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Kalen McCain
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News Aug. 18, 2025 4:21 pm47d ago
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained a Southeast Iowa man three days after Washington County dropped drug charges against him.
News Aug. 13, 2025 11:48 am52d ago
City council members in Washington voted Aug. 5 to approve a development agreement on the north side of town, where a local company plans to build several houses on a land currently used for row crops, despite its suburban surroundings.
News Aug. 13, 2025 11:44 am52d ago
Washington County officials have renewed a contract with WEMIGA Waste Management, maintaining the county’s ties to the trash disposal and recycling business through 2029.
News Aug. 13, 2025 11:43 am52d ago
The United Presbyterian Home held its annual art reception Aug. 6, showcasing a variety of pieces made by residents in the retirement community’s painting workshop.
News Aug. 13, 2025 11:42 am52d ago
Regulators have waived an approaching two-year deadline for the renewable energy array approved in rural Washington County in 2023.
News Aug. 11, 2025 12:56 pm54d ago
Police in Washington County say a Cedar Rapids man is now in custody and is being charged with four counts of impersonating public officials.
News Aug. 11, 2025 2:28 pm54d ago
As the busiest stretch of summer winds down, a handful of modernization efforts are underway at Marr Park where Washington County Conservation officials say they plan to replace some of the oldest recreational equipment they own.
News Aug. 6, 2025 12:51 pm59d ago
Washington County has joined a fast-growing list of counties eligible for payouts from a legal settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, who manufactured and aggressively marketed the addictive painkiller OxyContin for decades, causing hundreds of thousands of overdose-related deaths.
News Aug. 6, 2025 12:23 pm59d ago
Amid renovations at the Washington County Courthouse, staff in the attorney’s office are living out of proverbial suitcases as crews tear down and redo their former workspace.
News Aug. 6, 2025 12:19 pm59d ago
WASHINGTON — A collision in Kalona on Monday totaled one vehicle and injured its driver, according to emergency responders. The …
News Aug. 6, 2025 11:04 am59d ago
Months after Washington told its longtime maintenance and construction supervisor to resign or be fired, calls for the city to investigate — or even reverse — JJ Bell’s removal are growing louder.
News Aug. 5, 2025 9:46 am60d ago
The Washington County Fair exceeded its two-year-old attendance record this summer with over 19,000 visitors across all six days.
News Aug. 4, 2025 1:38 pm61d ago
The Louisa County Sheriff’s Reserve Unit — a group of community policing volunteers affiliated with the local government’s law enforcement agency — is holding a school supply drive.
News Jul. 30, 2025 3:03 pm66d ago
KALONA — The National Weather Service has issued flood warnings for the English and Iowa rivers, flowing through northern parts …
News Jul. 30, 2025 2:24 pm66d ago
After monthslong screening of job applicants, the county is now positioned to instead delegate the authority of a former department head to a sheriff’s deputy, who also applied for the job.