Kalen McCain

Contest court now tentatively plans to convene Jan. 20

Two semi trucks collided north of Washington Tuesday morning, spilling some debris but not blocking the roadway. It was not immediately clear whether the crash caused any injuries.

City council members voted unanimously Tuesday night to accept a construction contract for a new stoplight installation at the intersection of 12th Avenue and Highway 92, in front of UP Home.

Voters will have to wait at least six more months to weigh in on a ballot measure that could help pay for area emergency medical services in Washington County, after advisers and decision-makers failed to agree on a funding level for the proposed tax levy.

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The structure linking city roads with Gingko Avenue will be closed starting Jan. 13 as its replacement is constructed. The current bridge was built in 1928.

Stakeholders and judges met for an informal pretrial meeting Monday to iron out some of the details for an upcoming contest court trial, which will decide the outcome of a $15 million bond issue at the Highland School District. The case seems likely to rest on whether a petition challenging the election's outcome was filed before a state-imposed deadline.

Washington city council members have accepted a contract obligating three municipally-owned rooftops for solar panels in an effort to reduce the city’s energy bills and potentially set up the local government to purchase the generators in the distant future.

The temporary ban on development applications is unlikely to deter companies more than stringent rules passed a week prior, but calls attention to disaster mitigation concerns raised by some constituents.

Donations of clothes, toys and school supplies poured in for four Washington children, displaced from their home just before the holidays.

Washington County officials say the local government’s elections administrator resigned in lieu of termination Dec. 5, although the former employee did not sign paperwork confirming the reasons for her departure.

The Iowa Supreme Court has suspended a Washington attorney’s license for 30 days after oversight groups said she repeatedly failed to meet deadlines that jeopardized her clients’ positions in cases. Justices used the case to highlight a shortage of juvenile public defenders in the region.

A business in Washington will gladly take the packaging foam that comes with your bulkier holiday presents this year, repurposing the material for use in other products rather than letting it take up space in a landfill. Just don’t call it Styrofoam.

Washington’s police department has two new officers on the streets after they graduated with their certifications from the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy Dec. 13, and brought home awards for their performance in the 42-person class.