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AMES ? Late summer and early fall is a great time to manage the flowers growing around the house and in the garden. The trick is to know the best times and ways to manage particular types of flowers, like lilies, daylilies and peonies. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach horticulturists offer tips on managing different types of flowers during the late summer and early fall.To have additional questions ...

The Washington County Board of Supervisors will meet at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, at the courthouse.Items on the agenda include: sanitary sewer and storm sewer easement agreement - City of Washington, request for financial support from Washington County Public Health for proposed building construction, acknowledgment of letter received from Keokuk County terminating the Washington-Keokuk County Mental Disabilit...

The Washington Soil and Water Conservation District will hold their meeting on Sept. 3, at 7:30 p.m. at the USDA office. The tentative agenda items for the meeting include cover crop applications, loans, cost share applications, financial statements, and bills for payment. The meeting is open to the public. If you need accommodations, please notify Washington SWCD as soon as possible.

The Washington County Genealogical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, at the courthouse in the recorder's office with Washington County recorder Jo Greiner.Greiner will show the society what their holdings include. The public is invited to attend the meeting.

The Washington Municipal Band Board will have a meeting on Monday, Aug. 31, at 7 p.m. at the Washington Public Library. We will review our great season and plan for a spectacular 85th season next year.

Washington County is proud to have one recipient of only 20 outstanding photography awards sponsored by The Professional Photographers of Iowa at the Iowa State Fair. A 4-H plaque has been awarded to Madison Fishback of Washington Go-Getters 4-H Club for her creative arts photo of a toad.Iowa has more than 14,000 4-H?ers enrolled in photography, among the highest in the 50 states, according to Mitchell Hoyer, ...

WACO Spanish students traveling to Costa Rica in 2017 will have a Back to School Carnival Saturday, Aug. 29, at West Park in Wayland from 12 to 5 p.m.There will be several booths with games, silent bid baskets and a meal will be served.If it rains the carnival will be held at WACO High School.

Bob and Katie Byczek will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary Saturday, Sept. 5, at the couple's home at 2133 Racine Ave, Mount Union with family and friends. They were married Sept. 4, 1965, at Trinity Methodist, rural Mount Union. They are the parents of Linnea Beth Hanshaw and retired CWO3 Charles Byczek both of whom will be joining them. A casual gathering of family and friends between 2 and 5 p.m. ...

BOSTON (AP) ? "I need to run."The messages started arriving just hours after the bombings, pleading for an entry into the 2014 Boston Marathon. For months the calls and emails continued, runners begging for an opportunity to cross the finish line on Boylston Street and convinced it would ease at least some of their grief."They'd say, 'I'm not a qualified runner; I don't think I ever will be. I train. I run. I ...

The Washington County Board of Health learned that one of the board members has resigned and the vacancy needs to be filled, during the board's monthly meeting Aug. 20.Ceanne Alvine was on a speakerphone at the beginning of the meeting. She told the board that she will be out of the state indefinitely. While regretting her leaving, the board members wished her well.Public Health administrator Danielle Pettit-Maj...

The Washington High School Class of 1965 held its 50th Reunion on July 31, Aug. 1 and Aug. 2. The class social was held Friday, July 31, at the Unc and Neph?s Restaurant patio area.Saturday, Aug. 1, provided many opportunities for classmates to gather. There was a morning coffee time at the Frontier Restaurant, golf for those interested and a tour of the newly renovated State Theater, where two of the classmates ...

Dean Edwards' children Steve Edwards, and Denny and Cindy Edwards, and his three grandchildren are holding a card shower for his birthday.Please "shower" Dean Edwards with birthday cards to celebrate his 80th Birthday. Cards can be mailed to arrive for his Sept. 11 birthday to:Dean Edwards' 1714 Pennecamp Dr., The Villages, FL 32162