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The utility tentatively plans to extend an underground natural gas pipeline between Hills and Riverside into Iowa City and rural Ainsworth, according to documents the company shared with the Iowa Utilities Commission. A public information meeting on the project is expected in late February.

YMCA Shuts Down Indoor Pool / YMCA opens indoor pool Athletes, water aerobics enthusiasts and recreational swimmers alike mourned the …

School district decision-makers and administrators will hold an informational meeting Wednesday night to discuss a possible four-day school week in the 2024-25 school year. Here’s everything you need to know before the meeting, scheduled from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Jan. 15 at the high school auditorium.

Hungry guests were served by firefighters, city staff and other volunteers at the Washington Fire Department's annual pancake fundraiser Jan. 8.

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.

WASHINGTON – A handful of studies made waves at the end of last year, reporting a drop in Iowa’s average …

Decision-makers say they’ve ‘shown their work’ as call to freeze salaries fails with 4-1 vote

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.