2025 looks to be an action-packed year in the state legislature. Here’s a look at the top of the docket for Washington County’s elected representatives in Des Moines.
Washington Elementary School Principal Tina Townsend will retire at the end of the 2024-25 school year, after 32 years of service in education.
A panel of contest court judges ruled 2-1 Monday morning that a narrowly-passed $15 million bond issue at Highland schools would stand, even though precinct officials mistakenly handed out ballots to 96 voters who were not school district residents, and should not have been allowed to vote on the matter.
MT. PLEASANT — A woman missing overnight in the Mt. Pleasant was located and taken to the hospital for a …
Tax policy took center stage at the first Legislative Forum of the season hosted by the Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce on Saturday, Jan. 18.
Programs at MPCHS set up two graduates to finish degrees in less time and get to teaching
MPCSD students showed off their hard work and raw talent in an evening filled with jazz music at the Chapel Auditorium
The Iowa Public Information Board on Thursday accepted a complaint against the Henry County Sheriff’s Office, but members didn’t necessarily say they believed there was any foul play involved in the sheriff’s delayed and brief response to a public record request last year.
Mt. Pleasant FFA officers learn about many of the additional uses for corn
The Washington Police Department has announced that additional charges and an additional arrest have been made in their investigation of the property at 615 South Marion Ave.
Around 150 Washington school district parents and teachers attended an informational meeting Wednesday night to discuss a possible four-day school week with district administrators and board members. The group seemed about evenly split over the proposal.
The Washington Great Places Committee no longer receives periodic grant funding from the state. But its members hope to draw passion and creativity from community members at an event Wednesday night.
A representative of Waste Management fielded questions from the public on Thursday about a new trash and recycling contract that would give every household in Fairfield a trash cart similar to their recycling cart.
Farmers got some good news over the holidays when they learned that the U.S. Congress had passed the American Relief Act of 2025, which includes $10 billion in economic assistance for farmers.
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