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 ...

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.

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 ...

Editor’s note: Many residents did not say their name before speaking or did not spell their name for the paper. Over 30 residents showed up to Oskaloosa City Hall and voiced their complaints to the ...

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.

Photo by Holly Allen – USD 340’s new preschool director Brie Williams and elementary school Principal Wes Sturgeon check out the progress of the playground being built outside the district’s new ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY WEATHER - WeatherWidget.ioby Bridget Weishaar Being furloughed from her waitressing job in 2020 didn’t deter Jaelyn Ray from the pursuit of trying something new. In fact, if it wasn’t ...

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 ...

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Justin and Holly Abel welcomed their second child, a healthy baby girl named Marigold Lucille, February 24. From a young age, there were two things Holly Abel knew for sure — she wanted to be a ...

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 ...

In a time when the world is moving towards renewable energy sources and away from fossil fuels, it’s no wonder that a company planning to use captured gas to power its colocation data center might ...