Community

The health status of community residents is not only the responsibility of doctors, hospitals, and health care providers. Many things affect the community?s health, from the environment to the people who live in it. Every five years, the Iowa Department of Public Health and the local public health department lead the Community Health Needs Assessment for our county. The process requires community members to get ...

The Brighton City Council will meet at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 15.Items on the agenda include: sheriff's department report, maintenance update, water plant maintenance, building/fencing permit approvals, DNR reporting, employee performance, Kirkwood classes, stump removal/seeding, customer billing, attorney update and past due accounts.

Student pictures will be taken at Washington Middle School Tuesday, Sept. 22, beginning at 8:20 a.m. All students and staff members will be photographed for school records and identification cards.Picture packets were sent home with middle-school students on Sept. 11. Each student must bring his or her own order envelope with payment to the camera on picture day in order to receive pictures, or parents can order ...

The public is invited to attend a free program featuring gardens in Scotland and England as well as the Filoli Garden in California. The program will be held Sept. 29 at 6:30 pm at the Washington County Extension Office. Gordon Dyer will be the presenter.Dyer has traveled extensively in the United Kingdom touring many of the great gardens of England. He has a great love of flower gardens and has a perennial ...

School pictures will be taken at Washington High School Monday, Sept. 21, starting at 8 a.m. in the cafeteria hallway for freshman, sophomores and juniors. In addition, any senior who is not having their picture taken professionally should plan to have his/or hers taken at this time so the yearbook will be complete.Picture payment information envelopes have been distributed and/or made available to all underclass...

The DHLW Early Childhood Area council will meet at 5 p.m., Tuesday Sept. 15, at the Columbus Junction Public Library ICN/meeting room.Items on the agenda include: financial report, contract amendment - consider approval of increased funding for the preschool scholarship contract with Community Action of Southeast Iowa, program presentations from Hope Lutheran and Colonel's Kids Childcare Center and administration...

The Washington County Extension Office will hold a Fall Leaders Meeting for all 4-H and Clover Kid club leaders. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 6:30 p.m. at the Washington County Extension Office. Please bring all record book results and other award applications. Enrollments, Club ideas, and National 4-H Week are on the agenda. Awards Night information and enrollment information for the ...

The 4-H mission says ?4-H empowers youth to reach their full potential through youth-adult partnerships and research-based experiences.? 4-H in Washington County cannot be what it is today without the many different types of volunteers.The 4-H Youth Committee is one type of volunteer position. This 17 member adult group meets monthly to review and plan events for the county. They often were 4-H members and want ...

Without cooler weather, or the leaves changing color, we are celebrating the fall season as we begin our fall programs at the library. We enjoyed a great summer of reading with a large group of readers, and hope we can get another group to join us for our fun fall programs. All programs are free, and open to the public. Check us out on Facebook, or stop by the front desk to see all that we will be offering over ...

The Washington City Council will meet at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 15, at 120 E. Main Street.Items on the agenda include: Washington Municipal Band annual report, Relay for Life Halloween Walk Oct. 24 and June 18 requests, rain date for Lincoln School Bike-a-thon Sept. 25, rental inspection update - Steve Donnolly, purchase of a fire brush truck, manhole inspection software, engineering tax order with Fox Engineerin...

The Washington County Riverboat Foundation will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, at the Washington Public Library.Items on the agenda include: treasurer's report, set up procedures for interviewing prospective board members, approval of changes to current by-laws and set dates and procedures for fall 2015 grants.

The Keota School Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, at the Keota Elementary School's library.Items on the agenda include: annual meeting retiring old school board, organization of the new school board - oath of office for new board member, election of president and vice-president, oath of office to the president and vice-president, Keokuk County Conference Board, Washington County Conference ...