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Hills Bank awarded 22 leadership grants in the amount of $1,000 each to high school seniors from a 10-county area. These recipients are selected during their junior year of high school and complete four leadership training sessions throughout their senior year. Hills Bank has awarded over $425,000 to participating students during the past 16 years of the program. For more information on the program and application...

Zacheous Entsminger was honored for his 6th birthday with a party on April 1. It was held at the family home of Scott and Amanda. Other guests besides his siblings included three grandmothers, two grandfathers, and multiple aunts, uncles and cousins. Approximately 40 people gathered for the party and an Easter egg hunt. They arrived from Brighton, Washington, Cedar Rapids and Rubio.Caryl Smith with son Nelson ...

After not meeting during the months of January and February, Fleur-de-Lis Club held their annual Husbands/Guest night out March 22. Members and husbands met on Thursday evening at 6p.m. at the Kalona Brewery for dinner.Kathy Ebert was hostess for the evening and was in charge of reservations for the meal. The group enjoyed the evening of dining and visiting before departing for home.The next meeting will be ...

Ed Smith and Ed Kropa met recently to talk about their overlapping events on Friday, May 11 and Saturday, May 12. Ed Smith is the local coordinator for a gathering of track inspection motor car operators using the trolley tracks at Old Threshers on Saturday. Ed Kropa is hosting a group of Kaiser owners in Mt. Pleasant Friday and Saturday. Kropa is inviting early arriving track car operators to come to the Cruise ...

4-H/FFA sheep and goat exhibitors need to mark these dates for the official weigh-in and start dates to their projects. Goat weigh-in is May 3, from 5:30 ? 7 p.m. at the goat barn. Lambs will weigh in on May 5, from 8:30 ? 10:30 a.m., at the sheep barn.All market lambs, feeder lambs, meat goats and dairy wethers must be weighed and tagged, and all commercial ewe lambs and meat goat does must be tagged to be ...

Twenty-five Dog Project 4-H'ers gathered Saturday, April 14, at the Extension Office to kick-off this spring season of dog workouts. 4-H'ers were reminded of the lifelong skills they learn while invested in this project area: responsibility, discipline, patience, and communication skills. Leaders Tracie Sedlacek, Jessica Schoonover, Kathy Farrier led the meeting. 2018 dog workbooks/manuals/calendars were distribut...

The Washington County Extension Office has 23 individual day camp opportunities called Clover University for PreK through middle school youth. The camps are being offered this year in Ainsworth, Riverside, Kalona, Keota and Washington. Registration forms will be out in the schools after April 13.?Welcome to the Jungle? day camp is for youth who will be entering kindergarten in the fall of 2018. Dates to attend ...

On Sunday, April 8, 2018, middle and high school art students competed in the Second Annual Budding Artists competition held at Art Domestique gallery in Washington. Sponsors were the Washington Lions Club and Art Domestique gallery. Students from Washington County and contiguous counties were invited to participate in a juried show devised to introduce students to the professional jurying process. Following ...

The Rev. Moody Colorado representing the West Chester Methodist Church, provided the weekly church service to Halcyon House residents. The sermon was titled ?Did Our Hearts Burn?? Scripture from Luke 24. Beth Janeck served as pianist.Halcyon House Route 66 Fitness Road Trippers have exercised a total of 42,098 minutes! The Road Trippers who reached the famous Route 66 Diner, received a popcorn gift box, glass ...

The family of Retha Hough is having a card shower in honor of her 99th birthday April 17.Cards may reach her at 1015 South Iowa Avenue, Washington, IA 52353.

An accident at the corner of Winfield Ave. and Broadway St. in Mt. Pleasant occurred Tuesday, May 8.While details are unknown at this time, the driver was headed northbound on Winfield, driving at a high speed, a witness told The News. The driver ran through a stop sign and struck a telephone pole and two parked cars.The driver and another passenger were transported by ambulance to Henry County Health Center. ...

Josh and Brooke Hesseltine are the proud parents of a baby girl, Johonnah Jean Hesseltine who arrived on Friday, April 6, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. She weighted 7 pounds 5 1/2 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long. Big Brother, Bentley, who is 4 years-old welcomed her. Grandparents are Keith and Brenda Lyon of Brighton and Glenn Hesseltine of Crawfordsville and Christine Stauffer of Mount Pleasant. Great-grandmo...