Mount Pleasant News

" Many parents of young children volunteer in their child's classroom by reading to the children, assisting with class presentations and organizing holiday parties.

Members say people are reacting too early as 17 other possibilities remain. By JERMAINE PIGEE jpigee@thehawkeye.com SALEM -- Roughly 200 supporters of Salem Elementary School attended a public meeting Tuesday night at the Salem Community Center to gather and share information about the possible closing of the school.

The Mount Pleasant School District is dealing with big problem, 27% of the high school is out sick with the flu.

A Ballarat security guard will be paid more than $26,000 and his former employers fined $35,000 for underpaying him over a three-year period.

MELBOURNE - Practical nursing graduates at Ozarka College were honored at a recognition ceremony May 5. Students completing their studies in practical nursing were Charlotte Billingsley of Melbourne; Kristina Coleman of Brockwell; Logan Coles of Strawberry; Bridgett Farris of Melbourne; Kayla Foster of Norfork; Waid Holowell of Mount Pleasant; ...