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JCN senior Sara Navinskey fends off Perry-Lecompton junior Taylor Akagi during North's 49-44 overtime win over the Kaws in the title game of the JCN tourney Saturday in Winchester. Navinskey scored 11 points, including the game-tying score with time dwindling to force overtime.
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Health care topic on Moran's visit
U.S. Rep. Jerry Moran visited F.W. Huston Medical Center during a stop by the hospital Dec. 29. Moran is chairman of the Rural Health Care Coalition and is also planning a run for Sam Brownback's U.S. Senate seat this year.
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Davises start new venture in McLouth
As one opportunity in their lives has closed, George and Tonia Davis are making the best of a new one that has opened at Davis Family Restaurant in McLouth.
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Harveys set to bid hardware farewell
Sam and Bonnie Harvey are spending their last couple weeks behind the register at Harvey's Hardware in Oskaloosa. The business is set to close Dec. 15.
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Hensleighs named 4-H family of the year
The Robb and Peggy Hensleigh family of Winchester was recognized as the 4-H Family of the Year Saturday night at the annual 4-H Achievement Banquet in Meriden.
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Perry auto business expands to Winchester
Dustin Cox, owner of the newest business venture in Winchester, approached the expansion of his auto service business in a calculated way, so even though the newest Standard Tire and Auto location was still a work in progress late last week, Cox feels good about the opportunity.
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Merritt honored for love of the hunt
Thirty-five years of commitment to the training of bird-hunting dogs, and the organization of the field trials at which the dogs compete, made a recent hall of fame induction a nice honor for Oskaloosa’s David Merritt.
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| Old name, new owners at lumberyard |
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Marty Tunks, one of the new owners of the former Meyer Lumber Company, and Shelley Mullenix, operations manager at the yard, stand in front of the Oskaloosa Lumber Company.
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Winchester Hardware celebrates 20 years
The Winchester Hardware, recently celebrated its 20th anniversary at its location along Wellman Road south of Winchester with an open house.
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Jenkins' visit greeted by a full house
U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, left, listens to a question from Joye Huston, Winchester, at Jenkins' stop in Oskaloosa Aug. 13 as part of a listening tour. Health care reform was a main topic of discussion at the event.
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Hairstylists join forces at Just 4 Hair
Only a few weeks after meeting for the first time face to face, Gail Dillenbeck and Jennifer Thomas are in business together at Just 4 Hair in Ozawkie.
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Ong brings heritage to El Chino Bandito
Oskaloosa’s newest restaurant isn’t your everyday Mexican restaurant. The main reason is Derek Ong, the half-Chinese, half-Native American operator of the eatery. Ong, a native of Arizona, brought with him to “El Chino Bandito,” which he translates as “The little Chinese bandit,” a menu of authentic dishes developed by his family back when they owned five Mexican restaurants in the Phoenix area. The name is a twist on the “El Bandido” name of the family’s Mexican restaurants.
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F.W. Huston Medical Center manager of radiology Dee Sedillo stands at the controls of the new CAT scan machine at the hospital in Winchester. The first patients were set to make use of the new piece of equipment Aug. 24.
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| Wellman Schoolhouse makes national register |
The Jefferson County Historical Society has announced that the Wellman Schoolhouse located at Old Jefferson Town was placed on the National Schoolhouse Register on April 7.
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Latest
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Hooper bound over for trial following prelim hearing Jan. 28
A man charged with the first-degree murder of a rural Oskaloosa man in August will continue a path toward a trial after a preliminary hearing in county district court Jan. 28.
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Charges against former County Commissioner Edmonds amended
Former county commissioner and McLouth businessman Don Edmonds will face a different set of charges in his trial, which is set for Feb. 16. READ FULL STORY
City of Oskaloosa mulling memorial
to baseball legend, Luther Taylor
The Oskaloosa city council is getting serious about memorializing a long ago hometown baseball hero.
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County's information technology,
GIS departments ready for move
More than a year after the sale of it closed, the county may soon finally be gearing up to move into the former County Seat Variety building on the east side of the square in Oskaloosa.
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| Cloyd enters plea, avoids attempted murder charge |
A rural McLouth man will be sentenced in early February on two counts in connection with the severe September beating of his wife, but a plea agreement allowed him to avoid an attempted murder charge. READ FULL STORY
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Tafanelli among those getting update on community center
Progess has been and is being made on the community center project in Oskaloosa, but many challenges lie ahead, and a name change may be in order for the project.
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| Thelma Farris, longtime correspondent, passes away |
Longtime Oskaloosa Independent correspondent Thelma Farris, Winchester, passed away Saturday at the age of 91. READ FULL STORY
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Stebbins of Overbrook pleads
guilty to cattle fraud
Dennis Stebbins, Overbrook, recently pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and money laundering in federal court in connection with a cattle fraud scheme in the county.
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U.S. Senate candidate
makes stop in Oskaloosa
The newest candidate for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Republican Sam Brownback stopped by the Independent office the day he announced his intention to run for the seat.
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School enrollments a mixed
bag in Jefferson County
A budget year that forced major cuts in county school districts and a recent count day to set the districts’ enrollments left some county superintendents thankful for unexpected gains, and others in not as favorable straits, as another year of almost assured necessary budget cuts looms.
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Governor appoints sheriff
to juvenile advisory board
The duties of Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Herrig have gotten somewhat busier in his first full year of his first term as sheriff as he recently joined the Kansas Advisory Group on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
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ABATE supporters confront
county commissioners
Representatives of ABATE met with county commissioners Monday to discuss concerns previously talked about going into the Labor Day weekend’s annual ABATE motorcycle rally at Paradise Point near Perry Lake.
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JCN, Effingham schools
at odds over busing issue
The Atchison County USD 377 school board Monday denied Jefferson County North USD 339 the right to bus a student from 377 district boundaries.
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Local meetings to discuss
conservation
program
Agricultural and private forestry producers interested in the Conservation Stewardship Program are encouraged to attend a public meeting to get information and ask questions.
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McPherson gets fine, probation in tax case
Scott McPherson, Grantville, was sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to pay more than $244,000 in restitution for leaving income off his tax returns.
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Jefferson County valuation begins to decline
County commissioners got a preliminary look at the county’s assessed valuation numbers and, as expected, the numbers have taken a downturn as preparations are in their early stages on the 2010 budget.
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