Kalen McCain

The Washington YMCA will hold a ribbon-cutting to mark the grand opening of its new indoor aquatic facility Dec. 10, but nobody gets to dive in until at least a few days later.

Stakeholders are gearing up to challenge the school district election in court

Supervisors expect to approve roughly 3-3.5% raises in December, while department heads say they need time to iron out details

Mike Liska and Mindi Rees are the new president and vice president of the Washington school district’s top decision-making body.

Police said they arrested Brighton resident Michael Stottler Jr. after he allegedly fled from an officer into a field, charging the man with a handful of offenses.

It’s still on the Iowa Public Information Board docket, but the county supervisors and county attorney are no longer involved in the dispute between one Wayland family and the sheriff’s office.

Jim Cuddeback has used about a half-acre of his family’s century farm to grow popcorn for the last 20 years or so, by his estimation, although his family suspects it’s been longer than that.

City officials hope to open a free food pantry by the first of the year, resuming efforts to address food insecurity that started early in the pandemic. The service would be set up at the city-owned ambulance barn in Southtown.

Washington’s schools say their attendance numbers are substantially improved in the first school year after state lawmakers passed a bill cracking down on chronic absenteeism.

The proposed ordinance would probably prevent wind energy development, but some locals still argue it doesn’t go far enough.

The Washington Police Department is asking city residents to start making arrangements for off-street parking ahead of the snowy season, now a few years into a new municipal ordinance that restricts parking during snowstorms, even for residents without their own driveway.

The city’s new waste disposal contractor said the material presented a hazard to employees. Poor market conditions for the product don’t help, either.

But officials say voters in the district could challenge the outcome, which would take about 22 petition signatures and a day in court.

Kyann Miller hopes to sing at Carnegie Hall

Public comments are welcome at the 7 p.m. meeting Nov. 18, but may not change much as the county faces déjà vu thanks to procedural errors when it passed a similar code in September.