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A surprise was in store for Mike Jay. The longtime commentator whose voice has boomed over track meets across Iowa and the U.S. was in Washington on Sunday for for a screening of Track Guy, a documentary about Jay’s career and charity, the Track Guy Foundation.

Raised on a Riverside farm and a graduate of Highland High School, Mackinze Hora returned home to Washington County to manage pigs for Iowa Select Farms. Two years later, she’s managing something larger: a voice for local producers.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds was the featured speaker at the Manufacturer’s Appreciation Luncheon in Fairfield on Thursday, Oct. 23.

Libertyville’s Halloween Parade was started in 1975 by Marilyn Nance and Carol Streed, so it was fitting that Nance received the honor of presiding over this year’s parade as Grand Marshal.

The health and beauty business called Hush & Co. moved into its own space this year, setting up shop at 50 S. Ninth St. in the former home of Financial Moxie.

Since before she could form a sentence, The Joy of Music Owner Elisabeth Peiffer has been enthusiastic about music.

Jenny Schneider bought the building now home to Prairie Flower Bakery “on a whim” about six years ago. Initially intended as a passion project she’d delve into after retirement, the endeavor became a full-time career when her previous employer of 22 years was forced to shut its doors in 2023.

When dramatic soprano Jessica Faselt steps onto the stage of the Paris Opera this November, she’ll be thousands of miles from home — but her heart will still be rooted in the quiet fields of Washington County.

The founder of First Fridays Art Walk is continuing to support the arts in other ways, with a major exhibit planned for November that will feature more than 300 works from over 100 artists.

When Washington Community Theater regular Emily Piette steps into an exam room at the University of Iowa, it isn’t usually because she is actually sick. She’s helping train first- and second-year medical students to meet real people with real feelings before they ever meet real patients.

Wayland photographer Tasha Mae Crile built her business where she grew up, but her work reaches wherever clients want their lives documented. She photographs seniors, couples, and families across Jefferson, Henry, and Washington counties — and beyond when a client needs it — balancing a home base in rural Iowa with a portfolio that keeps expanding.

The City of Winfield and the Winfield-Mt. Union Community School District have launched a new partnership to aimed at strengthening and growing community by identifying opportunities that connect the schools, local businesses and residents.