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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 — A locally organized “constituent town hall” in Washington Tuesday night saw a handful of area activists voice their grievances about federal spending cuts, and encouraged attendees to do the same. The over 90-minute event featured speeches from community members who said a federal budget recently proposed by President Donald Trump and backed by Rep.

  • 1 week ago | southeastiowaunion.com | Kalen McCain

    Southeast Iowa Union offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. WASHINGTON — A new court record has shed some light on details of former Washington Mayor Jaron Rosien’s plea agreement, in a case where he was accused of third degree sexual abuse. After nearly 28 months of court delays, Rosien on Tuesday morning submitted a written guilty plea to “assault with intent to commit sexual abuse,” a less serious offense than he was initially charged with.

  • 1 week ago | southeastiowaunion.com | Kalen McCain

    Southeast Iowa Union offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. WASHINGTON — Four days a week for the last several months, any visitor to the Washington Public Library’s Makerspace has likely noticed the same man in some corner of the room, either seated in front of countless physical folders, or at a computer, doctoring black and white images. That man is Mark Keedy, a former intern at the Washington Evening Journal.

  • 1 week ago | southeastiowaunion.com | Kalen McCain

    Southeast Iowa Union offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. WASHINGTON — After making it easier to qualify for a handful of local veteran’s benefits, Washington County officials appear poised to raise the maximum income for recipients of other county services, potentially opening a door to services for low-income community members.

  • 1 week ago | southeastiowaunion.com | Kalen McCain

    Southeast Iowa Union offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. WASHINGTON — The Washington City Council has given a green light to a prospective business owner planning to build rental storage units in the Wiley Subdivision, despite concerns that doing so might trade off with other development in the area.

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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…