Rosa L. Prevett, 81, of Mt. Pleasant passed away on Friday, August 12, 2022, at her daughter’s home.
Cremation has been entrusted to the care of Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant. A graveside service will be held at a later date
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.murphyfuneralandmonuments.com
Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant, is caring for her arrangements.
Mt. Pleasant
Mount Pleasant Middle School is hosting a Back to School 3 vs. 3 Basketball Tournament coming up on August 20th. The tournament is open to 3rd through 8th graders. The cost to enter is $60 per team and registration is due by August 15th. With questions, you can contact Ronnie Ashton at reash10@yahoo.com.
Iowa Wesleyan Soccer
Iowa Wesleyan’s fall sports will officially get underway next week as both the men’s and women’s soccer teams have games scheduled.
The Men’s team travels to Southeastern Community College August 19th to kickoff the season. Their first home game is August 21st against North Iowa Area Community College.
The Women’s team begins their season traveling to face off against William Penn University on August 20th. Their first home game will take place August 27th when St. Mary-Of-The-Woods College travels into town.
Fernando Tatis Jr. Faces 80 Game Suspension
The young San Diego Padres superstar, Fernando Tatis Jr., tested positive for Clostebol, which violates Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Tatis will not appeal the suspension saying that it was a mistake as he did not know the medication he was taking to treat Ringworm contained the banned substance. Tatis missed the first four months of the season due to a motorcycle accident that broke his wrist requiring surgery and was on a Minor League rehab assignment before the suspension went into effect Friday.
Padres general manager, AJ Preller, expressed disappointment in his statement about the situation, “I think from our standpoint, obviously he’s a great talent, he’s a guy we have a lot of history with and do believe in, but these things only work when there’s trust both ways.”
Tatis will not be allowed to play for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic and fans will have to wait until early in the 2023 season before he will be on the field again.
Zach Wilson Leaves Preseason Game Limping
The New York Jets’ starting quarterback, Zach Wilson, had a rough start against the Philadelphia Eagles in Friday’s preseason game. Wilson threw an interception on the fifth play for the Jets. Four plays later, as Wilson was moving out of the pocket, his knee buckled and he hit the turf awkwardly. He attempted to limp off but went back down in pain. Wilson missed four games last year after spraining his PCL against the Patriots in week 7. The Jets are looking to improve from their 4-13 record last year.
Today in Sports History
1979: MLB’s St. Louis Cardinals Lou Brock tallies his 3,000 career hit. He was the 14th player to do so.
1993: Blue Jays’ outfielder Rickey Henderson pays $25,000 to Turner Ward for the number 24.
2016: Michael Phelps ends his Olympic career at the Rio Olympics as part of the gold medal winning 4X100 medley relay team, it was his record 23rd gold medal.
AGENDA
August 16, 2022
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9:00 Jake Hotchkiss, Engineer Weekly Update
9:15 Resolution & MOU for Use of $65,000 of
ARPA Funds for Radio Equipment
9:30 Erin Heaton, Henry Community Child Care Center
Other County Business as time allows
Supervisors Sub-Committee Updates
Congratulations to the 2022 West Point Sweet Corn Festival Royalty….Queen Mya Lampe and Princess Aubrey Rudd.
These young ladies were crowned Thursday evening as the 69th year of this popular festival kicked off in West Point, Iowa. The theme this year is “69 Ears of Being Hot and Buttered” Community members and others gathered Wednesday night at Merschman Seed for Shuckfest, prepping about 17 tons of sweetcorn that will be served free thru the weekend.
On August 11, 2022, at approximately 4:08AM, the Henry County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call of a single vehicle crash in the 2300 Grid of U.S. Highway 34 near New London, Iowa. After an investigation, it was found that the driver, Susan Hubler (19 years of age), of Biggsville, IL, was traveling eastbound on U.S. Highway 34 and fell asleep while driving a gray, 2014, Ford Focus. After falling asleep, Susan drove the vehicle off the roadway onto the southside shoulder. After driving off the roadway, Susan came to, panicked, and took evasive action to correct the vehicle. Susan unfortunately overcorrected and lost control of the vehicle which caused her to drive across both the median and westbound lanes of traffic. After crossing the westbound lanes, the vehicle exited the northside ditch of the roadway and struck a wooden barn located along the highway. Susan sustained possible injuries and was transported to the Henry County Health Center by Henry County Paramedics. Susan was given a citation for failing to maintain control of a motor vehicle. The approximate damage to the vehicle was $4,000, and the approximate damage to the barn was $2,000. Assisting with this incident was the Mount Pleasant Police Department, New London Fire and Rescue, and Henry County Paramedics.
James Stephen Denning, 98, of Houghton, Iowa, passed away peacefully on Monday, August 8, 2022, at Savannah Heights Care Center in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
He was born on August 3, 1924, at Sacred Heart Hospital in Fort Madison, the son of Joe and Nellie (Freesmeier) Denning. On April 3, 1945, he married Majorie Stenger in Fort Madison. Together, they had three children: Tim, Monica and Mike. Marjorie passed away in 1950 shortly after the birth of their son, Mike. The following year, Jim married Marjorie’s sister, Eileen Stenger, on April 7, 1951 and they had seven children.
Jim is survived by seven children: Tim (Sharon) Denning of Houghton, Monica Gallagher of Schaumburg, Illinois, Mike (Sally) Denning of Houghton, Marilyn (Glen) Starkey of Mount Pleasant, Linda (Sam) Baxter of Fort Madison, Sam (Kim) Denning of Spring Hill, Kansas and Philip (Jackie) Denning of Houghton; daughter-in-law: Patsy Kruse of Houghton; twenty-nine grandchildren; fifty-one great grandchildren; three great-great grandchildren; sisters: Phyllis (Paul) Steffensmeier of Donnellson and Sister Jane Denning of Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi Convent in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Also surviving are many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wives: Marjorie and Eileen; two daughters: Dianne Denning and Pat Sallee; son: David Denning; granddaughter: Darcy Denning; great granddaughter: Abby Denning; parents: Joe and Nellie Denning; brother: Reverend Jack Denning; sisters: Ruth (Pete) Mertens and Laverne (Vernon) Coffey.
Jim graduated from Saint John’s School in Houghton and was a dairy farmer for many years. He was a member of Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church in Houghton and a charter member of the Houghton Knights of Columbus, where he was a past Grand Knight. He also was a 4th Degree member of Gallitzin Assembly 0278 of Fort Madison. In his retirement, Jim enjoyed visits with his children and grandchildren and especially enjoyed sitting on his front porch greeting neighbors and friends.
Visitation will begin at 12:00 noon, Thursday, August 18, 2022, at Saint John’s Catholic Church in Houghton, where the family will receive friends at 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. A parish rosary will be recited at 4:00 p.m. and a Christian wake service will be held at 6:00 p.m. at the church.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, August 19, 2022, at Saint John’s Catholic Church in Houghton with Father Dan Dorau as celebrant.
Burial will be at Saint John’s Cemetery, Houghton.
In Lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in his memory to Holy Trinity Catholic Schools, Saint John’s Catholic Church or the Houghton Knights of Columbus.
Online condolences may be made to the family at www.schmitzfuneralhomes.com Schmitz Funeral Home of West Point is assisting the family with arrangements.
KILJ Radio is pleased to welcome Slaten Swords to our broadcast team as sports director. He comes to us from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale with a major in radio, tv, and digital media. Slaten brings his experience in sports announcing to our airwaves having done color and play by play for football, basketball, baseball and volleyball. Slaten minored in math and will add special skills in sports analyst and statistics to his sports reporting on KILJ. He has called Ottawa, Illinois home but says he’s excited to get to meet everyone in the community and deliver the sports. And is thankful for the opportunity to make Mt. Pleasant his new home.
