SOUTHEAST IOWA TODAY With John Bain

On this VIDEO episode of Southeast Iowa Today John Bain covers the busy day for the Henry County Board of Supervisors at the Henry County Courthouse in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. The Supervisors held a Work BudgetFY27 Session after their weekly Board of Supervisors Meeting on January 27, 2026. On the docket: Henry County Sheriff - Budget FY27– Rich McNamee Henry County Attorney – Budget FY27 – Darin St...

On this VIDEO episode of Southeast Iowa Today John Bain is at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, City Hall for the City Council Meeting.  It’s the 4th Wednesday of January. January 28,2026, to be even more specific. Lots on the Agenda this night, but John was specifically interested in Old Business and the 3rd Reading and adopt ordinance amending Chapter 4 (Animals and fowl) and Chapter 13 (Nuisances) of the M...

On this VIDEO episode of Southeast Iowa Today John Bain is back at the Henry County Courthouse in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. The Henry County Board of Supervisors held their weekly meeting. Their agenda has a new look and it will be included in the description of this program episode. Steve Detrick wants to explore the dismantling of the County Compensation Board. Please note the elected officials get...

On this VIDEO episode of Southeast Iowa Today John Bain is back in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, at the Henry County Courthouse. FY27 Budget Work Sessions continued on Wednesday January 21, 2026. The Henry County Board of Supervisors got together on this morning and talked budgets with Treasurer, Kellie Sloan, Recorder, Lynnae Buffington, Conservation Director, Caleb Waters and IT, Gunner Sloan. Remember...

On this VIDEO episode of Southeast Iowa Today John Bain is back at the Henry County Courthouse in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. It’s Tuesday, January 20, 2026, and the Henry County Board of Supervisors are talking Fiscal Year 2027 Budgets. They held a Work Session and visited with Public Health Director, Katie Reuter, County Engineer, Jake Hotchkiss and Auditor, Robin Detrick. A lot is discussed in this e...

On this VIDEO episode of Southeast Iowa Today John Bain sits down with Legendary Dukes of Hazzard Mechanic Tom Sarmento! Tom is in Southeast Iowa visiting friends and he and John sat down for lunch at the Pizza Ranch in Burlington, Iowa. The guys talked about all kinds of things including Tom’s book; The Man Behind the General as well as the classic television series The Dukes of Hazzard! Tom shar...

On this VIDEO episode of Southeast Iowa Today with John Bain, it’s Thursday January 15, 2026, and John is back at the Henry County Courthouse in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, for the Board of Supervisors weekly meeting. On the Agenda: Approval of Agenda, Approval of Minutes, County Engineer, Jake Hotchkiss, Weekly Update, Motion #01-2026-20 – Contract with Calhoun-Burns for Bridge Inspections, P&Z, Jo...

On this VIDEO episode of Southeast Iowa Today it’s Monday, January 12, 2026, and John Bain is back at Mount Pleasant High School in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, for the Mount Pleasant Community School District Board of Education Meeting. Here’s what is on the agenda: 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3.Approval of Agenda 4. Student Spotlight 5. Citizen Comments (there ) were none6. Mount Pleasant Trap Shooti...

On this VIDEO episode of Southeast Iowa Today John Bain shares that on January 6, 2026, the Clerk of Supreme Court of Iowa electronically filed that after screening it has been pursuant to Iowa Rule of Appellate Procedure 6.908(3) that oral arguments will be permitted on this matter. That means Bart Richmond, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. Jefferson County Attorney, Defendant-Appellant will have his day...

On this VIDEO episode of Southeast Iowa Today John Bain stops by the Washington Fire Department’s Pancake Day 2026. He visits with Fire Chief Brendan DeLong, and Mayor of Washington, Iowa, Millie Youngquist, and shares the fun and importance of this annual fund- raising event. 900 people were served at lunch time and even more stopped by for supper! It all happened January 7, 2026.

On this VIDEO episode of Southeast Iowa Today John Bain catches up with Iowa House District 95 Representative Taylor Collins at the Mount Pleasant Area Chamber Alliance Government Relations Committee Pre-Session Event at The Grange Public House & Brewery in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Topics of discussion included: Des Moines County Wind Turbine Zoning, Imminent Domain, Charlie Kirk, Taxes and a who...

On this VIDEO episode of Southeast Iowa Today John Bain attends the Henry County Iowa Board of Supervisors Work Session at the Henry County Courthouse in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. The agenda consisted on conducting three interviews with candidates for the open position on the Henry County Iowa Board of Health. You will see interviews with candidates: Gloria Fear, Bryan Messer, and William Grimm. All t...

On this VIDEO episode of Southeast Iowa Today John Bain shares information on the upcoming Des Moines County Iowa Public Hearing on Wind/Solar/Battery Ordinance. It’s scheduled for Tuesday, January 6, at 9 AM at the Des Moines County Courthouse. This is your chance to let your voice be heard. If you sign up to speak, you will have two minutes to comment. John shares the notice that appeared in the...

On this VIDEO episode of Southeast Iowa Today with John Bain it’s the last episode of Season 3. Episode Number 173! John shares with you not only the Top 10 but the Top 11 most viewed episodes of 2025.  

On this VIDEO episode of Southeast Iowa Today John Bain shares his year 2025 statistics from Spotify. It’s been a great year for growth and several new milestones were achieved. John shares his thankful report with his audience and wishes them a great 2026!

On this VIDEO episode of Southeast Iowa Today John Bain attends the Henry County Iowa Board of Supervisors meeting at the Henry County Courthouse in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Pay attention to the pledge of allegiance, a patriotic young lady named Brinley leads us. On the AGENDA: Approval of Agenda; Approval of Minutes; County Engineer, Jake Hotchkiss Weekly Update; Possible Action Regarding Oakland Mi...

On this VIDEO episode of Southeast Iowa Today John Bain shares his thoughts and what Christmas means to him. He wishes you a Merry Christmas and looks forward to bringing you Season Four of the podcast, starting in January of 2026!

On this VIDEO episode of Southeast Iowa Today John Bain covers the Brighton City Council Meeting. On the agenda: Call to Order, Roll Call, Discussion/Possible Action – Agenda; Discussion/Possible Action – Minutes December 1, 2025; Discussion/Possible Action – Bills, Discussion/Possible Action – November Financials, Public Comments; Discussion/Possible Action – Fire Department Report • Fire Truck R...

On this VIDEO episode of Southeast Iowa Today John Bain shares the infamous letter that Henry County Citizen Leland Graber has shared with members of the Henry County Iowa Courthouse and alluded to over the past several months at Board of Supervisor meetings. It’s an anonymous, malicious letter containing mention of an act, not for public mention so make sure to censor in your own household.

On this VIDEO episode of Southeast Iowa Today John Bain shares with you the written questions that Henry County Supervisor Vice Chairman Chad White had for the Henry County Attorney. In turn, John shares the County Attorney’s Office’s response. Before that though, he shares with you Chad White’s thoughts from the December 11, meeting regarding his belief that the Board of Supervisors should seek o...

On this VIDEO episode of Southeast Iowa Today John Bain covers the portion of the Henry County Iowa Board of Supervisors meeting with Southeast Iowa Funeral Directors. The Board is wanting to come up with a consensus on transportation costs and other related costs of removing, transporting and care of deceased bodies of the indigent of the county. Different costs of the funeral industry are discus...

On this VIDEO episode of Southeast Iowa Today John Bain brings you continuing coverage of the December 8, 2025, Mount Pleasant Iowa Community School District Board of Education meeting. There was a lot on the agenda, in fact coverage of this meeting has been broken into two parts. This is part two. To watch part one where the coverage of William Barnes’ termination of his contract with the distric...

On this VIDEO episode of Southeast Iowa Today John Bain attends the Henry County Board of Supervisors weekly meeting at the Henry County Courthouse in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. On the agenda: Approval of Agenda, Approval of Minutes, County Engineer Jake Hotchkiss Weekly Updates, P & Z, Joe Buffington, Lot 1 Schlatter Subdivision Phase II, in Section 15 Jefferson Township this was moved to a later...

On this episode of Southeast Iowa Today John Bain attends the Mount Pleasant Iowa Community School District Board of Education Meeting. The Board has new members and one of their first tasks was to determine whether or not to fire an educator. Superintendent John Henricksen recommended to the Board of Education to terminate the contract of Para Educator William Barnes. Mr. Barnes explained his sid...

Did you know that I’m not only one of your favorite podcasters, or even your favorite podcaster, but that I’m an author too? That’s right! I’m the author of this book right here. Christie’s Journey the Beat Goes On. This is a true story about my daughter and my family. Back in June of 2019 my daughter, Christie, at 29 years-old-experienced cardiac arrest while at work at her job in Northeast Texas...