Valley Falls News

After denying two defense motions Tuesday in a case where a Valley Falls man is facing a fourth trial for attempted first-degree murder, a Jefferson County judge said he would consider a motion to dismiss.

John Gordon, fire chief of Jefferson County Fire Department No. 11, has been arrested in connection with misuse of public funds and theft.

Heidi Pickerell, left, Pam King, center, and Jo Cross display the Spirit of Humanitarianism Awards they received last week from the Jefferson County Alliance of Service Councils Inc. by Rick Nichols 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 ... (more)

Just when I thought I had seen it all on social media, along comes Mayor Charles 'Charlie' Stutesman.

Marine and Valley Falls Cub Scout leader of Pack 84, Mike Wilson, and Scouts, Austin Wilson and Jackson Reich, assisted in placing American flags next to the tombstones of veterans in the Valley Falls cemetery Saturday morning.