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New portal guides residents through step-by-step applications and moves public works permits online

Interactive table offers fun and engagement for older adults

A Fairfield teenager who was reported missing early Sunday morning was found later that day in North Carolina, and has been reunited with her family.

Sheriff Rich McNamee provides monthly update and department offers safety tips

A resident has expressed his displeasure with the recent chip and seal paving through Pleasant Plain, and the Jefferson County Supervisors agreed to personally inspect the complaint he raised.

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.

Henry County Public Health celebrated a successful third annual Back to School Health Fair ahead of the 2025-2026 school year. With strategic partnerships, Henry and Washington counties public health departments provided vaccines, screenings, and resources for school-aged children and families.

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

Ten-year-old Edmund Adkins of Fairfield won the grand prize of the library’s Summer Reading Challenge, a new bicycle courtesy of the local Masonic Lodge and Walmart.

A Henry County woman who worked as a surgeon at Jefferson County Health Center is suing the hospital, alleging that she was paid less than a male colleague because of gender discrimination.

From pulled pork to puzzle-solving, young Winfield residents helped power the weekend — and their own programs — at this year’s festivities

New businesses, old classmates, and generations of attendees bring fresh energy and familiar faces to downtown Winfield