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The News

Big enough to serve you, small enough to know you. The News covers Kalona, Wellman, Riverside and Lone Tree.

The first issue of The Kalona News was published on November 19, 1891 and continues as Kalona's oldest continuously operating business. The Kalona News dropped Kalona from its name on Nov. 2, 2017. The News provides readers with the most comprehensive coverage of news, photos, sports, features and advertising of any publication in northern Washington or southern Johnson County.

09/13/2025

Photo gallery of Mid-Prairie football scoring a shutout homecoming victory over Sigourney Keota on Sept. 12.

Mid-Prairie (2-1) cruised to a 28-0 homecoming victory over Sigourney Keota (0-3) on Sept. 12.

09/12/2025

Congrats to this year’s Lone Tree homecoming King and Queen: John Daufeldt and Haiden Gauley.

09/11/2025

👑 Meet Mid-Prairie's Homecoming Royalty! 👑
Congratulations to Griffin Caskey, this year’s Homecoming King, and Cadance Yoder, the Homecoming Queen!

09/11/2025

Meet your Highland Homecoming Queen and King: MacKenzie Davis and Allan Nass

09/10/2025

Homecoming arrives this week at Highland, but football program is paused due to low numbers. No football game Friday.

Homecoming spirit had hit the hallways of Highland High School this week. Different color schemes dominated the lockers and hallways, divided by the senior, junior, sophomore and freshman …

09/06/2025

Dramatic heartbreaker at Alburnett Friday night came down to this: A pass into the end zone. Sixth-ranked Mid-Prairie lost its first of the season, 42-37. QB Brooks Weber passed for 4 TDs and RB Hudson Ehrenfelt scored 2 TDs.
Next up: Homecoming game vs. Sigourney Keota.

09/03/2025

Mid-Prairie girls won the team title Tuesday at the Williamsburg Cross Country Invitational. Brooklyn Stutzman, Rachel Hostetler and Kendal Landstrum finished 2-3-4. Tessa Brokaw was 7th.
Nikkari Poll won the JV girls race.

08/31/2025

Mid-Prairie RB Hudson Ehrenfelt scored 4 touchdowns in the Golden Hawks' 50-34 win in their season-opener Friday. It was Mid-Prairie's first football win over Washington since 2008. Next up: Alburnett.
More details, next weeks edition of The News.

08/29/2025

Mid-Prairie's volleyball team, which is ranked number 4 in Iowa 3A, took down a pair of ranked teams in the Golden Hawks' season-opener Thursday: Pella, which is ranked number 3 in 4A, and defending state champ Mount Vernon, number 8 in 3A.
The Golden Hawks defeated Pella, 25-18, 25-19; Mount Vernon, 25-21, 12-25, 15-9; Bondurant-Farrar, 15-25, 25-14, 15-13.

08/25/2025

Back to School Preview: Spencer Lueders begins his first year as Superintendent of Schools at Highland and WACO

RIVERSIDE Spencer Lueders and his family of six joined the Highland Huskies on the night of July 14. Oh, Lueders’ official start date as the new Superintendent for Highland Community …

08/24/2025

Introducing: Hillcrest's Head of School for the new school year ...

KALONA Nate Miller had recently completed a Principal Leadership Program for administrative licensure in March when Dwight Gingerich, technically his boss at the time at Hillcrest Academy, …

08/14/2025

WASHINGTON In September, Iowa Mission of Mercy will hold a community dental clinic in Coralville, where they will see everyone who attends, first-come/first-served, and provide needed dental …

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The News and TheNews-IA.com are family-owned publications that cover north Washington County and south Johnson County in eastern Iowa.

On June 18, the ownership of The News was transferred to Slechta Communications, Inc (Ron and Helen Slechta) from Jim and Bridget Johnson, dba Johnson Iowa Media.

Slechta Communications previously owned The Kalona News, Lone Tree Reporter and the Highland Review and sold those publications to the Johnsons in October 2016.

The Wellman Advance: The Wellman Advance was established Sept. 13, 1889, by William Reed and W.F. Reinert. The newspaper’s slogan – “The only newspaper that gives two whoops about Wellman” – still describes The News’ dedication to covering Wellman.

The Lone Tree Reporter: The Lone Tree Reporter was first published in December 1890. Editor W.H. Younkin promoted the value of The Newspaper. “No town ever amounted to shucks unless it supported a newspaper. There is no one thing that does so much to get a town before the people and bring people and businesses to it as a good local newspaper.”

The Kalona News: The first issue of The Kalona News was published on Nov. 19, 1891, and continues as Kalona's oldest continuously operating business. Emma Allen Dunlap founded The Kalona News. Dunlap espoused a philosophy that still guides the newspaper today: “With a firm belief in the town and its future we shall do our utmost for the interest of Kalona and the surrounding country, and trust that your patronage will enable us to make The News a first-class local paper. The better a paper is the more valuable it is to a town.”

The Riverside Current: The Riverside Current was established in 1978 by Barbara Kiene. It was first published as a weekly tabloid until 2010 when it began printing as a broadsheet. Prior to The Current, The Riverside News and Shopper printed its first edition in July 1955. It was published by The Lone Tree Reporter. Marge Luckey was the editor.

The Highland Review: The Highland Review was a free newspaper mailed to all households in Riverside and Ainsworth.

The five newspapers were previously owned by two companies, Slechta Communications and Three Chicks Publications. the newspapers were combined into a single, larger newspaper in 2016 called The News, which continues to cover all of the communities.

All of these newspapers have a long history of serving their communities. The News continues this long tradition of excellence with the news and advertising delivered to readers in north Washington County and south Johnson County through The News published every Thursday and digital products delivering news and advertising daily.

The News is designated an official newspaper of Washington and Johnson counties; the cities of Kalona, Wellman, Riverside and Lone Tree; and the Mid-Prairie, Highland and Lone Tree school districts.

First place, best coverage of education.

First place, best personality feature.

Second place, best sports feature photo.

Second place, best real estate ad.

Third place, best ad designer.

It is the goal of The News and TheNews-IA.com to provide readers with the most comprehensive coverage of news, photos, sports, features and advertising of any publication in north Washington County and south Johnson County. The goal is to keep readers informed about the activities in the cities of Kalona, Wellman, Riverside and Lone Tree plus the Mid-Prairie, Hillcrest Academy, Highland and Lone Tree schools.

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