The Vindicator

30/01/2025

27/01/2025

PowerSchool breach affects 5 of 6 county school districts

PowerSchool breach affects 5 of 6 county school districts Posted on January 27, 2025 by JeffCountyNews by Holly Allen PowerSchool – a cloud-based software vendor utilized by five of the six school districts in Jefferson County – recently experienced a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorize...

21/01/2025

My column is a rarity to find within the pages of the newspaper these days. Find out why...and hang in there, moms! -HA

15/01/2025

Ozawkie's Lago Vista Catches Fire, Owner Determines "We Will Rebuild"

Your FREE article for the week can be found at https://www.jeffcountynews.com/2025/01/ozawkies-lago-vista-catches-fire-owner-determines-we-will-rebuild/ and the GoFundMe page for Lago Vista is at https://gofund.me/53c95bd2 .

14/01/2025

Intern Aubrey has had a stressful few weeks covering the events in Jefferson County for the newspaper, so we had her let loose for this assignment. Thanks for all your hard work over KSU's winter break!

14/01/2025

It's cold. Be cool. Read the newspaper.

13/01/2025

We hope you are enjoying the new COLOR photographs in The Vindicator and that you will support our endeavors in continuing local journalism by subscribing at www.jeffcountynews.com !

09/01/2025

Painted Pony
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 showcasing Jefferson County? Send it to us at [email protected] for a chance to see it published in the newspaper...in color!

06/01/2025

Update: See you at the tree park tomorrow for another awesome snow day! Until then, drop your own sledding photos in the comments…

Who is headed to the tree park? We need a good sledding action shot to commemorate this epic first snow day of the new year!

06/01/2025

The National Weather Service is reporting 17 inches of snow fell in the Valley Falls area over the past 24 hours. Judging from our limited view of the Township Hall today, we believe it. Thanks to the county and city crews for making it possible for us to get to work!

05/01/2025

Due to current weather and road conditions, in addition to the forecasted weather, we will not have school tomorrow.

No school on Monday, January 6th. The Middle school athletic events have also been canceled.

05/01/2025

JANUARY 6 & 7 - Due to hazerdous road conditions, Jefferson West USD 340 will be cancelling all afternoon events and activities for tomorrow January 6th. School will be closed on Tuesday, January 7th, however all afternoon and evening events will remain the same pending road conditions. School will resume on Wednesday, January 8th. Stay safe, Tigers!

02/01/2025

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
We hope your 2025 is bright and beautiful, from the first day to the last. Pick up this week's edition of the newspaper to see the surprise we have in store for you in the new year!

01/01/2025

✨New Year, New Opportunities! ✨

Have you seen this week’s edition of the Valley Falls Vindicator or Oskaloosa Independent? We are so excited to partner with our local newspapers to provide color to both the front and back covers. With this opportunity, we hope to highlight all of the amazing things going on at FWH—including job openings! Take a look at our current list of openings at fwhuston.com/careers and apply at the push of a button! We can’t wait to see what 2025 has in store!

30/12/2024

As with last week, this week's edition is out early due to the holiday. As is your first free article of the new year! Find it here: https://www.jeffcountynews.com/2024/12/reiling-longest-serving-judge-in-kansas-retires/ and congratulations to Judge Reiling on his retirement!

23/12/2024

Notice anything different about this week’s Christmas edition? 🤔 Pick it up TODAY as we are out early for the holidays. Merry Christmas, all!

25/11/2024

Happy Hometown Christmas Week!