Kalen McCain

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.

Organizers celebrate variety of groups involved as project comes together

Hundreds of Washington area community members gathered for a banquet at the Riverside Casino & Golf Resort Monday night, for the Greater Washington Business Partnership Annual Awards dinner.

Organizers say they’re excited to raise some money for community improvement with the Washington Betterment Foundation’s annual pub crawl this Saturday.

A court order filed Monday afternoon set the date for a dismissal hearing on an appeal case that could overturn a passed bond referendum in the Highland School District.

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig paid a visit to a Riverside last week, part of his annual 99-county tour, to speak at an ag outlook event at the Riverside Casino & Golf Resort.

No charges announced yet after 49 animals removed from rural Riverside breeder’s property

Hundreds of producers gathered at the Riverside Casino & Golf Resort Thursday for the 2025 Ag Outlook event, an annual conference sponsored by Hills Bank ahead of the planting season.

FAIRFIELD — Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig visited a child care center in Fairfield on Thursday, as part of …

Lawyers for the Highland school district have asked the court to strike an appeal petition, which might otherwise block a narrowly-passed bond issue for the schools over polling place mishaps in November.

The PAWS Animal Shelter in Washington plans to hold a gala next weekend, repeating the fundraiser event at Riverside Casino for the second year as organizers hope to make it an annual affair.

A red flag burn warning from the National Weather Service on Friday sparked some confusion in the dozens of southern and Eastern Iowa counties it affected, coming on the heels of considerable snow melt and frost thawing that made for muddy roads and wet soil.