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A city employee of over 29 years, JJ Bell says he’s frustrated after his unexpected removal from office in June, when he was told to resign or be fired. Confirmed details about the reasons behind his departure are scarce.

When one of the state’s top pork producing companies built a baseball field in its front yard, the farmers acknowledged it was an unusual move.

Local education officials say they’re considering hiring a school resource officer as soon as the 2026-27 school year, as the Washington School district applies for federal funding assistance.

A rotating assembly of musicians known as “Big Band Theory” will play in Washington July 12, celebrating the group’s 18th year since it began as an informal get-together in one member’s basement.

On a former hog farm 900 miles from a coastline in Washington County, Iowa, one family family is growing Pacific whiteleg shrimp. Asked how it compares to pork production, Ken Reed says the work is “basically the same.”

Officials hope third try’s a charm, as the county seeks additional funding for its ambulances, quick response volunteers, and emergency communications infrastructure.

An assembly of protesters holding signs packed into the Washington County Board of Supervisors meeting room Tuesday morning, where they offered a petition with 376 signatures, asking the board to pass a civil rights ordinance that would, “restore legal protection to the transgender community.”

We asked over a dozen fans at TrekFest what made the show so special. Here’s what they said.

Washington County supervisors last week approved a handful of increases in the local ambulance agency’s service fees, raising the costs for most uses of emergency medical transportation.

To put it mildly, Kalona community member Annalee (Faris) Lynch was an avid collector of dolls, before her death in 2011.

TrekFest returns for its 40th year this weekend, as Riverside’s town festival draws crowds from near and far to the recently canonized future birthplace of Star Trek’s Capt. James T. Kirk.

As St. James Elementary Principal Erik Buchholz prepared to retire after the 2024-25 academic year, he knew he’d need to find a replacement that could take the reins at the private Catholic school.

Like their peers, Maya Murphy and Halle Cuddeback moved their tassels to the left side after receiving diplomas, and shook the hands of school district administrators as they received well-earned congratulations. Unlike the rest of the graduating class however, both already had another academic accomplishment already under their belt: an Associate of Arts degree.

In 1875, a man named Mark Whitney opened up a business carving headstones in Keosauqua. His son, Lewis, moved the …

Here’s what we know about an operation that removed 88 kids from a camp in Louisa County June 12-13. It isn’t much.