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Sorry I haven’t been blogging much lately. We took a vacation to Minnesota and then a couple days of AAU track meets and now I’m struggling to get caught back up.I am trying to track down a rumor of a guy wanting to put a new movie theater in Washington. That would be extremely exciting [...]
There’s kind of a gully-washer occurring here in Washington right now, but my wife says the ground was barely wet at our house six miles due south of town during the first 20 minutes of rain here. She said it was pouring there now too.
Mike Uhlrich, Democrat from Washington, has filed for the Washington County Commission District 2 position. He is the fourth candidate to file for the seat. This also makes a rare primary race for both the Democrat and Republican parties for this position. Brad Owen and Mike Uhlrich will run for the Democratic nomination and Roger [...]
There are a lot of buildings for sale in downtown Washington right now and I don’t know what to think about it. To the north, the former Kuhlmann building that is currently being used by Bradford Built is being offered for sale now that their expansion at the industrial park can handle the work they [...]
Just an update on the restaurant auction that took place in Washington on Saturday. The Longhorn building did not sell. There was one bid, but it did not meet the reserve so it didn’t sell. The Schooky’s Deli building was not part of the auction. Only the equipment was auctioned and it evidently went well.
Just a sampling of some of the stories we’re working on for this week’s issue:• Wonderland, the revamped What Not City in Clifton, has sold to a buyer from England.• Mayberry’s, the three building restaurant in downtown Washington, is for sale.• There was a large group of minors arrested over the weekend at a large [...]
I couldn’t resist posting photos of hail damage to vehicles in the Manhattan airport-Ogden area from Monday morning.The photos show the rear window of Kerri Winter’s car (she is a Linn High grad) and the sunroof of the vehicle next to her. Notice the hail even blasted holes in the interior of Kerri’s car!Here’s the [...]
I’m not sure if Assistant County Attorney Libby Hiltgen has filed yet or not, but she has announced and gotten all of her signatures for her petition filing, but she will be on the ballot for Washington County Attorney. Libby (Baskerville) is originally from Washington. She lives in Marysville with her husband Chad Hiltgen, originally [...]
After hearing the news that Mary Alice Pacey will no longer be able to maintain the rose garden at the Washington City Park, I recommend the formation of a Washington Garden Club to take over the maintenance of this project. Not only could this club help maintain this unique Washington garden, it could also be [...]
There is a rumor, matched with some activity, that the gas station/convenience store owned by Walthers Oil at the southwest corner of the Highway 15-36 junction in Washington will be reopening soon. People have been seen cleaning windows and the interior of the store and evidently the gas tanks have been filled.If this is true, [...]
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