For the third week in a row, Marion County Lake will be under a blue-green algae advisory. An algae warning imposed two weeks ago was lowered to a watch last week and renewed Friday for another week.

Much of the county, particularly the Hillsboro area, was hammered by wind and thunderstorms Monday night. County road and bridge crews out from 1 until 9 a.m. Tuesday — some later — cutting limbs and ...

Services for Melba Jean Hill, 89, who died July 15, were Monday at Ebenfeld Mennonite Brethren Church, rural Hillsboro. Burial was at the church cemetery.

Having been in town for 13 months, Dahlgren is selling the building that serves as her residence and coffee shop, The Sit Down. She wants to move back to the East coast — either south New Jersey or ...

“The issue in the past has been that the district has not been flushing at a high enough rate to create the necessary scouring effect to move the discolored water,” he said. “People will go to the end ...

Though organizers said before the tournament that they expected eight or more teams to compete, only three showed up — the Fredonia Yellowjackets, the Humboldt Cubs, and the host Cottonwood Valley ...

Funeral for Darren Robert Makovec, 60, who died unexpectedly Thursday evening, July 17, 2025, at his home near Lost Springs, will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 24, at St. John Nepomucene Catholic ...

Blood drives are planned for 1:15 to 6:15 p.m. today at Eastmoor United Methodist Church in Marion and 1 to 6 p.m. Aug. 4 at Goessel Church in Goessel. Appointments are being accepted at ...

Uncertain of the legality of products found in Carlsons’ Grocery in Marion, police seized 160 cans and bottles of THC beverages Saturday. Bearing names such as “Nowadays,” “Drink Easy,” “Drinking Buds ...

Like Peabody, Hillsboro was host for a Babe Ruth state baseball tournament this weekend, this one for players 10 and younger. The five competing teams arrived for a baseball clinic and picnic ...

Editor’s note: Water district directors are indeed elected much as hospital directors are, typically in the first quarter of the year. See story this week. We erred with issues 43 and 44 and forgot to ...

Antonia Baxa led the Pledge of Allegiance, Noah Schmidt led the 4-H Pledge, and Evelyn Baxa led singing of “Happy Birthday” to those with July birthdays. Antonia Baxa also led the group in a game of ...