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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.

12/20/2025

Make that five straight wins for Mid-Prairie boys basketball. The Golden Hawks topped Durant 58-53 Friday night. Next game: Jan. 3 at unbeaten Solon, 5 pm.

12/17/2025

Mid-Prairie boys won their fourth straight game to begin the season, overpowering Wilton, 60-56, on Tuesday night. Golden Hawks senior Bryce Henry scored a game-high 27.

12/17/2025

13th-ranked Mid-Prairie girls went on a roll Tuesday night at Wilton once the right ball was in play. Brooklyn Schneider scored a game-high 18 in a 72-24 win.

12/14/2025

Head basketball coach Stephen Bender begins Hillcrest's post-Dwight era with 4 straight wins ....

RIVERSIDE The season-opening game for Hillcrest Academy’s boys basketball team last week (Dec. 2) was so different. Yet it was the same. For the first time in what seems a …

12/13/2025

Mid-Prairie swept its River Valley South opening doubleheader Friday. The unbeaten boys held off West Branch for a 65-56 win. Bryce Henry, a senior guard, scored a career-high 22 points.
The Golden Hawk girls, ranked #13, drilled West Branch, 66-27, with a remarkable 25-1 run in the second quarter.

12/12/2025

Nominate a kid who inspires you!

We're working on a special section for early 2026 that will feature local kids who make our communities brighter. Do you know a kid who shows kindness, creativity, leadership or perseverance? Nominate them at

Here at The News, we're creating a special feature called The Kid Report, highlighting a few local kids in grades 4-12 who inspire our community through kindness, creativity, leadership, perseverance, or community spirit. Maybe its a kid who volunteers, excels in the arts, started a business, has ov...

12/12/2025

Highland soph Kamryn Fink (2024-25 All Stater) is the only girl in Iowa, all classes, to have at least 100 points and 70 rebounds this season. She's scored 105 points and grabbed 71 boards for the 5-1 Huskies.

12/07/2025

Another look at road conditions across Iowa Saturday afternoon.😂

12/06/2025

Mid-Prairie girls and boys basketball teams scored a doubleheader sweep Friday night at Camanche following a 2-hour road trip:

GIRLS: Golden Hawks won 57-30, led by junior F Morgyn Bender's 18 points. The Golden Hawks, ranked No. 13 in 3A, take on fifth-ranked Mount Vernon on Monday in Mount Vernon.

BOYS: Golden Hawks won 60-47 for their second straight win. Junior G Brooks Weber scored 20.

12/05/2025

Hillcrest Academy boys basketball opened its season Tuesday with a new coach (Stephen Bender) and a 68-39 win at rival Highland HS

RIVERSIDE New coach, same result. On a night when Stephen Bender made his Hillcrest Academy head coaching debut, the Ravens won their season-opening game Tuesday night at Highland, …

12/04/2025

Former Lone Tree Mayor Jon Green wins another year as JoCo Chair

IOWA CITY Jon Green, a former mayor of Lone Tree, will become the first Johnson County Supervisor to serve back-to-back terms as Board Chair in decades when the new year starts. The …

12/02/2025

Mid-Prairie's girls and boys basketball teams opened up their seasons Monday with victories.
Golden Hawk girls 57
Benton Community 33

Golden Hawk boys 69
Benton Community 40

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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.

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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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