Ex-chief bound over for trial After a two-hour hearing Wednesday morning in Marion County District Court, District Judge Ryan Rosauer bound former Marion police chief Gideon Cody over for trial on a ...

A regular reader asked a troubling yet reassuring question the other day. “I’m curious,” she wrote. “Are you against wind farms? Several times I’ve heard people say that they were sure you were, and ...

A fight among politicians in the District of Columbia might seem a long way away, but fallout is hitting home here. Signs on the door of the USDA office in Marion announce that the office is closed ...

The Concerned Citizens of Marion County was formed to oppose the landfill based on the environmental damage the project would cause, the increased traffic on county roads by large trash trucks, the ...

In Marion County, wrecks involving deer set a record in the 12 months that ended Sept. 30, according to computer analysis of reports published in this newspaper’s For the Record page: With the arrival ...

Is the only duty of a county commissioner to grill wind farm employees, when it would be more advantageous to hone his skill at grilling hamburgers? Just saying.

Members of the Collett and Hayen families had their 66th annual reunion Sunday at Marion County Lake Hall. Thirty-seven family members gathered for a potluck dinner and an afternoon of visiting and ...

If the commission approved short-term rentals in violation of county rules while going against county regulations, the county would be liable if something happened, he said. “We are putting the county ...

The City of Hillsboro has changed its policy on people not paying utility bills. City Clerk Danielle Bartel told City Council members last week the city had streamlined its shut-off process. “We now ...

Donna Ratzlaff Hetrick will give an organ recital at 7 p.m. Saturday at Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church, 1304 K-15. The recital will be the same one she performed in Chelmno, Poland, in 2024 in memory ...

Regular honors — Arlie Erwin and Candace Schlesener, 3.7143, and Cecilia Jones, Paisley Looper, Laci Lux, and Easton Turk, 3.5714. Honorable mention — Kal Hulter and Russell White, 3.4286, and Robert ...

“Peabody recognized there was a problem with their water system and came up with a strategy to repair,” he said. EBH started the process eight years ago. The first phase will be completed in three to ...