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Latest Articles by Kalen McCain
News Jun. 10, 2025 3:49 pm116d ago
A new town celebration will mix Art Domestique’s annual En Plaine Air competition with a handful of new events focused on the arts, as community members seek to show off their designation as an Iowa Arts and Entertainment district.
News Jun. 11, 2025 3:24 pm115d ago
Neither side seems to expect speedy resolution as case is referred to the state’s supreme court, which can either make a ruling in several months, or delegate the matter to the Iowa Court of Appeals. It’s the latest in a legal battle over polling place errors that allowed at least 70 invalid voters to cast a ballot in the school’s $15 million bond referendum in November.
News Jun. 9, 2025 4:40 pm117d ago
Jackie Morgan has a solid medical background, working as a nurse practitioner for primary care clinics and urgent care floors in Iowa, where she’s lived for 15 years.
News Jun. 6, 2025 1:59 pm120d ago
A Washington man is in custody after police say he stabbed another city resident in the back with a kitchen knife, the morning of June 5.
News Jun. 9, 2025 2:09 pm117d ago
New information released Thursday morning: police say guns were found, not loaded, near WHS baseball field
News Jun. 4, 2025 2:28 pm122d ago
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued an air quality warning across the state from Tuesday to Thursday morning, saying “thick smoke from Canadian wildfires” could prove hazardous to anyone getting active outdoors.
News Jun. 4, 2025 1:45 pm122d ago
A handful of local advocacy groups are asking the Washington County Board of Supervisors to draft and vote on a resolution declaring the community’s civil rights standards, after state legislators removed the term “gender identity” from Iowa’s list of protected classes earlier this year.
News Jun. 4, 2025 12:20 pm122d ago
U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks took a trip to Brenneman Pork in rural Washington County May 29, where she toured a pair of sow farms and a grain mill at the county’s top pork-producing company.
News Jun. 4, 2025 12:11 pm122d ago
Contractors have repaired a drainage issue at Willow Pond, the modest water feature along the Kewash Nature Trail at the western edge of Washington.
News Jun. 4, 2025 12:08 pm122d ago
Everything to know about the upcoming annual town festival in Washington, as it turns 78 years old.
News Jun. 2, 2025 3:48 pm124d ago
Emergency response officials are warning about the potential impacts of legislation passed in the final moments of this year’s session and are asking Gov. Kim Reynolds to veto a provision.
News Jun. 2, 2025 11:49 am124d ago
Expect delays commuting between Lousia, Washington counties for the next few months
News May. 28, 2025 11:32 am129d ago
An asphalt overlay project on B Avenue in Washington this summer will expend all of Washington’s annual funding for pavement improvements, after the low bid came in above-budget.
News May. 28, 2025 11:22 am129d ago
Whether for Zoom connections, assignment grades, or adult life in general, the Washington High School Class of 2025 is done waiting.
News May. 28, 2025 10:26 am129d ago
Washington school board members are considering changes to the district’s cellphone policies in light of a new state law that makes them enforceable.