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On the greyhound coursing circuit

Tim and Kim Bork, Meriden, train greyhound dogs on their own course.

Photo by Carolyn Kaberline

Tim and Kim Bork, Meriden, train greyhound dogs on their own course.
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Veterinarian launches practice on wheels
	Veterinarian Rick Tanner has started a unique animal practice. If Fido is sick, he comes to your house. Tanner, and his daughter Kaycee stand next to his pickup, which has become a mobile animal clinic. READ FULL STORY

New physician joins county clinics
Dr. Raul Morffi has joined physicians James Rider and Larry Campbell in the family medical practices at Oskaloosa, Winchester, Nortonville, and Valley Falls. He will be based in Oskaloosa. READ FULL STORY

Football lessons come early for JW Tigers
Call it an engagement. A sort of pending marriage between the football programs at Jefferson West USD 340 and Lindenwood University, St. Charles, Mo. Above: Lineback coach Logan Wright, right, was a 3-year captain and 3-year All-American at Lindenwood. Following graduation he became a member of the coaching staff. Here he acts as a block for a lineman in a tackling drill.
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Partners buy Valley Falls liquor store
Jimmie Taul and Shawn Jepson are the new owners of the Valley Falls liquor store located on Highway K-4.
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Romance reaches across the sea
It began as a long-distance, Internet romance that stretched from Valley Falls to Scotland. Today, Gerhard Malm, 76, and Bobbie McGuire, 73, are newlyweds living in Valley Falls.
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New pastor arrives in Grantville

Herman “Buzz” Lambrecht is the new pastor of the United Methodist Church at Grantville.

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Herman “Buzz” Lambrecht is the new pastor of the United Methodist Church at Grantville.

Latest News Updates

The old pipe saga: Lawyers now involved in VF council decision
The Valley Falls City Council was accused of theft July 21 for attempting to use a 47-year-old plastic water line to provide service to an area where soccer fields are being developed.
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Details emerge on plane crash
that killed New York couple July 1
The National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary findings in the investigation of a fatal plane crash near Perry July 1 indicates the loss of an engine.
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Car accident takes woman’s life
A one-car accident took the life of a 19-year-old Valley Falls woman July 26.
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Tax rate stays flat in USD 343
Perry-Lecompton USD 343 taxpayers might see a decrease in the levy by a mere fraction of a mill if a proposed budget by Superintendent Denis Yoder is adopted in August.
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Expected budget increase less
than 2 mills for USD 340
The Jefferson West USD 340 school budget for next year will require a local tax increase of less than 2 mills, reports Scott Myers, superintendent.
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Three-mill increase expected
for USD 338 school district
Taxes in Valley Falls USD 338 will increase slightly less than 3 mills if the school board approves the budget put before it July 12.
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Primary election ballots can be
viewed online by county voters
Jefferson County voters can now see a sample of the ballot they will be voting at the Aug. 3 primary election, reports Linda Buttron, Jefferson County Clerk and Election Officer.
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Ozawkie firefighters receive
portable thermal imaging camera
The Ozawkie Township Fire Department is now equipped with the latest and most highly valued piece of firefighting equipment — and it came as a gift.
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Fire destroys home at Lake Shore
The Ozawkie Township Fire Department responded to a mobile home fire at Lake Shore Estates about 9:30 p.m. June 29.
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LJEC board adopts new rate
structure for rural members
Members of the rural electric cooperative will experience an increase in their electric rate starting May 1.
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Lawmakers look at tax
increase among gloom
With a gloomy forecast for revenue that gets worse by the day, legislators in Topeka are trying to come up with solutions.
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