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7/11/25 08:00 AM
WELLMAN
Are you ready to get your stars and stripes on? That’s the theme for this year’s Independence Day parade in Wellman, and organizers are looking for you to get creative and show your …
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By Cheryl Allen |
7/1/25 02:38 PM
Federation Bank’s Wellman branch celebrated Dairy month on Friday, June 13 with free ice cream sundaes. Kent Karnes and Nikki Sisson served up scoops to the kids from Sunrise Child Care, who …
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By Cheryl Allen |
6/20/25 08:00 AM
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Kalona residents used to their “noon whistle” may have gotten a jolt earlier this month when the city’s new tornado sirens were tested on a Wednesday morning. But this is …
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By Cheryl Allen |
6/20/25 08:00 AM
Golfers enjoyed a fantastic tournament on Saturday, June 14, and the community joined them in the evening to celebrate the Wellman Golf Club’s 100th anniversary with food trucks and music by the …
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Photos by Cheryl Allen |
6/20/25 08:00 AM
WELLMAN
Ask anyone who has been around the Wellman Golf Club for a significant number of years, and they will all tell you the same thing: the course used to be configured differently. The holes …
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By Cheryl Allen |
6/13/25 08:00 AM
WELLMAN
Disputes between neighbors once again came to the fore at the Wellman City Council meeting Monday night, as the council held a public hearing for an update to the fence ordinance, which …
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By Cheryl Allen |
6/6/25 08:00 AM
WELLMAN
Area municipalities typically approve yearly contracts with the Washington County Sherrif’s Office earlier than mid-May for the next fiscal year, but “we did have a union contract that …
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By Cheryl Allen |
5/23/25 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
WELLMAN
There’s a lot of good things happening in Wellman. Replacement of the 9th Avenue bridge is on schedule and the City is optimistic it may be completed by the end of June. Rural water will …
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By Cheryl Allen |
5/9/25 08:00 AM
WELLMAN
Wellman’s new splash pad was a hit with the community when it was turned on at the end of last summer, and the city is eager to enhance the experience of that asset. At the city …
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By Cheryl Allen |
4/25/25 08:00 AM
WELLMAN
The Wellman City Council held a public hearing Monday night for the FY26 proposed property tax levy, which no members of the public attended. The regular business meeting followed, at …
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By Cheryl Allen |
4/11/25 08:00 AM
Nelson Overholt, 37, of Wellman, was arrested in Johnson County on Thursday, March 27 and booked into the Johnson County Jail, where he faces two charges: enticing a minor under 16 – sexual …
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4/4/25 08:00 AM
About 1,500 pork tenderloins were at the ready Saturday night at the Wellman Volunteer Fire Department’s 5th Annual Tenderloin Meal. The grillmen took care that each of the nearly 9-ounce fillets …
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By Cheryl Allen |
3/28/25 08:00 AM
WELLMAN
What could have been a simple rubber-stamp continuing the city’s relationship with Cox Sanitation and Recycling turned into a two-meeting discussion that played out more like a sporting …
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By Cheryl Allen |
3/21/25 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
WELLMAN
Making a decision on who will collect Wellman’s garbage for the next five years turned out to be more complicated for the Wellman City Council on Monday night than they perhaps …
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By Cheryl Allen |
3/7/25 08:00 AM
WELLMAN
If there were such a thing as a ‘typical’ city council meeting, the meeting Tuesday night in Wellman would probably qualify.
An update from Mary Audia of the Washington Economic …
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By Cheryl Allen |
2/28/25 08:00 AM
WELLMAN
Small towns need oil change and tire shops, especially when residents’ 50-mile round-trip commutes burn oil and rubber like it’s going out of fashion. For a while Wellman lost theirs …
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By Cheryl Allen |
2/14/25 08:00 AM
Folks turned out for the Wellman Food Pantry’s Soup & Chili Cookoff fundraiser on Sunday, Feb. 2, making the event a big success. The Food Pantry, which is based out of Asbury United Methodist …
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By Cheryl Allen |
2/7/25 08:00 AM
