Articles Tagged: Washington County

Julie Shaw is Washington County Hospital and Clinics' newest provider, offering neurology services at the Ken and Rosemary Hanson Specialty Clinic.

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About 500,000 bulbs, 8,000 feet of extension cords, and a local FM radio broadcast all play a part in this over-the-top holiday lights display, making its first appearance in Washington this year. It’s made by an IT professional who’s been doing it since high school.

The unnamed tributary flows right by Riverside Elementary School, and under Highway 22 on the east side of town. Local 4-H’ers want to name it “Lincoln Gate Creek.”

The Youth Service Board (YSB) is proud to announce the outstanding results of its recent food drive, which collected an impressive 260 pounds of food to benefit HACAP.

Three people from Fairfield died Monday morning in a head-on crash south of Kalona after a driver crossed into the oncoming lane of traffic to pass a snowplow, according to the Iowa State Patrol.

Two iconic characters from the sci-fi franchise are canonically reunited despite dying far, far apart. It’s the best ending to a Star Trek story I could’ve asked for, it made me cry a little, and the cast is a heck of a surprise.

After years of debate and countless false starts, supervisors have once more modified a proposed ordinance governing commercial wind turbines in the area, extending setback requirements and setting the date for yet another public hearing on the proposal.

A 21-year-old woman from Washington died Saturday after her car left the road and rolled over several times about a mile east of Brighton, but an infant in the car at the time suffered few, if any, injuries.

Main Street Washington’s annual holiday celebration will return this year on the first Saturday after Thanksgiving, bringing horse-drawn carriages, holiday lights, and numerous festivities to the square

The Washington YMCA will hold a ribbon-cutting to mark the grand opening of its new indoor aquatic facility Dec. 10, but nobody gets to dive in until at least a few days later.

Stakeholders are gearing up to challenge the school district election in court

Supervisors expect to approve roughly 3-3.5% raises in December, while department heads say they need time to iron out details

Mike Liska and Mindi Rees are the new president and vice president of the Washington school district’s top decision-making body.

Police said they arrested Brighton resident Michael Stottler Jr. after he allegedly fled from an officer into a field, charging the man with a handful of offenses.