The Washington City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to accept a letter of resignation from Mayor Jaron Rosien. His resignation comes one year after Rosien began an unpaid leave of absence following his arrest on a charge of third-degree sexual abuse.
Two years ago, lawmakers passed a bill allowing voters in counties to declare EMS an essential service within their county and agree to pay taxes to support it. But few counties have done that yet.
Johnson and Washington counties have teamed up on a new marketing effort to create a regional brand and promote the area as an agritourism destination.
In 1900, almost three-fourths of Iowa population lived on farms or in small towns. By 2010, only 36 percent of Iowans remained in rural areas. Most small Iowa towns will never gain population again. That’s why some have turned their focus from growing numbers, to growing quality of life.
West Fork Farmstead now sells pasture-fed meat, eggs, honey directly to consumers
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill supporters say will help address the healthcare needs of Iowa’s underserved rural communities.
Court documents say that the animals living on Roger Escher’s property in November 2022 were surrounded by corpses of other animals in various states of decay.
A criminal complaint filed in the case Jan. 24 said the incident took place between Rosien and a 27-year-old active service member, referred to in the record as “AB,” at Rosien’s bar, J.P.’s 207, the night of Jan. 7 and early morning of Jan. 8.
WASHINGTON – With unofficial election results released by the county shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday, Washington County appeared to follow …
Republican Heather Hora of Washington is running against Democrat Eileen Beran of Kalona for the two-year term to represent House District 92, which covers all of Washington County and parts of Johnson County.
Senate Study Bill 3134 would limit the amount of money the state and counties may pay for land and, in some cases, removes tax benefits for land donors. Lawmakers who are farmers seem concerned about farmland converting to public land, but conservation groups said Iowa already has one of the lowest shares of public land in the nation.
Effective immediately, the Elder Services program will become known as Meals on Wheels of Johnson County. Its service of providing hot and frozen meals plus breakfast bags to senior clients in Johnson, Washington and Cedar counties will not change.
Dr. Lynette Iles, a 57-year-old physician from Washington County who has practiced family medicine in Iowa for decades, agreed to surrender her license earlier this month after the Iowa Board of Medicine accused her of incompetence.
WASHINGTON — A joint investigation concluded that a January house explosion on East Washington Street was caused by a gas …
A landmark predicting the future birthplace of Capt. James T. Kirk in Riverside was recently moved one block east, into …
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