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Morgan Leichty of Wayland began her reign as Washington County’s 31st Fair Queen Sunday night, after being crowded at the pageant that took place at Washington Community Theatre. Emma Cole of …
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Photos by Giovanni Coronel |
7/18/25 08:00 AM
KALONA
The Washington County Riverboat Foundation gave away over $4.3 million dollars Wednesday night, making dreams come true for area organizations. Not least of those awarded spring grants were …
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By Cheryl Allen |
5/22/25 01:58 PM
Photos by Roger Weber |
4/18/25 08:00 AM
WASHINGTON COUNTY
If you could choose the perfect blue-sky day on which to have Debi Durham, director of both the Iowa Finance (IFA) and Economic Development Authorities (IEDA), visit your county, …
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By Cheryl Allen |
4/4/25 08:00 AM
RIVERSIDE
“These guys are nice,” Sarah Leonard tells me as we stand outside the goat pen, letting a couple of Nubian males lick and nuzzle our hands. “We’ve had some bucks in the past that …
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By Cheryl Allen |
3/14/25 08:00 AM
Kalona, Wellman, Washington libraries awarded at Annual Dinner
By Cheryl Allen
The News
RIVERSIDE
Over 300 business professionals and community members gathered at the Riverside Casino …
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By Cheryl Allen |
3/11/25 01:12 PM
RIVERSIDE
Spencer Leuders, intermediate school principal at Central Dewitt, will be the new Superintendent of Schools at Highland Community Schools and WACO Community School District.
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By Paul D. Bowker |
1/25/25 01:09 AM
WASHINGTON
The contest court held to determine if the vote on Highland’s bond measure this past November passed muster reached a decision Monday: yes, the bond vote passed with the 60% majority …
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By Cheryl Allen |
1/21/25 01:52 PM
WELLMAN
Prior to owning Kalona Coffee House with wife Rhonda, as he has since 2010, Jeff Yoder was never really that into coffee. She was the passionate one, learning the ropes at Caribou Coffee …
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By Cheryl Allen |
12/27/24 08:00 AM
Santa’s reindeer are amazing, but even they were daunted by the ice storm on Dec. 14, the day they were originally planning on visiting Riverside. But Santa wouldn’t dream of leaving kids …
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Photos by Roger Weber |
12/23/24 01:50 PM
WASHINGTON
The ribbon cutting at the Washington YMCA’s new Aquatic Center on Tuesday, Dec. 10 was nothing short of a “momentous event.” The gathering of donors and community members from …
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By Cheryl Allen |
12/20/24 08:00 AM
RIVERSIDE
Smiles abounded Wednesday night at the Riverside Casino’s ballroom, where representatives of area cities and nonprofits gathered for the Washington County Riverboat Foundation’s …
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By Cheryl Allen |
12/13/24 08:00 AM
IOWA CITY
For six hours a week, often more, you’ll find 15 high school students working nights and weekends in the basement of a building at the Johnson County Fairgrounds.
They aren’t …
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By Cheryl Allen |
11/29/24 08:00 AM
KALONA
Back in 2015, Lee Ebersole, Doug Schmieder, and Tony Stutzman were helping out the pep band one evening at what is today Hillcrest Academy. When the principal saw Stutzman carrying in his …
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By Cheryl Allen |
11/15/24 08:00 AM
FEDERAL President Donald Trump (55.9%) Kamala Harris (42.7%) U.S. House Iowa District 1 (1 seat) • Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R, incumbent) (3,845) • Christina Bohannan (D) (2,321) STATE …
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11/6/24 10:10 AM
RIVERSIDE
When Eileen Beran, Janice Weiner, and their spouses met up at a Riverside cornfield to reposition a handful of political signs on Monday afternoon, they instead confronted an unwelcome …
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By Cheryl Allen |
11/1/24 08:00 AM
RIVERSIDE
Your average elementary schooler’s body contains about 5.5 pints of blood. Your average woman: 9 pints. Your average man: 12 pints. And when it starts to spill or spurt out of us, it …
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By Cheryl Allen |
10/11/24 08:00 AM
RIVERSIDE
I’m out in rural Riverside, watching a beautiful Doberman puppy run around a field of green grass with what appears to be joy in her heart.
“They’re about the most loyal dog in …
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By Cheryl Allen |
9/20/24 08:00 AM
RIVERSIDE
The hallways at Highland’s High School/Junior High School and Highland Elementary will be strangely quiet Friday.
There’ll be no school buses pulling into the parking …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
8/29/24 05:47 PM
RIVERSIDE
Emma Christensen grew up in North Liberty, attending schools in an Iowa City School District that has more than 14,000 students.
Mackenzie Streveler grew up just north of Detroit, …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
8/23/24 05:18 PM
