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The Mid-Prairie School Board will meet in regular session at 7 p.m. today in the high school library.Items on the agenda include the consent items; elementary literacy program; Mid-Prairie Athletic Conference; student/parent handbooks; WCRF mini grant resolution; 2014-15 salaries and benefits for principals, central office, and HSAP staff; series 700 board policies, district construction projects and administrati...

Megan Wollenberg, a junior history major from Washington, was recently honored at Buena Vista University's (BVU) student recognition event. Wollenberg received the Ed Bock and Henry Olson Travel Award. This award is for BVU students to support them in opportunities they might not experience otherwise.

Opal Mercer will celebrate her 95th birthday on June 17. Please send a card with happy birthday wishes to: Halcyon House; 1015 S. Iowa Ave.; Washington, IA 52353.

The Highland Community Schools Board of Directors will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, June 9, in the Highland boardroom.Items on the tentative agenda include: the consent agenda, receive visitors and read miscellaneous communications, handbooks for 2014-15, sharing agreement with Washington Community Schools, WCRF mini grant applications, final certification of 2014 tax rates, summer projects, student lunch price ...

Osincup?s drug store won the first-place prize on Ridiculous Day in 1952. Pictured are Bertha Henry (gypsy), Donna Osincup (drum majorette), Mildred Neil (fortune teller), Betty Osincup (ballon man), Princess Baird (organ grinder), Janet Osincup (monkey), Nancy Osincup (dancer), Barbara Romine (gypsy), Herb Osincup (clown), Phyllis Disney (hula dancer), Darlene Payne (bearded lady), and Marilyn Cook (bareback rider).

The Indian Hills Community College Performing Arts Department has honored two outstanding performers and two theater technical crew students for their work during the 2013-14 academic year. Indian Hills presented ?Dracula? by William McNulty last fall, and Shakespeare?s ?Macbeth? this spring.Winning the title of Best Performer in ?Dracula? was sophomore Andrew Kecy of Knoxville and the Best Performer award for ...

The Washington County Board of Supervisors will meet at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 10.Items on the agenda include an animal confinement feeding operation from Drew Hartzler, an animal confinement feeding operation from Steve and Sue Norman, Richmond and Rubio sewer projects, 28E agreement with SE Iowa Case Management, Washington County Riverboat Foundation grant application from Washington County Public Health, ...

Upper Iowa University names its 2013-14 Dean's List. To be honored, the undergraduate must have earned a minimum 3.50 GPA for the semester and be enrolled as a full-time student. The following area students earned a place on the list.Hannah Miller, an elementary education major from Wellman.Cameron Vinsand, an undeclared major from RiversideTraimain Waggoner-Johnson, a fitness and wellness major from KalonaCod...

Recent guests at the home of Dorothy White included her son and his wife, the Rev. Bruce and Pam White of Tuscon, Ariz. While in Iowa, Bruce and Pam attended the Bettendorf High School graduation of their granddaughter, Jordan Raso.Several residents have been seen planting gardens in the garden plots provided them on the south side of campus. They have all of the usual garden vegetables including tomato plants, ...

(From The Washington Evening Journal, Friday, June 4, 2004)10 YEARS AGORinker Materials-HydroConduit Division will close its Washington location by the end of 2004, a move that will cut 36 jobs from the Washington area.The County Engineer?s Office has taken sharper measures to keep people off the closed bridge over the English River north of Richmond and just south of where Nutmeg Avenue forks with Poplar ...

Washington Middle School Awards Day was held May 20, 2014, in the Middle School Auditorium.Students were honored for their activities in the drama department.WMS Drama Club members were: Hannah Anderson, Noelle Beezley, Peyton Cuddeback, Lupita de La Rosa, Logan Hanson, Gracie Greiner, Porscha McClanahan, Alexa Mitchell, Kaitlyn Mitchell, Jose Reyes, Taylor Wallerich, Abbygail VossCast and crew for ?A Suessifie...

The celebrating has begun and Washington is in a festive mood. This week we are filled with excitement as we celebrate 175 years of Washington?s existence. It is exciting to see people connect their lives with the lives of others through learning new Salsa dance moves, growing out beards, wearing clothing from another century or decade, learning about the architecture of the buildings on the Square, or even ...