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Pictured above are members from the City of Washington accepting a $125,000 grant for the business park from the Washington County Riverboat Foundation at its fall grant presentation Nov.19.

With Thanksgiving and November now over, it?s officially the holiday season. Sparkling white lights as you drive down the streets, seeing your breath hang in the air, the sweet smell of cookies everywhere ... it really is the most wonderful time of the year!At the library, we have a great collection of Christmas materials to choose from to curl up and enjoy including the books "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" by ...

Everyone loves holiday flowers ? they?re beautiful and a perfect addition to holiday celebrations. But they aren?t much good if they don?t bloom, are they? In order to make holiday flowers perennial and beautiful for years to come, special care must be taken. Horticulturists with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach tell how to make sure holiday plants look great for years to come. To have additional ...

ONEighty Teen Center in Washington will be hosting the acclaimed Christmas comedy and musical "A Park Bench Christmas" at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13.Combining the timeless Biblical truths of the Nativity story with modern-day characters that will have you laughing, crying and cheering with glee, this delightful Christmas extravaganza has been thrilling audiences for the past two years, and is sure to become a ...

(From The Washington Evening Journal, Friday, Nov. 26, 2004)10 YEARS AGOTressa Johnson of Wellman was awarded with a Windbreak Award from the Izaak Walton League.Don Hahn of Keota has received the Ruth Wagner Award. This award was presented to Don at the Conservation Districts of Iowa?s Annual Meeting on Nov. 17 and 18 in Marshalltown.WASHINGTON (AP) ? A five-day mad cow disease scare that briefly rattled the ...

Larry and Sara Bartlett just returned home after visiting their son and his family, Dr. Andrew and Jennifer Bartlett and sons in Mahomet, Ill. They attended the local eighth-grade winter band and vocal concert for twin grandsons, Christopher and Clayton Bartlett. The highlight of the trip was attending the eighth-grade All-State Concert to hear Chris and Clay sing in this large ensemble on the campus of Illinois ...

On Dec. 4, the Iowa Statewide Interoperable Communications System Board (ISICSB) in cooperation with local communities and Connect Iowa invites local leaders to attend a FirstNet meeting about the future of public safety communications in Iowa.The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, at the Washington County Sheriff's Office, 2181 Lexington Blvd. Washington.Invited are elected officials ...

Pictured are 16 boy cousins of the Sheetz(s) family. Included is John Sheetz, husband of Bernice Mangold Sheetz and father of Merle and Marion Sheetz. The picture is dated 1907.In the front row are Jake, George, John, Otto, and Will (brother of John). Second row: Ralph, Fred, Andy, Robert, Oscar and Alfred. Third row: Ross, Henry, Ed, Walter and Harry.

The monthly meeting of P.E.O. Chapter OC met at the home of Margi Jarrard with Mary Ward serving as co-hostess on Nov. 13, 2014.Fifteen members enjoyed a program presented by Kate Glinsman.The next meeting is 7 p.m. Dec. 11, at the home of Linda Soukup. Members will enjoy a ?Make It, Bake It or Fake It? auction.

Washington County Extension will reshow both the commercial and confinement manure applicator programs on Friday, Dec. 5, for those who were unable to attend a workshop. These programs are shown free of charge on the first Friday of each month. Applicators who need to schedule a reshow at any other time will be charged a fee per person.The Commercial Manure Program (three hours in length) will be shown at 8:30 ...

Logan Moeller of Keota will study abroad in Merida, Yucatan, in the spring semester. Moeller is a Central College student, and the program is also offered through Central.

Washington County Historical Society Executive Board met at 9 a.m., Nov. 2, at Conger House Museum. Ferd Marie was presiding office. Eight members attended.Board members have been meeting at Conger House on Saturdays to decorate for the Christmas opening on Dec. 6-7 and 13-14, and will meet Dec. 2-5 to finish up.Mike Zahs announced that the nativity display will be in the Ainsworth Opera House from 10 a.m. to 8 ...