Kalen McCain

The Washington County Conservation Center has three new team members, none of them human.

The window for would-be officeholders is approaching fast ahead of the Nov. 4, 2025 election, which will see a handful of Washington school board members and city officials up for re-election.

Police in Columbus Junction have accused a man of murder in connection to a case earlier this summer where a body was dragged down a road behind a van.

Washington County officials plan to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house Friday afternoon, to celebrate the public health department’s relocation to a new building on Orchard Hill.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained a Southeast Iowa man three days after Washington County dropped drug charges against him.

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.

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.

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.

Regulators have waived an approaching two-year deadline for the renewable energy array approved in rural Washington County in 2023.

Police in Washington County say a Cedar Rapids man is now in custody and is being charged with four counts of impersonating public officials.

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.

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.

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.

WASHINGTON — A collision in Kalona on Monday totaled one vehicle and injured its driver, according to emergency responders. The …

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.