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Kalen McCain

Iowa, Iowa City

News Reporter at Southeast Iowa Union

News Reporter at Clarion Plainsman

Reporter for The Southeast Iowa Union, Policy Debate Coach for ICCSD, and forbidden lover of the Oxford comma. [email protected]

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  • 1 week ago | southeastiowaunion.com | Kalen McCain

    Southeast Iowa Union offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. WASHINGTON — Somewhere in rural Washington County, south of 270th Street, behind a farmhouse, a handful of fields and a few acres of brush, sits a pristine clearing, flanked by a babbling creek on one side, and a modest pond and shelter on the other.

  • 1 week ago | southeastiowaunion.com | Kalen McCain

    Southeast Iowa Union offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. WASHINGTON — Tucked away in a corner on the ground floor of the Washington YMCA, one can find a pair of billiards tables, both kept in pristine condition. Show up in the early afternoon on a weekday, and you’ll see each in use, as a handful of regulars return to the room for their daily games of pool, each with a different randomly selected partner.

  • 1 week ago | southeastiowaunion.com | Kalen McCain

    Southeast Iowa Union offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. WASHINGTON — ImpactLife will hold its “Heroes for Life” blood drive at KC Hall in Washington on Thursday, April 17, from 1:30-6:30 p.m., in an annual collaboration with the local Lions Club. According to Lions Club Blood Drive Coordinator Ron Andersen, reserved appointments are preferred at the event, but walk-ins are welcome, provided donors are willing to wait for an opening in the schedule.

  • 1 week ago | southeastiowaunion.com | Kalen McCain

    Southeast Iowa Union offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. WASHINGTON — Public officials say juveniles arrested in Washington County will now be sent to Lee County, ending years of policy that saw youths sent to another facility in Eldora. At a supervisor meeting earlier this month, Washington County Attorney Nathan Repp said the change would keep detained save local tax dollars.

  • 2 weeks ago | southeastiowaunion.com | Kalen McCain

    Southeast Iowa Union offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. WASHINGTON — As students of Washington Middle School and Washington High School start classes under the same roof this fall, their respective parent-teacher organizations plan to combine as well.

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Kalen McCain
Kalen McCain @KalenMccain
21 Feb 25

Late update, but I won the Iowa Newspaper Association's Harrison “Skip” Weber Investigative Reporting Award a few weeks ago, the group's highest honor for investigative journalism. Don't know if I've ever been more proud! https://t.co/iw3046ZA0H https://t.co/9Z3QNSJAmT

Kalen McCain
Kalen McCain @KalenMccain
25 Jan 24

RT @calebmcculIough: Today, Iowa lawmakers sang the national anthem in a subcommittee on a bill that would require it to be sung each day i…

Kalen McCain
Kalen McCain @KalenMccain
17 Jan 24

RT @ErinDMurphy: Here's a fun feature story on a Washington, Iowa, man who has had presidential candidates sign baseballs. From @brittneyjm…