Andy Hallman

The Washington County Hospital and Clinics Board of Trustees agreed to support defibrillators in schools in Washington County at its regular meeting Thursday.For roughly a decade the Washington County Hospital has raised money at an annual golf event. Washington County Hospital marketing director Kathleen Brinning said the money raised at the golf events has gone to pay the premiums for children who are on ...

Washington Community Theater will present a sentimental comedy this weekend about families, vacations and growing up in Iowa. The play is ?Leaving Iowa,? and stars Brett Pierson, Melody Lockard, Melanie Jeter-Hawkins and Steven Lockard. The play debuts Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Washington Community Theater. There is an encore performance Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and then a Sunday matinee at 2:30 p.m.Steven ...

Dozens of vendors of handmade goods will descend on Washington this Saturday for the 2011 Craft Show. The event is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Central Park. This is the 23rd year of the event, which is sponsored by the Washington Chamber of Commerce.There were over 70 craft vendors at the event last year, and Chamber director Tim Coffey expects at least that many at this year?s event.?The variety of vendors at ...

The Washington County Hospital and Clinics Board of Trustees met Thursday afternoon. Chief Nursing Officer Bonnie Kester spoke about the most recent customer satisfaction report from Press Ganey, a firm that measures patient satisfaction through surveys. The report covered patient surveys received from the months of April, May and June. Kester said in an interview that the report was mostly positive. Kester said ...

After a 10-year hiatus, Mick Flattery will return to coach the Fairfield High School varsity boys? basketball team.Flattery has been the girls? varsity coach the past six years, leading the team to an 80-32 record and two conference titles.In May, Trojans boys? basketball coach Tyler Miklo announced he and his family were moving to Johnston. Athletes and parents approached Flattery to ask if he would rejoin the ...

FAIRFIELD (GTNS) ? The girls? and boys? basketball teams from Fairfield and Washington went to battle Friday night in Fairfield. The Trojans got the better of the Demons in both matches. The girls from Fairfield controlled their game for all four quarters and breezed to a 60-17 victory. The boys? game was very different. Through three quarters, the outcome was still very much in doubt as Fairfield clung to a ...

FAIRFIELD (GTNS) ? Local rivals Fairfield and Washington locked horns in a dual wrestling meet Thursday night in Fairfield. Washington won the meet convincingly 57-15. The Demons thoroughly dominated the lightweights and even most of the middleweights. By the time Fairfield?s heavy hitters in the upper weights took the mat, Washington had the contest in the bag. Trojan head coach Steve Miller said Washington ...

Michael Powers, originally of Pleasant Plain, sang before a trio of celebrity judges in his audition earlier this year to appear on the television show American Idol. Powers performed in front of the show?s judges, Randy Jackson, Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez. Powers may be featured on the show when it premiers its 11th season tonight at 7 p.m. on Fox.Powers works as a 911 dispatcher at the Washington County ...

The Washington Volleyball team has gone on a run recently, winning four of its last five matches, including one Thursday against Mid-Prairie at home. The Demons defeated the Golden Hawks in three games: 27-25, 25-21 and 25-20.Demon head coach Jeff Spenner said his team got behind early in the first game but finished the match strong.?We had to come back to win the first game, and the other two games were back ...

A few local teams competed in the Southeast Iowa Super Conference (SEISC) volleyball tournament Thursday evening in Wayland. Mediapolis won pool play with a record of 4-0 and will be the No. 1 seed in the SEISC eight-team finals on Saturday.Iowa Mennonite School was 3-1, good enough to earn the No. 8 seed in Saturday?s tournament. Central Lee was 2-2. Lone Tree was 1-3. The hosting WACO Warriors were 0-4.WACO ...

The Washington Demon boys track and field team took a trip to Mt. Pleasant Thursday to compete in a track meet. There was no team score kept but that didn?t mean Washington didn?t feel a competitive spirit. Demon boys? head coach Steve Roth said he was pleased with how his team performed, especially in light of the chilly conditions.Roth said that Matt Kuntz impressed him in the 400 meter dash, where he placed ...

The Washington Demon Girls Track and Field team won the track meet in Mediapolis Thursday night. The Demons won the event with 105 points, just ahead of the hosts who had 99 and ahead of Columbus with 94. West Liberty had 81, Danville had 69, Durant had 44, WACO had 40, Central Lee had 29, Keokuk had 15 and IMS had six.Demon girls? head coach Howard Bean said his team got off to a slow start but finished ...

Washington High School head football coach Randy Schrader spoke on changes he would like to see to seventh-grade football at Thursday?s school board meeting. He said there are not enough coaches to manage all the kids who are out for football. In 2011, 53 seventh-graders were on the football team. Schrader said a poll of sixth-graders at Lincoln revealed that 61 kids are interested in going out for football next ...

The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks boys? basketball team fought hard in the last week of the season before Christmas break. However, the Golden Hawks lost both of their road games.The Golden Hawks? first game of the week was Tuesday against Clear Creek-Amana, which they lost 59-40. The second game was Thursday against Solon. Solon was victorious, 63-27.Golden Hawk head coach Don Showalter said his team got off to ...

The Washington Demon girls allowed only a single field goal in the first half against the visiting Fort Madison Bloodhounds Tuesday, taking a 26-3 lead into half time. The Demons won handily, 48-16.The two Laurens, junior Lauren Kimball and senior Lauren Vittetoe, led the Demons in scoring with 10 points apiece. Kimball was 3-7 from the floor including 2-4 from the three-point line. She also had three rebounds,...