Kalen McCain

Initial roadwork is underway for some long-awaited improvements to Highway 92/East Washington Street, a main route for commuters to and from Washington’s east side of town.

Organizers say they won’t hold Washington’s Latino Festival this summer, canceling plans for a popular day-long annual tradition in the city’s central park marked by an abundance of authentic food, flashy lucha libre matches and musical mariachi and “Banda” performances. Organizers cite fears of wrongful deportations.

St. James Elementary earlier this month succeeded in raising $5,000 for the American Heart Association in its “Kids Heart Challenge,” a fundraiser formerly known as “Jump Rope For Heart.”

With 1,200 square feet, two bedrooms and a single floor, a newly built house on South Marion Avenue appears modest, from the outside. But it’s got its fair share of classy amenities.

A year and a half into running his own business, Lucas Comfort Solutions Owner and Technician Tom Lucas has doubled the size of its staff, by hiring his first other employee.

A crowd turned out to Washington’s downtown area Saturday for a roughly 90-minute “Hands Off” protest opposing a handful of policies enacted by President Donald Trump in the first several months of his second term, synchronized with a flurry of similar rallies across the nation on the same day.

Washington’s city council and school district have approved their budgets for the coming fiscal year, with the county supervisors set to vote on their finances next week. Here’s everything you need to know.

Keota, Highland and Winfield-Mt. Union each faced considerable pushback when they announced the change to a 4-day school week. But a year later,

A smattering of new amenities are coming to the park in downtown Washington as summer draws near, but the year’s first few downtown events may be light on restrooms and tables.

A pair of operational sharing agreements that provide funding and shared staff members to Washington and Keota school districts will continue, after a school board member last month moved to dissolve the arrangement.

A contentious bond issue for the Highland school district went before a judge Tuesday morning, where petitioners argued the referendum should be thrown out thanks to at least 70 ballots counted in its election from voters who lived outside the district, but were accidentally given a chance to vote on its finances.

The third iteration of Washington’s annual Farm to Film Festival last weekend was a success, according to organizers, who said they noticed “visibly improved” attendance last weekend.

“Hard to Deliver” is a three-part series about maternal health care barriers in Southeast Iowa, as told by the mothers and families who’ve had to navigate them. This article is the final installment.

WASHINGTON — Somewhere in rural Washington County, south of 270th Street, behind a farmhouse, a handful of fields and a …

WASHINGTON — Tucked away in a corner on the ground floor of the Washington YMCA, one can find a pair …