Articles Tagged: Washington County

A Brighton family with a generations-long tradition of attending the Iowa State Fair has memorialized one deceased member with a bench on the fairgrounds.

Washington County’s public health department celebrated its new digs with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Aug. 22, attended by roughly 100 guests.

Washington County officials on Tuesday approved paperwork naming Deputy Nathan Schmuecker as the local government’s new emergency management coordinator, a role he’ll hold alongside his title as a deputy.

Washington County 4-H Member Ava Greiner was named in the top five for the $20 challenge at the Iowa State Fair’s “Awardrobe” competition Aug. 7.

ICE detained a Southeast Iowa man after Washington County officials dropped charges against him. Local officials say Noel Lopez is one of 15 people detained by ICE from the Washington County Jail since the start of this year.

The Chamber of Commerce’s annual Fall Craft Fair will add up to 40 vendor booths and expand further onto Main Street this year, after the event drew record-breaking signups in its 36th season.

Callie Huber of Wellman and Lauren Lukavsky of Washington received a $1,500 Alliant Energy scholarship at an Iowa Foundation for Agricultural Advancement event at the 2025 Iowa State Fair Aug. 16.

The Iowa Supreme Court is preparing to consider arguments for a case that started in Washington County in July of 2022, when Kalona man Matthew Meisheid pointing what appeared to be a gun in the air while police responded to a fireworks call at his house.

Longtime youth group destination Lake Darling Youth Center notches its 75th year of operation this summer, decades after its founding in 1950.

The Washington County Conservation Center has three new team members, none of them human.

The window for would-be officeholders is approaching fast ahead of the Nov. 4, 2025 election, which will see a handful of Washington school board members and city officials up for re-election.

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.

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

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