by Holly Allen The Valley Falls Community Foundation has announced it has been awarded access to the Patterson Family Foundation grant for the third year in a row, with a couple new…
Meriden-Ozawkie Library awarded $650K grant for new building
Photo by Holly Allen – Meriden-Ozawkie Public Library representatives Jennifer Lloyd, Drew Sams, Kristina Orndorff, and Blanche Wulfekoetter braved the brutal cold Monday morning to celebrate at the location of the new…
PowerSchool breach affects 5 of 6 county school districts
by Holly Allen PowerSchool – a cloud-based software vendor utilized by five of the six school districts in Jefferson County – recently experienced a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to certain information…
Ozawkie’s Lago Vista catches fire, owner determines “we will rebuild”
Community rallies around local taco shop by Holly Allen Fire Chief Jason Klenklen reports it took the department just 10 minutes to contain the blaze which began in the kitchen at Lago…
Painted Pony
Photo by Holly Allen – A horse named Ranger heads toward home on a cold winter evening as the sun sets at the rural Valley Falls property of Georgia and Matt Hollis….
Reiling, longest serving judge in Kansas, retires
Photo by Clarke Davis – Magistrate Judge Dennis Reiling will end a 50-year career on the bench Monday, Jan. 13, when friends will gather for a farewell reception in the courtroom shortly…
Meriden’s Welborn named as first Christmas parade grand marshal
by Holly AllenMeriden’s Susan Welborn is feeling the love this holiday season. Last week, the Flowers & Things owner was named the first-ever grand marshal of the town’s annual Christmas parade by…
Voters reject JCN and JW bond issues
by Rick NicholsWhile they got a little help from out-of-county voters, it was registered voters in Jefferson County who last week largely did in the bond issues put forth by Jefferson County…
Well, here we go again . . . The 2024 election is sure to make history
by Rick Nichols Registered voters in Jefferson County and others from across the United States will be going to the polls next week to cast ballots in what both some on the…