Individuals running across southern Iowa as part of an American Cancer Society fundraiser will pass through Washington County. The ten men are hoping to raise awareness and $10,000 for Coaches vs Cancer of Knoxville by running a combined 245 miles.

This afternoon, half the runners will begin their journey to Knoxville from Muscatine on Highway 92. The other five runners will leave from Council Bluffs. The two groups are expected to meet  in Knoxville tomorrow evening before the start of the local high school’s football game.

According to Amanda Bosherz with the American Cancer Society, the group making the 120 mile trek from Muscatine to Knoxville will make their way through Ainsworth and Washington early tomorrow morning.