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Demons baseball falls to Mid-Prairie and Keokuk amid final week of regular season

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Washington resident Dale Bruegge will be turning 90 on July 10, 2025. He kept your roads clear and safe! Send …

Demons fall to Fort Madison in SEC doubleheader

Bloodhounds hand Washington 1st SEC loss before bounce back Game 2

On a former hog farm 900 miles from a coastline in Washington County, Iowa, one family family is growing Pacific whiteleg shrimp. Asked how it compares to pork production, Ken Reed says the work is “basically the same.”

Celebrants at the Salem Church of God in Washington County ring the church bell for Independence Day.

Officials hope third try’s a charm, as the county seeks additional funding for its ambulances, quick response volunteers, and emergency communications infrastructure.

An assembly of protesters holding signs packed into the Washington County Board of Supervisors meeting room Tuesday morning, where they offered a petition with 376 signatures, asking the board to pass a civil rights ordinance that would, “restore legal protection to the transgender community.”

Hillcrest Academy's Ella Mize makes contact in the Ravens' win over West Burlington-Notre Dame on Monday, June 30, 2025. (Hunter Moeller/The Union)

Sen. Joni Ernst named Washington County’s Continuum Ag the “small business of the week” in a press release Monday afternoon, an honor the lawmaker bestows on one company per county every term.

Iowa 4-H’ers have been “learning by doing” since 1902. One of the long-standing traditions of 4-H has been to teach …