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Kalona

It all adds up

“We really love the uniqueness of Kalona Realty. It’s a great brokerage in the area, and a lot of rural places south of Iowa City look to us and come through us, which is really …

Packaging Smiles

Following up on last week’s front-page story, Warner Fick found plenty of help to pack boxes of school kits he assembled into U-Haul vehicles for transport to the Lutheran World Relief facility …

Local veterans share experiences for Storyline tribute video

“My name is Paul Christen. I was in the U.S. Air Force January 1962 to January of 1966,” he begins. “I grew up in northeast Iowa, and I loved airplanes. I had …

Riverside

Riverside Community Visioning's top priorities: Traffic flow at Elementary School and English River access point

RIVERSIDE An improved traffic-flow system at Highland Elementary School and expanded accesses to English River emerged as top project priorities for Riverside through the Iowa’s Living …

Highland FFA Plants Soybean Test Plot

On Wednesday, May 17, Highland FFA planted their 13.2-acre test plot and land lab. The land lab is located behind the Highland High School baseball and softball fields and on the west side of the …

Pet of the Week

Midnight a busy cat. And she’s available for adoption at PAWS & More! First, Midnight might first check on what’s happening outside the window. Then she’ll explore to see if …

Wellman

Wellman Garden Club enjoys spring luncheon, garden in Riverside

Ten Wellman Garden Club women drove to Riverside for their annual Spring luncheon, held this year at La Chiva Loka. We enjoyed our Mexican food and visiting with each other. While …

Mid-Prairie loses second administrator

The Mid-Prairie community is set to lose another valued administrator as the need to be forward-thinking weighs on the district. With the decision to eliminate assistant principal …

Wellman selects contractor for renovations

City Council members approved a bid Monday from Todd Hackett Construction to complete a renovation of the Wellman-Schofield Public Library. The Muscatine firm, the lone bidder, submitted a bid …

Donors needed at Wellman Blood Drive

Donors are needed for the Wellman Community Blood Drive Monday, May 15, from 1:30-5:30 p.m. at the Parkside Activities Center. Contact Andrew Lundstrom at 651-295-5932, to schedule a time …

Lone Tree

Lone Tree’s Freshest Graduates

Lone Tree preschoolers celebrated graduation on May 24.

Veterans: still time to sign up for local video project

On May 19th and 20th, the cities of Kalona and Wellman will be collaborating with locally based Storyline Multimedia to offer area Veterans an opportunity to share their military experience. …

Significant Bills Signed into Law in 2023 Legislative Session

Thursday, May 4 marked the end of Iowa’s 2023 legislative session. Though many sighed in relief that some bills did not end up on the governor’s desk, other bills survived scrutiny …

Pet of the Week

Salinger came to PAWS & More after living alone in a wooden cage stacked with many other cages of cats in a house. In the past few months, Salinger has become more comfortable meeting new people …

Washington County

Coming to the EV History Center: ‘The Longest Year –1864-1865’

“Iowa and the Civil War” is a trilogy written by Ken Lyftogt. Each of the three volumes has been a finalist for the B.F. Shambaugh Award, the highest honor offered by the State Historical …

WCRF awards Kalona $554,300 for recreational trailhead

The City of Kalona received the largest share of spring grant funds awarded Wednesday by the Washington County Riverboat Foundation. The City received grants for two projects: $554,300 for the …

Kalona Mennonite and Historical Societies Golf Benefit

Eight teams played at the Kalona Mennonite and Historical Societies’ Golf Benefit Friday, May 19. Sponsors for the event were Sharon Telephone Co, Iowa Collision & Paint, The …

KCTC techs talk cybersecurity at Chamber business lunch

Members of the business community gathered at the Kalona Area Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, May 17 for a business lunch sponsored by KCTC. Chance Beachy and Jarett Truitt, both KCTC …

Riverside Memorial Day Services

On Wednesday, May 24th, 2023, members of the VFW Post #6414 Riverside will place flags and crosses at the graves of veterans who are laid to rest at St Vincent and St. Stanislaus cemeteries beginning …

Johnson County

What's in a creek name? Maybe Glen, Glenn and Woodrow

IOWA CITY An unnamed creek in southern Johnson County may be about to get a name. Not that Lisa Green-Douglass, chair of the Johnson County Board of Supervisors, is in favor of it. The …

Johnson County campus to get $10 million remodel

IOWA CITY Johnson County officials are moving ahead with a remodel of its Administration and Health & Human Services (HHS) buildings at a cost of more than $10 million. Since the Board …

Requests for Johnson County grants reach nearly $1.5 million

IOWA CITY Nearly $1.5 million in Economic Development and Quality of Life grant requests were received by Johnson County for a Fiscal Year 2024 allocation of $300,000. Among the eight …