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The Pekin and Keota school districts have agreed to share Dave Harper as superintendent for the 2025-26 school year.

The Fairfield Beautification Commission will release 1,500 ladybugs in downtown Fairfield on Friday night, June 6.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds visited Packwood Tuesday afternoon, June 3, for a bill-signing ceremony on legislation that provides financial incentives to volunteer first-responders.

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.

Fairfield’s very own Walter Day is the subject of a new documentary, this one focusing on his singing and songwriting.

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.

Henry County Supervisors pull back final reading on Alternative Energy Ordinance, plan work sessions instead

New program rewards kids for bike safety such as wearing helmets and riding safely, with support from local businesses

Residents call for more transparency and public input before vote

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.

Contractors have repaired a drainage issue at Willow Pond, the modest water feature along the Kewash Nature Trail at the western edge of Washington.

Everything to know about the upcoming annual town festival in Washington, as it turns 78 years old.