Darlene Shumaker Owens, 94, of Idaho Falls, Idaho and formerly of Salem, died Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at Idaho Falls Community Hospital. Services are pending at Elliott Chapel, New London.
Joni Kae Manske
Joni Kae Manske, 64, of Mt. Pleasant, died Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at Henry County Health Center, Mt. Pleasant. She was born January 4, 1960 in Primghar, Iowa to Norm and Dolores Mohr Laue. She married Greg Manske on November 20, 1981 in Paullina, Iowa; they later divorced. On July 5, 2018 she married Paul Weinstock in Marengo, Iowa.
She was a 1978 graduate of Paullina High School where she participated in every girls sport; then graduated in 1982 from Dana College in Blair, Nebraska with a Bachelor of Science degree in social work. She worked as a social worker at Great River Medical Center, West Burlington and the Des Moines County Juvenile Court System. Through her love of social work, she hosted several foster children over the years. In 1998 Joni opened Any Wear Apparel which she owned and operated in Mt. Pleasant and Burlington for twenty-five years. In 2021 she opened ETC Gift Shop in Mt. Pleasant until retiring in 2024 because of declining health.
She attended New London Christian Church. She enjoyed traveling; watching all sports, especially basketball and track; attending all of her children’s and grandchildren’s activities; and especially loved her one-on-one time with her grandchildren.
Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter Megan (Kory) Winsor of Atkins, Iowa; son Mark Manske of Mt. Pleasant; sister Julie (Randy) Paulsen of Paulina, Iowa; brother Steve (Lorie) Laue of Castle Rock, Colorado; three grandchildren, Blaire, Dane and Conrad Winsor; and nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents.
The funeral service will be held Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 10:30 AM at New London Christian Church with Pastor Rod Cooper officiating. Visitation at Elliott Chapel will begin at noon on Friday with the family receiving friends from 5:00 – 7:00 PM. According to her wishes, her body will be cremated following the service and inurnment will be held at a later date. A memorial has been established for New London Christian Church. Joni asks that in lieu of flowers for friends to please remember to support local small businesses. Online condolences may be left at www.elliottfuneralchapel.com.
Prep Track and Field: The Van Buren County Girls’ and Boys’ Win the WACO Relays
Wayland, IA- The WACO Relays were originally scheduled to be run last week, but the rain dictated otherwise as it has for most spring events to start the sport season. Nevertheless, WACO hosted Van Buren County and New London girls’ and boys’ teams and the English Valleys boys’ team yesterday.
Van Buren County came out on top on both the girls’ and boys’ sides with the girls’ team putting up 145 points and the boys’ team managing 97 points. The WACO girls’ team scored 85 points and the boys’ team grabbed 80 points, both finished in second place.
Starting on the girls’ side, here’s all the first-place finishers for Van Buren County. Caylin Schmitt took first in the 100-meter dash with a time of 14.16 seconds. Ava Loeffler raced to a time of 30.11 seconds in the 200-meter dash. Rylee Caviness finished first in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1 minute and 12 seconds.
In the 1500-meter run, Rylee Philips took gold with a time of 5 minutes and 48 seconds. Ashley Fennel grabbed first in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 13 minutes and 59 seconds. Libby Bainbridge took first in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1 minute and 21 seconds. Van Buren County finished in first place in five of the seven relays: 4×100, 4×200, 4×800, Distance Medley, and the 4×100 meter shuttle hurdle.
Marlee Mertens leapt 4 feet and 10 inches in the high jump for the gold. Caylin Schmitt also won the shot put with a heave of 30 feet and 1 inch. In the discus, Lexie Wiley won with a throw of 85 feet and 2 inches.
WACO finished first in five events as the Warriors won the 4×400 meter relay and the 800-sprint medley. Carlee Lunsford took first in 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes and 36 seconds. Zoey Dennler won the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 18.84 seconds. Lastly, Natalie Wagler jumped 14 feet and 1 inch to win the long jump.
New London’s top finisher Marlianna Woodsmall with a third-place finish in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1 minute and 23 seconds. The Tigers finished with 28 points.
On the boys’ side, Van Buren County won seven events with Bryce Moquin sprinting to a first-place finish in the 100-meter dash. Lincoln Bainbridge grabbed first place in the 1600 meter run with a time of 4 minutes and 52 seconds, which defeated Riley Raines of New London by 0.6 seconds. Landry Loeffler took first in the 3200-meter run with a time of 11 minutes and 24 seconds. Tyler Stoltz won the high jump with a leap of 6 feet and 2 inches. Lastly, Cameron Stoltz heaved the shot 36 feet and 10 inches to take the gold in the shot put.
Van Buren County won the 4×100, 4×200, and the 4×800-meter relays.
WACO’s Chase Waterhouse won the discus with a throw of 123 feet and 5 inches. Louden Huisenga had a nice meet with a first-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1 minute and 6 seconds, while taking second in the high jump with a leap of six feet. He also helped the team of Gage Samo, Clayton Miller, and Bryson Waterhouse take first in the 4×110 meter shuttle hurdle.
WACO also took the 800 spring medley with a time of 1 minute and 48 seconds.
New London’s Brigham Porter dominated the sprinting events with first place finishes in the 200-meter dash and the 400-meter dash. Riley Raines grabbed first place in the 800-meter run. London Franklin won the long jump with a leap of 21 feet, nearly two feet better than second place. The Tigers eclipsed 62 points, finishing right behind English Valleys with 64.
Mount Pleasant City Council Meeting Agenda 04/10
The Mount Pleasant City Council will meet in Regular Session on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at City Hall, 307 E. Monroe Street, second-floor meeting room at 5:30 p.m.
AGENDA
- Roll Call.
- Consent Agenda: To the Public — All items with an asterisk (* ) are routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion and a roll call of the Councilmembers. There will be no separate discussion of items unless the Mayor, a Councilmember or citizen so request, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and will be considered in its normal sequence on the Agenda.
- Receive & file communications.
- Approve agenda.
*5. Approve minutes of previous meetings.
*6. Approve payment of bills.
*7. Receive report of Officers including Resolution No 2024-31 approving March transfers.
- Old Business-
- 5:30 p.m. Public Hearing on proposed vacation and sale of alley at 800 W Washington Street, Lee’s Addition Block 6.
- Resolution to vacate and sell alley at 800 W Washington Street, Lee’s Addition Block 6.
- Resolution approving publication of notice of City Council intent to fill vacant Council seat by appointment.
- Resolution approving the award of a construction contract for the McCoy/Monroe Reconstruction Proj ect.
- Resolution approving the award of construction contract for the H Eugene Way Sanitary Sewer Extension.
- Renewal of a Class F Retail Alcohol License with Outdoor Service for Mt. Pleasant Golf & Country Club located at 2275 Hickory Avenue.
- g) Renewal of a Special Class C Retail Alcohol License for DW Costa’s LLC at 1 15 S Jefferson Street.
- New Business-
- Approve Change Order #1 for Pearl Street Reconstruction Project.
- Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign an Iowa Department of
Transportation (IDOT) agreement for Revitalize Iowa’s Sound Economy Program (RISE) Project for construction of a portion of H Eugene Way.
- Approve demolition bid for 1205 N Broadway.
- Accept resignation of Jack Swarm, Building and Zoning Administrator.
- Public Forum.
- Adjourn to meet in regular session on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, at 5:30 p.m.
Henry County Supervisors Meeting Agenda 04/11
Henry County Supervisors
100 E Washington St Ste 202
Mt Pleasant IA 52641
Fax: 319-385-3601
Chad White, Member Marc Lindeen, Vice-Chairman Greg Moeller, Chairman
319-385-0759 319-385-0760 319-385-0761________
AGENDA
April 11, 2024
Approve Agenda
Approve Minutes
Approve Claims
9:00 Caleb Waters, Conservation Monthly Update
Other County Business as time allows
Supervisors Sub-Committee Updates
2024 KILJ Bracket Challenge Winners
KILJ Bracket Challenge- After 25 days, the 2024 men’s basketball tournament has ended, and UConn has taken home their sixth National Championship after defeating Purdue last night 75-60. The Huskies are the first team since 2007 to repeat as National Champions as well.
UConn dominated their competition with each of their tournament wins coming by at least 14 points. In the same way that UConn dominated, the Bunnell’s dominated the KILJ Bracket Challenge.
Rick Bunnell, with 294 points, has won this year’s KILJ Bracket Challenge, sponsored by The Press Box Grill and Bar and Wiley’s Interior Furnishings and Design. His best rounds were the first round and the Sweet 16. He guessed 25 of 32 games right in round one and five of eight correct in the Sweet 16.
In second place was Lysha Bunnell with 290 points. Her key was consistency, never guessing less than 50% of the games in the round correctly. Her second round was her strongest round with 13 correct guesses, which tied for second most in the round.
Lastly, grabbing third place was Ellyanna Bunnell with 286 points. Her strong finish helped elevate her pass the competition after a lackluster first round. She also guessed 13 games correctly in the second round to help her cause.
After a spectacular run for Julie Liechty, UConn played spoiler as she had guessed the last six games correctly, including a perfect four for four in the Elite Eight. The loss sent her back to 6th place, which was still impressive after starting in 25th place after the first two rounds.
The KILJ Bracket Challenge saw 16 brackets correctly pick UConn as the National Champion and if the KILJ staff was involved in the challenge everyone would have finished in 28th place or lower—fun fact.
Thank you all for participating, congratulations to our prize winners, and a big thank you to our sponsors The Press Box Grill and Bar and Wiley’s Interior Furnishings and Design for allowing us to put this together. The Bracket Challenge will be back again next year!
Top 10
- Rick Bunnell
- Lysha Bunnell
- Ellyanna Bunnell
- Sharon Menke
- Allie Liecthy-Hultman
- Julie Liecthy
- Alan Buckert
- Jeff Broeg
- Mat Wilson
- Karen Drury
Dolores McGuire
Dolores J. (Farmer) McGuire, 92, of Wayland, passed away April 8, 2024, at her home. A funeral service will be held Monday, April 15, 2024, at 11:00 AM at the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington. Following a meal, burial will be held at Cottonwood Cemetery in Wayland. The service will be available via Livestream at the Beatty Peterseim Facebook and YouTube pages. Visitation will be held Sunday, April 14, 2024, from 2 – 4 PM at the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington. A memorial fund has been established for the Cottonwood Cemetery.
Dolores Jane McGuire was born December 30, 1931, the daughter of Frank and Anna Elizabeth (Messer) Farmer. She graduated from Wayland High School and worked for several owners of the grocery store in Wayland. On June 6, 1950, she was united in marriage to Emery McGuire. She was a lifelong resident of the Wayland community and was a member of the Cottonwood United Methodist Church.
Survivors include two children: son Doug (Kay) McGuire of Wayland, daughter Brenda (James) Holley of Burlington; three grandsons: Matthew McGuire, Monte McGuire, Ryan Holley, one granddaughter Amy (Scott) Warnke; two great-grandsons: Mika and Coy McGuire, great-granddaughter Erica Warnke; one sister Evelyn (Larry) Morrow; brother-in-law Kenneth Clark and many nieces and nephews.
Preceding Dolores in death were her parents, husband Emery and two sisters: Bernice Jennings and Jean Clark.
Tragedy in West Burlington: Student Found Deceased
A tragedy has struck Southeastern Community college as a student at the West Burlington campus was found deceased on Monday afternoon.
At this time, there is no suspicion of foul play. SCC officials are working with the West Burlington Police Department. An investigation is underway to understand the circumstances surrounding this tragic event.
The student’s name is being withheld pending contact of the student’s family.
“Our deepest condolences go out to the student’s family and friends,” said SCC President Dr. Michael Ash. “Losing a member of our community is a profound loss for us all, and our thoughts are with those who knew and loved the student during this difficult time.”
We understand that this news may be distressing for our current students and staff. Counseling and support services are available for anyone who may need assistance in processing their emotions or seeking guidance during this period of grief.
Counseling services will be available on Tuesday, April 9 in the Student Affairs Office on the West Burlington campus. Students may also utilize free services provided by The Virtual Care Group at thevirtualcaregroup.com/scciowa at any time.