WILTON The clock wound back five years Tuesday night in Wilton. Defeating Mid-Prairie for the first time since 2021, the Beavers swept the Golden Hawks in three games in a River Valley …
Road construction has closed a stretch of Kiwi Avenue near Kalona until further notice. Kiwi Avenue southwest of Kalona, just west of Highway 1, closed on Wednesday, Sept. 23, for repairs to a culvert in the road...
Fried mush has deep roots in Iowa, from early settlers and the Great Depression to today's Kalona restaurants and Fall Festival traditions.
Explore Kalona’s railroad history inside the new boxcar exhibit at Kalona Historical Village, with stories of food, commerce, travel and rail …
Over the weekend, heavy rain caused flooding in many areas, including Kalona, Wellman, Washington and Lone Tree. According to reports, Kalona and surrounding communities such as Wellman, Riverside and Washington received about 2 to 5 inches of rain. Other parts of the county were affected as well. The National Weather Service reported approximately 4.91 inches of rain in Ainsworth...
You have probably heard of trapshooting, a sport offered in many communities across Iowa. One of the area teams is the Golden Hawks Shooting …
Washington With the Nov. 3 general election approaching, voters will soon have the option to cast their ballots early. In-person …
Chances are you have listened to a podcast a time or two. There are podcasts on all kinds of topics, each with its own focus and audience. Soon, there will be one centered on Wellman. Wellman council member Nathan Klostermann is preparing to launch a podcast, which he mentioned at a recent city council meeting. He also announced it on social media and shared the logo...
During a brief council meeting, council member Nathan Klostermann told the group that he is starting a podcast about Wellman. The Advancing …
If you have a passion for Wellman, are willing to lend a helping hand and would like to organize annual events such as the July 4 celebration, …
The Lone Tree school board interviewed its top two Construction Manager candidates for the HVAC project that will face voters in the form of a bond referendum this November. City Construction, based out of Iowa City, and Miron Construction, based out of Wisconsin with a regional office in Cedar Rapids, each sent teams to Wednesday night’s board meeting hoping to be selected to manage the project, should voters approve it this fall...
The Lone Tree gym was filled with excitement last Wednesday as the crowd waited to hear that one of its own, Jessica Howard, had been named the …
Lone Tree middle school and high school business and computer science teacher Jessica Howard was recently named the Grant Wood Regional Teacher …
Over the last six months, the city of Hills has been discussing a potential new fire station and city office building. Talks about the building began early this year. In late May, the city purchased the former elementary school site from the Iowa City school district for $450,000. The school was torn down in early 2025. A few months later, in July, the council approved placing a bond measure for the fire station and city office building on the November ballot. The measure is for $5.1 million, and Hills residents will have a chance to vote on it in November...
Cleanliness is next to godliness, they say, and you’re all about clean. Your home is neat and tidy, and so are the garbage bags you bring out …
IOWA CITY Johnson County is rolling out a pilot program that could help expand housing in Lone Tree and Hills, among four other small …
IOWA CITY A fall budget amendment for Fiscal Year 2027 was approved by the Johnson County Board of Supervisors following a public hearing held Sept. 17. The amendment adds more than $13 …
A few weeks ago, Kjerstin Neumiller went out to a home where she discovered a drain held together by a piece of duct tape. “Yeah, that’s …
Kalona photographer Mark Robe is featured in “Reflections: People, Place & Inner Worlds” at the Iowa City Senior Center gallery through …
