Kalen McCain

AINSWORTH — A solemn but grateful crowd gathered in Ainsworth Monday to honor Memorial Day with a brief speech, a …

The Washington County Riverboat Foundation announced its spring grant awards Wednesday night in Kalona, and a $3.5 million contribution to a field house for Washington’s schools stole the show.

Shortly after Mark Lukavsky’s passing, most of his 60-head herd was sold off. Nonetheless, over a year later, cows continue to roam through the family’s pastures, albeit under the management of other producers.

Washington’s square will have public restrooms once again by end-of-day Wednesday, although city officials expect to replace some of the fixtures in a matter of months.

The Hawkeye Area Community Action Program plans to provide roughly twice as much food as it’s used to through its food bank this summer, as part of a partnership with the state’s “Healthy Kids Iowa” program.

With a rough building layout, tentative cost estimates and new architectural renderings, the city of Riverside appears closer than ever to moving forward with a long-discussed wellness center on the north side of town.

Members of the Business Professionals of America chapter at Washington High School competed in Orlando, Florida earlier this month, with 15 students among the thousands of attendees to the organization’s national leadership conference.

School board puts research into four-day week on pause, after state legalizes year-round classes through the end of high school. Plenty of questions remain about both potential academic calendars.

A four-hour “seat belt traffic enforcement program” coordinated between the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, Iowa State Patrol and Washington Police Department led to several tickets and a handful of warnings in May 13.

For Olivia Pacha, farming more than a full-time job. The fresh-out-of-college 23-year-old punches the clock every business day at Premier 1 Supplies, where she’s an assistant livestock manager, before heading down the road to manage her own cow herd.

WASHINGTON – Washington County Hospital and Clinics’ annual “Kidzfest” is planned in central park on Friday from 4:30-7:30 p.m., centered …

A swarm of police cars followed a car on three tires into a Walmart parking lot in Washington Friday afternoon, where police say they arrested the driver on charges of operating while under the influence, eluding officers and a handful of traffic tickets.

Staff from Washington County Hospital and Clinics have collaborated with downtown art studio GunnySac Designs to create an indoor mural for a not-yet-complete mental health wing of WCHC.

A bill allowing high schools to hold year-round classes was signed into law last week by Gov. Kim Reynolds.

British tabloid Daily Mail ran a headline May 9 describing Grant Hill as a “rising GOP star running for Congress.” The trouble is, he’s never run for public office before, and says his entry into the congressional race was an accident, as he only plans to run for the state legislature.