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3 weeks ago | 
thenews-ia.com | Cheryl Allen
LONE TREESince 1996, Amy Shalla has put her heart and soul into education. When she first enrolled at University of Iowa and began working toward her undergraduate degree in elementary education and teaching, she may not have foreseen herself becoming a leader in special education, but that’s exactly how things worked out.
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3 weeks ago | 
thenews-ia.com | Cheryl Allen
KALONAExciting changes are in store for The Appliance Barn; one of those, the business announced Monday, is that it has become a member of the Grand Appliance family as of June 1. Owner Brylee Miller and his team will continue their work at the Kalona location, ensuring a seamless transition as the business takes this step forward. “I am very excited to join forces with Grand Appliance and bring our 160 years of collective experience to the market,” Miller said.
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3 weeks ago | 
thenews-ia.com | Cheryl Allen
WELLMANDisputes 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 currently requires neighbors to file a written agreement with the County Recorder before placing a fence on a property line.
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3 weeks ago | 
thenews-ia.com | Cheryl Allen
LONE TREEFive board members of the Lone Tree Economic Development Group gathered around the conference room table Monday, the sixth present virtually, peering into their phones at the final three logos created and refined by Robyn Hepker, a designer with Benson & Hepker Design of Iowa City. One of them stood out to all of them as having the perfect balance of color, legibility, and messaging for the newly formed group.
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4 weeks ago | 
thenews-ia.com | Cheryl Allen
LONE TREEBoard members of the newly formed Lone Tree Economic Development Committee got their first look at logo designs created by Robyn Hepker, a designer with Benson & Hepker Design of Iowa City, on May 19.
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4 weeks ago | 
thenews-ia.com | Cheryl Allen
KALONAWashington County Hospital and Clinics marked the one-year anniversary of its purchase of the Kalona Clinic on May 20 with treats, tours, and a ribbon cutting. Community members from across the county turned out to celebrate the updated clinic’s success. John Woodward, Major Gifts Development Officer, opened the event by thanking the donors who made purchasing the clinic, formerly owned by Mercy Iowa City and, briefly, UI Health Care, possible.
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1 month ago | 
thenews-ia.com | Cheryl Allen
LONE TREEThe pandemic years did a number on education. Students nationwide experienced learning disruptions that negatively affected test scores, especially in math, and the Nation’s Report Card published in January showed Iowa students are still scoring lower than those tested before the pandemic, although recovery is evident. What’s interesting about Lone Tree Elementary is that students were earning low scores in math and English-Language Arts even before COVID crashed the system.
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1 month ago | 
thenews-ia.com | Cheryl Allen
WELLMANArea 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 took a little bit longer to get done,” County Sheriff Jared Schneider said Monday night at the Wellman City Council meeting, and thus cities are approving contracts now. The Wellman council approved a $158,187 law enforcement contract that will begin July 1.
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1 month ago | 
thenews-ia.com | Cheryl Allen
SHARON CENTERTo be recognized as a Gold Star Family is an honor no one desires. To receive such recognition, one must be an immediate family member of a fallen service member who died while serving in a time of conflict.
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1 month ago | 
thenews-ia.com | Cheryl Allen
KALONA“We’ve worked hard on this over the last few years to try to get a little more balanced and to get up to those staffing thresholds that the communities and Sheriff Schneider agreed to, and we’re there,” City Administrator Ryan Schlabaugh told the Kalona City Council Monday night at their regular meeting, the $336,451 law enforcement contract with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office before them.
