11:17 am | by Ken Locke Alpha Christian Children’s Home, Perry, was the recipient of over 5,550 items—primarily canned goods—from 10 Jefferson County churches March 25. The drive also raises…
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11:01 am | by Clarke Davis Angie Gantz of A G Insurance is announcing the addition of three new agents at the Perry office. The licensed agents have been associated…
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10:48 am | by Clarke Davis Emporia State University students Justin Abel and Collin Kile spent the greater part of last Wednesday measuring the amount of sediment in a farm…
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10:45 am | by Frank J. Buchman “I’m at a horsemanship clinic, just got on my horse. The barrel horse banquet is tonight, and a trail ride tomorrow.” That’s the…
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10:42 am | The most noticeable change readers should see in the county newspapers this week is the size. The papers are now being printed at a central plant and…
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12:55 pm | by Bridget Weishaar Although the location of their restaurant could easily be passed by without notice, Bobcat’s Bar and Grill co-operators Eddie Miller and Randal Long have…
Oct 10 2016 / Read More »Dragon softball state champs! »
09:56 am |
by Bridget Weishaar The drive to Pratt was a long one for the Valley Falls Dragons softball team but the end reward was well worth the trip, as the Dragons captured the 2A state championship trophy with an 11-2 win over the Ellinwood Eagles. The first at bat of the championship game saw seven hitters […]
Jun 16 2016 / Read More »Cross completes third mission trip to Haiti »
12:00 pm |
by Rick Nichols Jo Cross recently returned to Oskaloosa following an eight-day mission trip to Haiti, her third trip to the West Indian nation since it was devastated by an earthquake in January of 2010. Cross, a member of the Oskaloosa United Methodist Church, spent March 10-17 in Haiti with six other Kansans. The […]
Apr 13 2016 / Read More »Harrington now barbering at Eveyln’s »
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by Clarke Davis Geri Harrington is now barbering two days a week in her hometown of Valley Falls. She will be at Evelyn’s Hair & Tanning Tuesdays and Fridays. Being a barber is a late-in-life decision for Harrington who was married to a barber. She was a homemaker while raising four children for 12 […]
Apr 13 2016 / Read More »Not your average game »
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by Bridget Weishaar Although the hard court season has come to an end, members of the McLouth community were treated to a game of basketball this past Wednesday evening in the purple gym. Patrons arrived to not just any ol’ game of basketball, this game just happened to include four hoofs, a […]
Apr 7 2016 / Read More »Buerman takes over as county treasurer »
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by Rick Nichols Timing is everything, they say, and for Lisa Buerman, Jefferson County’s new county treasurer, her timing couldn’t be better … or worse. When Deputy County Treasurer Linda Southiere retired more than a year ago, then County Treasurer Mary Underwood had to find someone else to be her second in command and […]
Apr 7 2016 / Read More »It was a day devoted entirely to reading »
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by Rick Nichols Oskaloosa USD 341 and other school districts throughout the United States observed Dr. Seuss’s birthday March 2 by participating in Read Across America. Through three morning reading sessions, an afternoon Read-A-Thon and the presence of “hands-on library stations,” another afternoon activity, the value of reading as both a leisurely diversion and […]
Mar 24 2016 / Read More »Dragons fall to Olpe, bring home 3rd »
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by Bridget Weishaar The consolation game of the Class 2A state tournament held in Manhattan got underway Saturday with the 24-1 Valley Falls Dragons taking on the 22-3 Hill City Ringnecks. The returning Dragons topped the Ringnecks 54-50 and claimed the third place trophy, one place higher than last year’s debut. Opening the game […]
Mar 24 2016 / Read More »Support helps fight senior isolation, hunger »
02:51 pm |
Meals on Wheels of Shawnee and Jefferson Counties Inc. will participate in the 14th annual March for Meals — a month-long, nationwide celebration of Meal on Wheels and the homebound and vulnerable seniors who rely on its safety net. The Meals on Wheels March for Meals celebration will include mayors, city and county officials, […]
Mar 24 2016 / Read More »Master Farmer, Master Homemaker named »
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by Mary Lou Peter K-State Research & Extension A Jefferson County couple is among six statewide who have been named 2015 Kansas Master Farmers and Master Farm Homemakers in recognition of their leadership in agriculture, environmental stewardship and service to their communities. Craig and Tamara Gigstad, Valley Falls, will will be among those honored […]
Mar 24 2016 / Read More »Efforts of three women recognized by Alliance »
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A rural Valley Falls woman and two women from the Oskaloosa area with at least one thing in common, a heartfelt desire to help others, were honored last Thursday in Oskaloosa by the Jefferson County Alliance of Service Councils Inc., during a luncheon at the office of the county health department.
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