Andy Hallman

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has won the Iowa caucuses by eight votes over Rick Santorum, according to data released by the Republican Party of Iowa. Romney received 30,015 votes to Santorum?s 30,007, each candidate earning about 25 percent of the vote. The Associated Press reported that more than 122,000 ballots were cast in the 1,774 precincts, a record for the GOP caucuses.Ron Paul placed ...

The Washington Community School District received a $100,000 donation from Carl and Helen Dallmeyer. The money was pledged to the district last fall and is specified to be used to help pay for an electrical system upgrade for the current high school building. A check was delivered to the district on Dec. 22.The district has committed $807,000 to renovate the 1918 structure in preparation for conversion to a ...

The U.S. Bancorp Foundation has donated $2,500 to the Community Chest of Washington. Aaron Kness (third from right), market president at U.S. Bank?s Washington branch, presented the check to members of the Community Chest of Washington last week. Members pictured are, from left, Angela Langstraat, Heather Fedler, Andy Hallman, (Kness), Marge McClure and Dan McClure.

Republican Presidential hopeful Rick Perry visited the Coffee Corner in Washington Thursday morning in one of his final stops before the Iowa caucuses Jan. 3. Joseph Brown of Washington introduced Perry, who has been the governor of Texas since 2000.Perry began his remarks by saying that the country needed a president who was not a ?Washington insider.??You?ve got to ask yourself, ?If we replace a Democrat ...

The Republicans and Democrats will select their favorite candidates for president at the Iowa caucuses Tuesday night. Washington County is divided into 11 precincts, each of which will hold a caucus. In addition to voting for their preferred presidential candidate, caucus-goers will also discuss and adopt resolutions to be added to the respective party?s platform.The caucuses begin at 7 p.m. Patricia Lipski, ...

The new year is days away and residents are reflecting on the year that was and looking forward to the one coming up. Some are celebrating New Year?s with a bang while others are content to leave the celebrating to someone else. Jan Hazelett said that one of her favorite things to do for New Year?s parties in her youth was to play cribbage.Hazelett?s friend Patty Franke said they once had cabins in the town of ...

The Riverside City Council experienced a number of changes this year. The most notable of those was the death of councilor Betty Kaalberg on May 4. The council filled Kaalberg?s seat by appointing Christine Kirkwood, who would go on to win a special election in August and who later won a seat on the council through a general election in November.In 2011 the council was also concerned with issues such as ...

Markell Stuart, 10, passes the ball to his line of midfielders in a game of foosball at the Washington Community Y on Wednesday morning. Stuart is a member of a group at the Y called ?Kid Konnection? that plays games before and after school and on no-school days. Stuart is the son of Lindsey Long and Tyrone Stuart.

Most businesses will shut their doors for Christmas so their employees can enjoy the holiday with their families. However, some services, such as emergency communications and law enforcement, have to be manned all day, every day, including Christmas. Sandy Lovetinsky has been a dispatcher at the Washington Communications Center for 22 years and has worked nearly every Christmas.?In 22 years, I have not worked ...

Countless friends, co-workers, acquaintances and even complete strangers donated gifts to the Rachel and Steve Zabel family last week after their house at 625 E. 10th St. in Washington was damaged by fire. First Christian Church in Washington collected gifts for the family. The gifts took up a large part of the church?s fellowship hall.Family-friend Darren Brown hosted the Zabels for Christmas dinner at his ...

The Washington City Council voted to fill a vacancy on the council by appointment at its meeting Wednesday night. The council is accepting letters of interest from residents of Ward 3 who wish to serve on the council. The letters must be submitted to city hall by 5 p.m. Jan. 3.The councilors had the option of voting to hold a special election but chose to appoint instead. They decided that they will discuss ...

The Washington City Council voted to fill a vacancy on the council by appointment at its meeting Wednesday night. The council is accepting letters of interest from residents of Ward 3 who wish to serve on the council. The letters must be submitted to city hall by 5 p.m. Jan. 3.The councilors had the option of voting to hold a special election but chose to appoint instead. They decided that they will discuss ...

Scott Lujan of Washington has been in the military for over 20 years. He has spent two Christmases overseas ? his first full year and his most recent in 2010. Lujan?s first Christmas abroad came in 1989 when he was stationed in South Korea. His second came when he worked as a signal officer in Afghanistan this past year.Lujan grew up in Eldora, a town of about 3,000 in north central Iowa. He enlisted in the ...

The Riverside City Council received its audit for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, from Ann M. Menke CPA at its meeting Monday night. Menke presented the findings to the council, which she said showed that there were no instances of non compliance. She said there were areas that the city could improve upon and that her firm has discussed those with City Clerk Missy Carter. Carter said some of those issues ...

Bob Libe knows what it?s like to be miss his family over Christmas. Libe was in the service during Christmas 1953. He was stationed in South Korea just after the end of the Korean War.Libe grew up in Washington and then moved to a farm six miles south of town when he was in eighth grade. He was drafted into the Army in 1952, when the Korean War was still going on. He was the first member of his family to ...