Washington County News

Posted on Nov 05, 2009 by Admin . We have some new information on a death investigation in Washington County.

Washington County authorities are investigating a death. On Nov. 3rd, at about 9:41 a.m., the Washington County Sheriff's Office responded to a 911 call at 2891 330th St., Mt.

Mary Ann Pedde's office can be anywhere -- a public library, a parked car or even in the middle of a cornfield.

From 1910: Horse-drawn school buses, called 'hacks,' line up after school outside Crawfordsville Consolidated School in Washington County.

A boil order is in effect for the next two days in Riverside. The Washington County Communications Center says the order is in place due to some water problems they experienced overnight.

Fire officials think an electrical problem caused a fire that wrecked the shop and warehouse of a small Washington County business Friday night.

The Associated Press DES MOINES -- The Iowa Court of Appeals on Wednesday reversed the conviction of a man accused of cheating at blackjack at a southeast Iowa casino.

DAYTONVILLE a ' A home in Washington County is destroyed by fire. The Washington County Sheriff's Office says the fire started around 12:45 Tuesday afternoon in the community of Daytonville, just northeast of Wellman, in Washington County.

We know the name of at least one person arrested in connection a bank robbery in Washington county Monday.

Washington County is suing the city of Riverside, accusing the city of failing to pay $175,000 a year to offset the county's losses for using TIF bonds to help fund Riverside's infrastructure improvements.

Posted on Oct 06, 2009 by Admin . The home of Robert and Suzan Hopp was destroyed by fire Tuesday.

Three people are in custody after a bank robbery in Washington. It happened at the West Chester Savings Bank on West Monroe Street just after noon Monday.

Authorities are investigating a bank robbery at West Chester Savings Bank. Authorities have taken several people into custody for questioning.

One person is dead after an early morning accident in Washington County. Authorities say It happened just before three o'clock Sunday morning on Larch Avenue just west of Kalona.

A convicted sex offender who allegedly kidnapped and raped a Des Moines woman for three hours this week had been given a fraction of a sentence prosecutors had requested earlier this year after the man failed to register with the state.

LONE TREE -- Lindsay Parizek has a lot of fun with her Chocolate Labrador, Videll.

KALONA, Iowa -- A tourism gimmick in the southeast Iowa town of Kalona is giving new meaning to the phrase three hots and a cot.

Posted on Sep 18, 2009 by admin . Kalona t-shirt Imagine you're taking a road trip when you see the flashing lights in your mirror.

Imagine you're taking a road trip, when you see the flashing lights in your mirror.

Posted on Aug 27, 2009 by Steve Gravelle . This could be the wettest August ever in Cedar Rapids.