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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]

Articles

  • 6 days ago | southeastiowaunion.com | Kalen McCain

    Southeast Iowa Union offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. WASHINGTON — After state and local officials brought 88 kids into protective custody from a Christian rehab-focused camp in Louisa County June 12 and 13, rumors ran rampant.

  • 6 days ago | southeastiowaunion.com | Kalen McCain

    Southeast Iowa Union offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. BRIGHTON — A house fire at the edge of Brighton’s city limits drew several departments to the area June 18, where officials said a blaze heavily damaged the home. Brighton Fire Chief Bill Farmer said nobody was hurt in the incident, and that no one was home at the time the fire broke out.

  • 1 week ago | southeastiowaunion.com | Kalen McCain

    Southeast Iowa Union offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. WASHINGTON — A modest crowd gathered at the Washington Pizza Ranch Saturday afternoon, for the bittersweet 100th and final annual reunion of former Crawfordsville High School students, all of whom attended the small institution before its closure in 1961 and subsequent consolidation into WACO schools.

  • 1 week ago | southeastiowaunion.com | Kalen McCain

    Southeast Iowa Union offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. WASHINGTON — Chamber ambassadors and hospital staff gathered at WCHC’s main campus June 10 week for a ribbon cutting, celebrating a major renovation to the building’s front entrance.

  • 1 week ago | southeastiowaunion.com | Kalen McCain

    Southeast Iowa Union offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. WASHINGTON — An upcoming show at the Washington Community Theater offers a musical, as it’s remembered by a character, as he’s portrayed by a local actor. “The Drowsy Chaperone” has several layers to its performance, according to musical Director and Conductor Don Hughes.

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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…