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The Washington County Historical Society executive board met at 7 p.m., Sept. 22, at Conger House. Ferd Marie was presiding officer. Six members attended.A report was given about the yard work that has been done. Zoe Cane reported on the middle school History Club that has been organized. Several field trips have been planned. The Washington Community School fifth-graders will be visiting Red Brick School on ...

Martha Washington Questers 1032 met on Sept. 23, 2016, at the home of Jane Fehr. Jane was also co-hostess. Speaker was Pat Johnson. President Virginia Reighard opened with the Questers Invocation, and then she introduced a guest. It was actually a framed picture of Martha Washington, and she will bring it to every meeting. The minutes were read and approved, as was the treasurer?s report. Virginia sent a thank-you...

A portion of Nebraska Avenue will close Wednesday, Oct. 4, for construction purposes, according to the Henry County Engineer's Office.Nebraska Avenue, located east of Mt. Pleasant, will be closed between 230th and 235th streets for the replacement of two box culverts. Iowa Bridge and Culvert will be doing the wok.The road will be closed for approximately four weeks, weather permitting.Questions should be ...

The Washington County Conservation Board is continuing its tradition of offering an interactive, entertaining but educational hike as an alternative to traditional Halloween events. This year, dive deep into Iowa?s ancient past when warm, shallow seas covered the Midwest, during this program on ?Oceans in Iowa.? This public program is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 15 at Marr Park. Participants may arrive anytime ...

Dick Schlatter and Mary Bowser were united in marriage Oct. 7, 1956, at The Little Brown Church in Nashua. They were blessed with four children including: Timothy Schlatter (who passed away Dec. 21, 2011), leaving wife Jeane of Richmond; Tamara (and Jim) Heckendorn of Huber Heights, Ohio; Dixie (and Richard) Young, Washington; and Stephen (and Ronette) Schlatter, Story City.The family celebrated their parents' ...

FAYETTE ? Upper Iowa University is pleased to announce the Dean's List for the Summer 2016 term. To be honored, the undergraduate must have earned a minimum 3.50 GPA for the semester and be enrolled as a full-time student.Among those named to the Dean's List was Sarah Greiner a nursing major from Keota. Greiner attends the UIU Nursing-Online Center.PELLA ? Central College student Bailey Anderson of Washington ...

The Washington County Corn Growers and the Iowa Corn District 9 Committee won the Iowa Corn Best Grassroots Activity of 2016 for their RAGBRAI promotional event at Washington County Corn Growers President Lance Bell?s cropland on July 29 near Washington. They received their award at the Iowa Corn Growers Association Annual Grassroots Summit held recently in Cedar Rapids.The Washington County Corn Growers and the ...

The longstanding tradition for Washington County snowbirds is being revived. There will be a 2017 reunion on Presidents Day in the Mesa, Arizona, area, specific time and place to be determined. Teh group has held a gathering for the past two years, and want to get the word out. If you would like more information, or you wish to be added to the e-mail list, please notify Nancy Salemink at empress@mchsi.com, or ...

The United Church Women met Tuesday, Sept. 13, at the United Church of Crawfordsville with 12 members present.Ruth Erwin gave the meditation about faith and always being ready to help others and doing good for others.President Debbie Lowe called the meeting to order and the Opening Creed was read together.Secretary Billie Jo read the minutes of the July 12 meeting. They were approved as read.Treasurer Pat ...

October events for Polishville will include two dances and one lunch-and-bingo event.A dance is scheduled for Oct. 9, with Larry Goodman of North English providing the music. Food will be on sale beginning at 4:30 p.m., with dancing from 6 to 9 p.m.A lunch with bingo will be servedWednesday, Oct. 12. Lunch will be from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with bingo starting at 12:30 p.m.A dance is planned for Sunday, ...

Heather Heddens hosted the Sept. 13, meeting of the Washington Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) at her home, with 18 in attendance. Co-hostesses were Peg Stephens and Karen Murphy.City Administrator Brent Hinson spoke about the city?s drinking water system. He explained the history of the system of wells and the plans for improvements. The city has three Jordan Sandstone Aquifer ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News It's sounding more and more that the proposed Henry County Jail could end up being larger than the 44-bed project mentioned before the Aug. 1 successful bond referendum on a new county law enforcement center.On Tuesday, the county board of supervisors interviewed Rick Weidner, Blessington, Neb., the first of three finalists for handling the architectural work for the center. ...