Holly Allen 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 ...

Improvement districts All three directors up for election: Lakeside Village — David G. Griffith (I), Martin W. Ross (I) ...

The most recent filings reported by the Jefferson County Election Office are two school board incumbents, Kelly Midgley and Tara Garrow. Midgley, 41, Meriden, holds Pos. 6 on the Jefferson West school ...

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 ...

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 caveats. To start, the 1:1 ...

The decades-long campaign for a new library building at Meriden has reached an impetus with the receipt of a $650,000 Community Development Block Grant from the state Department of Commerce. With a ...

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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. Have you taken an interesting ...

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 ...

While 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 North USD 339 and ...