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GOOD EATS

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 … more

Kalona, Wellman, Washington libraries awarded at Annual Dinner

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 … more

Stay tuned (up): The Station is now live

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 … more

GOOD BEANS

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 … more

Everyone in the pool!

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 … more

ALL THAT JAZZ

DES MOINES When dancers from Lone Tree and Mid-Prairie high schools arrived in Des Moines on Dec. 4, their hearts raced with excitement and nerves. They had been preparing for this weekend since … more

Riverboat Foundation awards $1.4 million in fall grants

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 … more

Wellman Fire brings joy to Children’s Hospital

WELLMAN For the past two years, the Wellman Volunteer Fire Department has created a pop-up toy shop of sorts at the fire station downtown, where area parents could pick out holiday gifts for their … more

Wellman’s Light the Night

The City of Wellman and Wellman Community Club hosted a fun and festive Light the Night downtown on Saturday, Nov. 30. more

Behind the scenes with the EagleBots

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 … more

Almost famous

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 … more

‘You all have the power within you to be great and to make this world better’

WELLMAN Veteran Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps members, whose service spanned the globe and included combat in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq, filled the front rows at the … more

2024 General Election Results

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 … more

YMCA program makes the most of ‘early out’ school days

KALONA “Are we going to be famous?” the kids want to know seconds after I enter the room and am introduced by one of their leaders, Addie Pacha. I smile. “You’re going to be … more

Energy a hot topic at Wellman townhall

WELLMAN When handed the mic to say a few words to kick off the townhall meeting Tuesday night, Aug. 13, hosted by the Wellman Rotary Club at Parkside YMCA, Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks … more

The grass is green, but the greens are sand

WELLMAN For almost every rule, there is an exception. Take, for example, the greens on a golf course. The ‘green’ is defined as the area of the golf hole with the shortest-cut grass … more

Wellman Golf Club gets a shot of vitality

WELLMAN When Nathan Klostermann was a high school student at Mid-Prairie in the 1990’s, the first assignment given in his speech class was to speak on something that makes his town unique. He … more

Wellman plans to speed up utility billing process

WELLMAN Residents of Wellman will soon be notified of a change to the billing due date for city utilities. On Monday, the city council approved a motion which included changing the due date from … more

Welcome to Wellman

WELLMAN It takes guts for a city to subject itself to a downtown assessment by the Iowa Downtown Resource Center (IDRC). When the professionals come in, they don’t pull any punches, and that … more

Complaint leads to investigation of 3 Mid-Prairie administrators

WELLMAN The Mid-Prairie school board met for a two-hour closed session Monday night in response to notification that the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners (BOEE) “found probable cause to … more
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