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Fairfield Community School District will celebrate Homecoming Week Sept. 23-27, including the varsity football game against Benton Community that Friday night.
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Fairfield Community School District will celebrate Homecoming Week Sept. 23-27, including the varsity football game against Benton Community that Friday night.
No life lose reported in Carol Street house fire
Kiwanis Kids’ Day has been one of Fairfield’s premier events ever since its inception in 1966, and residents will celebrate it once more on Saturday, Sept. 21.
Homecoming week festivities to begin Sept. 30
From gift shop and hair salon to family residence to short-term rental, this Mid-Century home in Mt. Pleasant offers plenty of charm
A dozen schools from across the state will come to Mt. Pleasant to compete this weekend
The Washington Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution — a nationwide nonprofit that promotes patriotism and civic education — held a brief bell-ringing ceremony on city property Tuesday, Sept. 17, in celebration of Constitution Day.
The Washington County Board of Supervisors and Washington City Council on Tuesday both voted unanimously to approve proclamations naming October “domestic violence awareness month,” urged by representatives from the Rape Victim Advocacy Program and Domestic Violence Intervention Program, two nonprofits that frequently deal with the issue in the region.
Leadership Washington, the nine-month leadership development program organized by the Washington Chamber of Commerce, began its 2024-2025 session on Wednesday, Sept. 11, with a class of 28 participants. The opening day's theme was City History Day, and participants were treated to an immersive experience with renowned local historian Michael Zahs.
Mt. Pleasant Arts IMPACT mini-gallery to feature Annie Guldberg’s work through October
A smattering of public and private employees in Southeast Iowa attended a FEMA-led training in disaster recovery efforts last week, which lasted the entire business day. The instructor said his goal was to promote flexibility in recovery efforts, rather than plan for hyper-specific scenarios.
A former general store that represents the last vestige of Dublin, Iowa, — an unincorporated community in western Washington Washington County — will stay standing at least a little while longer, after officials pushed back its demolition planned for Wednesday night.
The YMCA of Washington County won’t open a long-awaited aquatic facility this month as they’d originally hoped, but representatives say their fingers remain crossed about getting the pool up and running by year’s end.
A group of local thespians is putting on a dessert theater staged reading of the play “Pygmalion” in Fairfield on Saturday, Sept. 28.
