Kalen McCain

Iowa’s last remaining Y’s Men’s and Women’s service club will celebrate its 100th anniversary this week, with a get-together at the Washington YMCA April 2 from 4-6 p.m.

Iowa Economic Development Authority and Iowa Finance Authority Director Debi Durham spent much of Wednesday last week on a trip through Washington County.

An 18-year-old from Keota was killed when their car rolled Thursday afternoon, between Kalona and Washington.

An appeal case for the challenged Highland bond election outcome will get a one-hour hearing on April 15, after a judge agreed to reset the schedule and cancel a previously planned 15-minute hearing on April 4.

Members of Iowa’s only Adaptive Sports youth basketball program expect to end the program once season ends, concluding with a trip to Nationals April 4-6.

Advocacy group Washington For Justice is holding a diaper drive at several locations in town, saying the endeavor was inspired by discussions at their Martin Luther King Jr. Day event in January.

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U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks paid a visit to the Washington’s square on Thursday, taking a tour led by Main Street Washington through the downtown area.

Washington County officials last week made a proclamation naming April “Child Abuse Prevention Month,” at the encouragement of a Child Welfare Decategorization Project representative.

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Mike Tschantz stars as the reluctant Gov. Ned Newley in the upcoming performance at the Washington Community Center. The “Harp Player” of some 20 years returned from his retirement in South Carolina to play the part.

Lawmakers and Washington area constituents had more heated exchanges than usual at last week’s event, focusing especially on school funding, trans rights, and legal liabilities for pesticide companies.

A Washington school board member has proposed the termination of two staff sharing agreements with Keota’s school district amid concerns about an advertisement the latter ran at a movie theater in Washington.

The Washington City Council voted Tuesday night to terminate a development agreement with Washington Hotel Group LLC, which has planned since 2023 to build a sizable hotel on the east side of town.

Washington native Gracie Greiner Marlow was Iowa State Pork Queen in 2019, and a frequent 4-H and FFA showman. Graduating from Iowa State in 2023 with a bachelor’s degree in animal science, she remained heavily involved long after she left the highest pork-producing county in the state.