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 after the ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY WEATHER - WeatherWidget.ioby Bridget Weishaar A lot of tradition mixed with a lineup of new entertainment, the 122nd Annual Oskaloosa Old Settlers Reunion comes to the county seat ...

The city of Valley Falls is asking businesses and residents on the north side of Broadway to limit water usage following the discovery of a sewer obstruction Friday night. This issue affects ...

Doug Walbridge (Republican) has won the race for Jefferson County’s district 1 county commission seat. Ousting the independent Lynn Luck, who previously was a Republican as well ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY WEATHER - WeatherWidget.ioPhoto by Holly Allen – Emmy Goldberg has renovated a long-vacant spot in Countryside Square for her esthetics business, Bloom Beauty & Co. by Holly Allen ...

When bridge inspections were first mandated by Congress over 50 years ago, 72% of the Jefferson County bridges were found to be incapable of carrying the legal weight limit. That is 129 of the ...

Voters in Jefferson West USD 340 will be asked to decide a bond issue in November amounting to $21 million over the next 25 years. The bonds are for the purpose of remodeling and making upgrades in ...

Lynn Luck, who has been a commissioner for 18 years, is running for reelection as an independent after switching her party affiliation from Republican last year. In an interview with The Oskaloosa ...

Mable Caldwell published “The Dangers of Chemistry” at the age of 16. by Bridget Weishaar McLouth High School senior Mable Caldwell knew from a young age writing was a passion of hers. “I loved the ...

Valley Falls Family Medicine will gain a new doctor this month in Dr. Elizabeth Wolfe-Meyer, a Nortonville native who has returned home to serve her community following medical school and training. Dr ...

Doug Walbridge, who has previously been on the McLouth City Council and the McLouth Board of Education, is the Republican running for Jefferson County’s first district seat on the county commission.

Father Lazara Carasala sits in his chair at St. Joseph’s parish in Nortonville. by Bridget Weishaar June 30 was Father Lazar Carasala’s last Catholic Mass in the United States. On July 10 he will make ...