Articles Tagged: Washington County

Iowa Valley Habitat for Humanity has received a $31,900 grant to help repair two homes in Washington and Homestead, Iowa.

WASHINGTON — Main Street volunteers and city parks department employees spent Thursday morning setting up 105 “Lights of Love” trees …

WASHINGTON — Public health officials have finalized a Community Health Improvement plan based on the results of a survey which …

A hotel developer eyeing Washington has asked the city for roughly $1.5 million over the course of 10 years, paid for with “tax increment financing,” or TIF. The incentive-making tool is effective for economic development, but complicated and sometimes controversial.

WASHINGTON — Nonprofit organizations Washington For Justice and Latinos For Washington, Inc. are co-sponsoring their fourth annual holiday meal kit …

WASHINGTON — Faith Baptist Church on the west side of Washington held an Alive After Five Tuesday night to spread …

One decision down, one to go as Jack Seward Jr. weighs whether he plans to seek re-appointment to the board of health.

The family of Mark Kendall, recently made a generous donation to create a new endowment fund through the Community Foundation …

RIVERSIDE — With college basketball underway, what better way to prepare for it than with “The Gabbizza,” Gabbie Marshall’s signature …

City pulls $315,000 for grant matching in bid to qualify for funds, also declares a ‘slum and blight area’

DES MOINES — Warm, dry weather prevailed across a majority of Iowa resulting in 6.7 days suitable for fieldwork during …

School officials have completed a first reading of a policy that would maintain personal finance class as a requirement to graduate from the Washington School District, despite a recently enacted state law that allows schools to drop the class and install its curriculum in other courses.

DES MOINES — Iowa corn production is forecast at 2.52 billion bushels according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics …

WASHINGTON — Purple ribbons once again adorn the streetlights around Washington’s downtown, holding up Hospice of Washington County flyers for …

Culvert replacement expected to take up to two weeks