lawn.

On May 27th, the Memorial Day Observance will be held at the Mt. Pleasant High School Gymnasium at 10:30am. The event will begin with the presentation of the colors by members of the VFW, American Legion Posts, and Auxiliaries.

Avenue of Flags Chairman and Honor Guard Commander, Dean King, will serve as the Master of Ceremonies.

Pastor Mike Scudder, who is the pastor at the Faith Lutheran Church in Mt. Pleasant and is also a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, will deliver the Invocation and Benediction.

The MPCHS Band, under the direction of Brad Cook, will be playing patriotic music prior to the beginning of the program and they will also play the National Anthem.

Under the direction of Brooke Smith, a group of Middle School students will be performing a presentation of the Gettysburg Address/Battle Hymn of the Republic.

General Logan’s orders, which were the beginning of the current Memorial Day, will be read.

The featured speaker this year will be Jeff Shipley. Shipley is currently serving in the Iowa House of Representatives representing House District 97, which includes portions of Henry County including Mt. Pleasant.

10 names will be engraved that have been added to the memorial since last Veterans Day, which brings the total to 1525 names. Those names and families that are present will be recognized.

Following the Benediction, the Honor Guard will fire a 3-volley salute followed with taps by members of the MPCHS band.

Those names that have been added to the Memorial are:

Larry P Meagher USMC

Ronald F Shumaker USMC

Donald W Tozer USA

Joseph L Telgren USAF

Joseph E Cottrell USMC

Warren W Vandagriff USN

Wesley D Barton USA

George L Erickson USA

Paul O Erickson USN

G Robert Erickson USN

Robbery Suspects Apprehended in Burlington

By Yorke Prough · Wednesday, May 15th, 2024 at 9:05 am CDT

Just before 1:00pm on May 13th, Burlington Police Officers responded to a report of an assault.

Upon their arrival, officers met with a female who stated that she had been assaulted by a male and a female driving a minivan. During the assault property was taken from the victim. The victim was transported by ambulance to Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center and treated for her injuries.

Through the investigation officers identified the suspects as Allan Brown and Ashley Ferguson. Brown and Ferguson along with the minivan were located at a residence in the 800-bloclk of North 4th St. Search warrants were executed on the residence and vehicle. Brown and Ferguson were later placed under arrest. Ashley Denea Ferguson, 30, was charged with Robbery 2nd Degree and Allan Shandell Brown, 53, was charged with Aiding and Abetting Robbery 2nd Degree.

All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Sports, May 16th

By Slaten Swords · Wednesday, May 15th, 2024 at 6:30 am CDT

High School Track and Field

The State Track and Field meet will start tomorrow, May 16th, and run through Saturday, May 18th, in Des Moines. KILJ will bring updates throughout the three day event.

Some headlines to look out for:

The Mediapolis boys’ team will be competing in 12 events as the Bulldogs attempt to defend their state championship from last season.

The Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ team could have two individual champions as Kohlby Newsom, in the 800-meter run, and Gabriel Hemsworth, in the 400-meter hurdles, enter with top-four times. 

The field events for Mt. Pleasant will be a category to look out for with six competitors between the boys’ and girls’ teams.

Lastly, the girls’ 4×100 meter relay will consist of a couple different teams from the area as Mt. Pleasant boasts the sixth best time entering the meet in Class 3A and Burlington has a talented squad for Class 4A. 

High School Soccer

In the boys’ Class 1A Substate 6 postseason bracket, Central Lee will have their hands full when they travel to #1 West Branch on Monday, May 20th, at 7 pm. 

In the bottom half of the bracket, Danville will face off against Mediapolis in the semifinal on May 20th at Mediapolis. 

In the boys’ Class 2A Substate 5 bracket, Keokuk will take on Williamsburg on the road on May 20th at 7 pm. 

Burlington Notre Dame will compete against Assumption on May 20th at 7 pm on the road. 

The Burlington Notre Dame girls’ team will travel to Mt. Pleasant on Friday, May 17th, for the Class 2A Region 8 quarterfinal at 5:30 pm.

The Mediapolis girls’ team will host Central Lee tonight at 7 pm for the Class 1A Region 1 quarterfinal. 

High School Tennis

Jana Isanta of Mt. Pleasant will participate in the girls’ Class 1A State Singles tournament on May 24th in Iowa City. 

The Fairfield boys’ team will make the trip up to Xavier High School today to see who will advance to the state tournament scheduled in Iowa City for Class 1A.

High School Golf. 

The Wapello district meet was delayed by weather, but the wait was worth it as the thrilling meet saw the top five teams separated by just 12 strokes and Winfield-Mt. Union narrowly exited with the top team score of 350 followed by Keota’s 351. 

The Wolves had three golfers finish in the top 15 with Justin Knipfer leading the team with an 18-hole score of 85, the fifth best on the course. Carter Loyd carded an 86 as Konner Kinneberg finished with an 87. New London’s Coen Fitzpatrick grabbed 32nd place as he shot a 94. 

The boys’ state meet is set to begin on May 20th in Ames with Washington competing as a team for Class 3A at Veenker Memorial Golf Course and Winfield-Mt. Union for Class 1A at Ames Golf and Country Club.

The girls’ Class 1A Region 5 Final will take place at Honey Creek Resort in Moravia today with New London competing as a team.

The West Liberty Country Club will host the girls’ Class 2A Region 5 final today with Olivia Hines of Mediapolis competing as an individual.

The girls’ teams of Mt. Pleasant, Fairfield, Fort Madison, Keokuk, and Washington will travel to Solon for their regional meet scheduled for today.

High School Baseball

Mt. Pleasant will stay at home to face off against West Burlington tonight at 7 pm. 

Van Buren County will attempt to get their first win of the season against Keokuk tomorrow, May 16th, at home at 7:30 pm. 

Burlington Notre Dame will travel to Don Bosco on Saturday, May 18th, for an invitational. 

Central Lee will start their season on May 20th on the road against Fort Madison at 7 pm.

Winfield-Mt. Union will take on New London on May 21st at 5:30 pm.

Mediapolis will square off against Lone Tree on May 21st at 5:30 pm at home. 

High School Softball

Central Lee will travel to Fort Madison on May 20th at 7 pm.

Winfield-Mt. Union will hit the road to face off against New London at 7 pm on May 21st.

Mt. Pleasant will scrimmage Holy Trinity Catholic tomorrow, May 16th, at home at 6:15 pm.

Mediapolis will square off against Lone Tree on May 21st at 7 pm at home.

Van Buren County will travel to take on Fairfield at 7:30 pm on May 20th.

West Burlington will face off against Keokuk at home on May 20th at 7 pm.

This Day in Sports History

1941 – New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio starts his 56-game hitting streak as he tallied the only RBI, in a 13-1 loss to the visiting Chicago White Sox.

1959 – Massachusetts marks the 100th anniversary of the first college baseball game, between Amherst and Williams. The teams reenact the original contest.

2010 – Jessica Watson at age 16 becomes the youngest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world.

Floyd Patten

By Yorke Prough · Wednesday, May 15th, 2024 at 5:49 am CDT

Floyd W. Patten, 68, of Middletown, IA, and formerly of Mt. Pleasant and the Storm Lake, Sioux Rapids and Spencer areas of Iowa, died in the Emergency Room of the Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center in West Burlington, IA.

Floyd was born March 16, 1956 in Sioux Rapids, IA. He was the son of William and Naoma Patten. He graduated from Sioux Valley High School. Floyd entered the United States Marine Corps on January 9, 1976. Floyd served as a Mortarman and Light Vehicle Operator. He was honorably discharged on October 8, 1979 and remained in the Marine Reserves until December 18, 1981. He was united in marriage to Patricia Eades and the couple shared two children, Matthew and Melissa. They later divorced. Floyd went on to meet and become engaged to his life partner Gloria Palmer.

Floyd was a life long over-the-road truck driver. He drove for many companies in his career. He was a die-hard Iowa Hawkeyes fan. He enjoyed watching NASCAR, and was a fan of Dale Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. He loved baseball and softball and was an umpire for Little League and high school baseball.

Survivors include his two children – Matt (Bonnie) Patten of Omaha, NE and Melissa (Garrett) Halverson of Alta, Iowa; his fiancée, Gloria Palmer of Middletown; his grandchildren – Evelyn, Micah and Silas and his siblings – Edwin, Sheryl and Jerry. Also surviving are members of Gloria’s family: her children – Michael, Angela, Brian and Jamie; her grandchildren – Allie, Braden and Caitlyn and great grandchildren – Paisley and Phoebe.

Floyd’s parents and Gloria’s grandchildren Jasmine and Ryan, precede Floyd in death.

A graveside committal service of Floyd’s ashes will be held at 10AM on Saturday, May 18 at the Fulton-Cairo Cemetery north of Winfield, IA. Military Honors will be presented by the Marines Funeral Honors Detail and the Henry County Honor Guard.

Those considering an expression of sympathy may direct memorials to the family. The Kimzey Funeral Home, 213 N. Main St., Mt. Pleasant, is caring for Floyd and his family. Online condolences may be directed to www.kimzeyfh.com.

 

Prep Track and Field: Thursday’s State Schedule for Our Local Athletes for Class 2A and Class 3A

By Slaten Swords · Tuesday, May 14th, 2024 at 4:17 pm CDT

Des Moines, IA- The 2024 coed State Track and Field Meet is getting ready to kick off on Thursday, May 16th, and run through Saturday, May 18th. Here’s a breakdown of our local teams and the Class 2A and Class 3A Thursday events.

The morning and early afternoon events will see Class 2A and 3A start off the state meet with the girls’ shuttle hurdle relay starting the track events and the girls’ shot put and discus along with the boys’ long jump and high jump kicking off the field events at 9 am.

Running Events

Starting off the meet will be the Fairfield and Washington girls’ teams for the shuttle hurdle relay at 9 am. Fort Madison’s Avery Rump and Fairfield’s Carley Seeley will participate in the 3000-meter run at 9:40 am and for the boys’ Class 2A 3200-meter run, Solomon Zaugg will be competing at 10:10 am.

Kynlee White of Mt. Pleasant will run in the 200-meter dash preliminary at 10:40 am. Mediapolis’ Noah Schmidgall will compete in the boys’ Class 2A 200-meter dash at 11 am and Julian Dear of Fort Madison and Ryan Bair of Keokuk will compete in the Class 3A 200-meter dash.

Mediapolis will have a 4×800 relay team in the girls’ and boys’ finals at 11:20 am and 12:10 pm, respectively. Additionally, Fort Madison and Washington will have both a girls’ and boys’ 4×800 meter relay team.

The girls’ and boys’ 100-meter dash preliminary kicks off the afternoon session with Alex Scott of Mt. Pleasant competing in the girls’ Class 3A race at 12:50 pm, while Landry Haberichter of West Burlington will run for Class 2A and Dear and Drew Campbell of Keokuk will compete for Keokuk at 1:05 pm.

The girls’ Class 3A 400-meter dash will start around 1:20 pm with Camryn Atterberg of Keokuk participating. The boys’ Class 2A race will begin at 1:40 pm with Nathan Schmidgall of Mediapolis and Grant Myhre of Central Lee competing. Seth Shepard of Washington and Mason McLey of Keokuk will run in the Class 3A 400-meter dash.

The boys’ Class 2A and Class 3A shuttle hurdle relay will round out the day for the two classes with Mediapolis running for Class 2A and Fort Madison competing in Class 3A at 2 pm.

Field Events

At 9 am, the Southeast Conference will be heavily represented in the girls’ Class 3A discus event with Kya Goodrich and Savannah Slobodnik competing for Mt. Pleasant, along with Elyse Setterstrom of Fairfield and Brylie Lorence of Fort Madison.

The boys’ Class 2A long jump and Class 3A high jump will also begin at 9 am. Henry Luttenegger will represent Mediapolis in the long jump, while Eli Zillman and Ryan Giberson of Fairfield and Kenden Bowie of Fort Madison will participate in the high jump.

At 11:30 am, Mt. Pleasant’s Josie Gilmore will be in the field for the girls’ Class 3A high jump.

How to Watch

The Iowa High School Sports Network (IHSSN) will live stream and broadcast the coed State Track Championship Thursday through Saturday. It will air on the IHSSN Cable Network and be streamed for free at IHSSN.com or the WatchIHSSN app. You can access the stream through the IHSAA or IGHSAU websites.

KILJ will also be providing updates throughout the three-day event. A detailed schedule for Friday will be posted tomorrow for our local athletes.

Prep Track and Field: Thursday’s State Schedule for Our Local Class 1A and 4A Athletes

By Slaten Swords · Tuesday, May 14th, 2024 at 4:16 pm CDT

Des Moines, IA- The 2024 coed State Track and Field Meet is getting ready to kick off on Thursday, May 16th, and run through Saturday, May 18th. Here’s a breakdown of our local teams and their Thursday events for Class 1A and Class 4A.

Class 1A and Class 4A will have a mirrored schedule to the morning and early afternoon schedule with the boys’ shuttle hurdle relay starting at 2:40 pm and the last event scheduled to start at 7:40 pm (the girls’ shuttle hurdle relay).

Running Events

WACO and Columbus will both have teams competing in the shuttle hurdle for Class 1A, while Burlington will field a team for Class 4A.

The 3000-meter run will follow at 3:20 pm as Marie Yoder for Hillcrest Academy will be our only local competitor.

Skipping ahead to the girls’ and boys’ 200-meter dash taking place between 4:20 pm and 5 pm, Rya Scott of Hillcrest Academy will begin her busy day in the girls’ Class 1A race. Ayden Doyle of Danville and Kaiden Amigon of Columbus will compete in the boys’ Class 1A dash and Ladarrius Shealey of Burlington will compete.

The Danville boys’ team will be the only local school to have a 4×800 meter relay team run at 5:50 pm.

The 100-meter dash will consist of plenty of local talent as they run between 6:30 pm and 7 pm. For the girls’ Class 1A, Aurey Meeker of Winfield-Mt. Union and Scott will participate. Burlington’s Mylee Stiefel and Shariah Hart will run in the girls’ Class 4A race. Lastly, for the boys’ Class 1A, Doyle, Amigon, Brigham Porter of New London, and Riley Kaalberg of Columbus will all be sprinting.

Scott will run in her final running event of the day at 7 pm for the girls’ Class 1A 400-meter final. Joey Jolin of Burlington will also compete in the boys’ Class 4A 400-meter dash.

To round out the day, Winfield-Mt. Union and WACO will each field a team for the girls’ Class 1A shuttle hurdle relay at 7:40 pm.

Field Events

The first round of field events will begin at 2 pm as there will be some familiar names in the boys’ Class 1A long jump in London Franklin of New London, Owen Scot of Hillcrest Academy, and Clayton Miller of WACO.

Kylee Hill of Burlington will be one of the few freshmen competing in the girls’ discus for Class 4A.

At 4:30 pm, Danville’s Kenna Furnald will eye a state championship in the girls’ Class 1A long jump. Scott will also compete as this will mark her fourth event of the day.

Finally, Lillian Mennen of Burlington will jump in the girls’ Class 4A high jump.

How to Watch

The Iowa High School Sports Network (IHSSN) will live stream and broadcast the coed State Track Championship Thursday through Saturday. It will air on the IHSSN Cable Network and be streamed for free at IHSSN.com or the WatchIHSSN app. You can access the stream through the IHSAA or IGHSAU websites.

KILJ will also be providing updates throughout the three-day event. A detailed schedule for Friday will be posted tomorrow for our local athletes.

Mount Pleasant Personnel and Finance Committee Meeting Agenda 05/17

By Yorke Prough · Tuesday, May 14th, 2024 at 3:01 pm CDT

The Mount Pleasant Personnel & Finance Committee will meet Friday, May 17, 2024, at 9:00 AM at City Hall in the City Administrators’ Conference Room.

 

AGENDA

 

 

    1. Call to order.
    2. Discuss the Proposal to Upgrade Heatilator Performing Arts Center.
    3. Discuss the Tax Credit Proposal from Joe Mitchell.
    4. Discuss Building & Zoning Administrator Position.
    5. Discuss Public Works Director Position.
    6. Discuss Salary for City Staff for the FYE2025 Budget Year.
    7. Discuss the Proposal from MPU for Ragbrai Shower Trucks.
    8. Discuss the Proposal from Public Works to add Mausoleum to Forest Home Cemetery.
    9. Discuss the Proposal from LL Pelling Co. to Seal Coat East Lake Park.
    10. Discuss the Standard Operating Guidelines for the Fire Department.
    11. Open Forum.
    12. Adjourn.

Wayland City Council Meeting Agenda 05/15

By Yorke Prough · Tuesday, May 14th, 2024 at 2:51 pm CDT

City Hall/Council Chambers
PO Box 155
218 W Main St
Wayland, IA 52654
Phone: 319-256-3276
Fax: 319-256-3279

Regular Meeting Agenda Wayland City Hall @ 7:30 P.M.

MAYOR: Travis Shelman
COUNCIL: Caylon DeVaul,
Kathie Grimm, Jamie Roth,
Chad Rohe, Mike Miller
CLERK: Beverly Conrad
TREAS: Terry Kaufman
ATTORNEY: Lynch Dallas

May 15, 2024

1. Roll Call

2. Consent Agenda
Note: These are routine items and will be enacted by one motion without separate discussion unless a Council member requests an item be removed for separate consideration.
a. Minutes of May 1, 2024
b. Bills for Payment/CD Renewals
c. Building Permits
d. WEDC RFL Semi-Annual Report

3. Citizen Forum
The Mayor and City Council welcome comments from the public for items not listed on the agenda. You are asked to state your name and address for the record and to limit your remarks in order that others may be given the opportunity to speak. The Order of Business is at the discretion of the Chair. No action will be taken.
4. Unfinished Business
a.

5. New Business
a. Appointments: Mayor Pro-tem, Dept. Heads
b. Cigarette Permit Renewal Application – Cobb Oil (Wayland BP)
c. Review/Approve Event US Flag Purchase
d. Approve Office Closure July 22nd – July 26th for RAGBRAI Preparation
e. Approve City Applying for RAGBRAI Licenses/Permits: 5-Day Event Special Class C Retail Alcohol License (if needed) & Food Inspections/Health Licensing

6. Adjournment