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Kalen McCain
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Latest Articles by Kalen McCain
News Oct. 1, 2025 12:59 pm3d ago
A pair of affiliates with Main Street Iowa and Main Street America spent the day in Washington Sept. 25, where they met with numerous Main Street Washington businesses and partners.
Washington News Oct. 1, 2025 12:49 pm3d ago
Kalen McCain reflects on his career as the Washington reporter at the Southeast Iowa Union.
News Sep. 29, 2025 2:28 pm5d ago
The Washington City Council is taking early steps to continue funding the local municipal band without dipping into taxpayer dollars.
News Sep. 24, 2025 12:56 pm10d ago
Highland schools have forfeited another football game, their third in a row since the program’s head coach resigned amid a low-scoring start to the season marked by player injuries and a small roster.
News Sep. 24, 2025 12:53 pm10d ago
With the filing deadline passed, the Washington County Auditor’s Office has released a list of every city and school candidate whose name will appear on ballots Nov. 4.
News Sep. 24, 2025 12:52 pm10d ago
The city of Washington plans to consider one business owner’s proposal to install public sidewalk art aimed at preventing collisions between cars and buildings.
News Sep. 22, 2025 2:35 pm12d ago
WASHINGTON — Administrators say new rules concerning student cellphone use have not generated the resistance they expected across the Washington …
News Sep. 22, 2025 2:32 pm12d ago
Police say they’re investigating a collision on the Johnson-Washington county line Friday morning, where a car hit a horse-drawn buggy.
Washington News Sep. 21, 2025 4:01 pm13d ago
The Millers deal in a business that most members of modern civilization take for granted: the promise that when they turn on the tap, they’ll get clean, drinkable water.
Washington News Sep. 25, 2025 9:00 am9d ago
WASHINGTON — The Washington Economic Development Group is working on a project to pick up a cottage formerly at Kalona’s …
News Sep. 17, 2025 12:19 pm17d ago
But that doesn’t mean students are free from out-of-class assignments
News Sep. 17, 2025 12:08 pm17d ago
Police in Louisa County say they have a suspect in custody following a five-month investigation of a sexual assault reported in April, but which happened over a decade prior.
News Sep. 17, 2025 12:00 pm17d ago
When DJ’s Casual Cafe opened in Wellman, there were a handful of challenges right off the bat, like a fire that destroyed part of the building.
News Sep. 17, 2025 10:55 am17d ago
Lake Darling will hold two celebrations this weekend: the first dedicating a new paved trail to the local attraction’s namesake, and the other noting the state park’s 75th year of existence.
News Sep. 15, 2025 1:17 pm19d ago
The Brighton Volunteer First Responder group was founded in 1982, with just shy of 20 members. Today, its roster is down to three, one of whom plans to retire and move to Winterset around the end of the year.