Online news, commentary and discussion for Washington County and beyond
After going through most of my first year as a junior high student’s father, I’ve noticed that Washington County, Linn and Hanover are possibly the only schools in the TVL/BVL who do not allow their sixth grade students to participate in sports. And I don’t know why.
It is not a size thing necessarily, because Valley [...]
The following is a press release from the county commission about the proposed Veterans Memorial at the airport. I’ll have it in the newspaper next week. Couldn’t fit it in this week:
The American Legion Council and the Washington County Airport Board has approved the sign and monument to be placed at the airport. The Rotary Club’s Centennial [...]
I think the USD 108 school board has some fantastic projects on the horizon with the new ag ed and woods building and the fitness center, but considering the state of the national economy, I wonder if there are folks out there who think maybe the timing isn’t that good for such a project, even [...]
Did anyone else notice the little executive session party the Washington County Commission had on Monday?
The executive session, which was 90 minutes under attorney/client privilege, included County Clerk Lou Kern, Deputy County Clerk Kathy Fritz, County Appraiser Francine Regan, Deputy County Appraiser Bev Finlayson and the county commissioners to place a call to Terelle Mock, [...]
A group of 12 seniors from Washington County High School, in rural north central Kansas, have traveled to Washington, D.C., to see the sites and experience a moment in American history – the inauguration of Barack Obama, the next president of the United States of America. Their thoughts, during the trip, are being posted below [...]
I heard a rumor about a stabbing at the jail, but I called the sheriff’s department and it was just a medical situation with an inmate. There was no incident.
I’ve been talking a lot lately about Twitter because of the DC Tigers online project. You should spend two minutes and no money and start up a Twitter account at www.twitter.com.
This is not necessarily a social web service, like Facebook. I didn’t like Facebook so much because it seemed mostly social with no business applications. [...]
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