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The Columbus Junction City Council will meet at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 24, at city hall.Items on the agenda include: resolution No. 062415 ? adopting hazard mitigation update ? Staci Griffin, final reading of the vacant building registration ordinance, public input policy, council appointment, committee report and mayor's report.

Victor and Angela Fritz of Brighton will be celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary on Saturday, June 27, from 1 to 4 p.m. at 1173 Spruce Avenue in Brighton.Victor and Angela Collum were married at St Mary?s Catholic Church in Fairfield on June 23, 1990.The event will be hosted by their children: Brianna, Allison, Susan, Thomas, Mary, John, and Hanna.

Des Moines ? Iowa College Aid has announced Macy Marek of Washington as a recipient of the 2015 Governor Terry E. Branstad Iowa State Fair Scholarship. This scholarship recognizes outstanding Iowa high school seniors who have actively participated in the Iowa State Fair and plan to attend an Iowa college or university.Marek will use the $1,000 scholarship to assist in her studies at Iowa State University where ...

The Washington City Council will have a special work session at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, in council chambers at 120 E. Main St.Items on the agenda include: discussion and consideration of resolution directing the sale of $2,335,000 of obligation capital loan notes, discussion and consideration of Main Street Washington request to have movies in Central Park, affirm appointments to Historic Preservation Commission...

This week is another week packed with activities at Washington Public Library. On Thursday, June 25, at 6 p.m. the library will be hosting Cowboy Randy?s Old West Show and Rope Tricks. This show is open to all ages and is sure to be entertaining for all who attend. Channel your inner cowboy or cowgirl while you watch Randy Erwin perform his rope tricks.The next day, June 26, at 7 p.m. the library will host a ...

Cowboy Randy Erwin will be performing at the Washington Public Library on Thursday, June 25th at 6:00 p.m. The show will include, cowboy music, folklore and history, along with rope tricks. The event is free and open to the public.

The Mid-Prairie School Board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, June 22, in the high school library.Items on the agenda include: a presentation about the indoor practice facility, changes to student and parent handbooks, personnel sharing agreement with Williamsburg, athletic activity passes and work session reviewing board policies on student fundraising and booster group fundraising.

Bruce and LeAnna (Lunning) Watson of Washington celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, June 20.They spent the day with their children Pam (Troy) Kleese of Des Moines, and J.B. (Abbe) Watson of Bondurant along with their four grandchildren.They were married on June 20, 1965, at First Presbyterian Church in Washington.

West Chester alumni, spouses, friends, and community supporters met Sunday June 7, 2015, at the West Chester Heritage Schoolhouse for the annual celebration and potluck dinner at 12 p.m.Ellen Dunbar O? Dean, Class of 1955, called to order the regular meeting of the West Chester Alumni at 1 p.m. on June 7, at the Schoolhouse in West Chester.Roll call was answered by Pat Dusenbery 1942, the oldest alumna in ...

The Washington County Board of Health will meet at 12 p.m. Wednesday, June 24, at Federation Bank.Items on the Environmental Health report include financial report, Kris Ruggles complaint update and grants to counties update.Items on Public Health report include: financial report, personnel update, elderly waiver update, Care for Yourself update, Community Health Needs Assessment update, building update and ...

Kevin Kraus, Luther College vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college, announces more than 700 Luther students were named to the 2015 spring semester Dean's List.Two students from Washington earned places on the list: Kristin Davis and Kathleen Kennedy.To be named to the dean's list, a student must earn a semester grade point average of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale and must complete at least 12 ...

BOSTON (AP) ? Ted Williams never did it. Not Carl Yastrzemski. Not Carlton Fisk. Not even Pedro Martinez and Curt Schilling, who ended The Curse nearly a decade ago but did it on the road.Practically no one alive can remember seeing such an event unfold: The Boston Red Sox could win a World Series title on the celebrated green grass at Fenway Park.When the Red Sox last won a World Series at home, Babe Ruth, ...