Opinion
Kim Brooks
12/04/2024 - 11:05am
Being an elected official comes with more complaints, more negativity than anything.
Covering Monticello City Council and Jones County Board of Supervisors meetings for 16 years, take it from me; city and county residents don't typically show...
Agriculture
State and regional poster contest winner Adrianna Ames of Anamosa (right) poses with Jones SWCD Commissioner Janine Sulzner.
12/04/2024 - 10:03am
Officials with Jones Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) congratulate two young local artists who recently were selected as top entries in the “2024 Conservation Districts of Iowa Poster Contest,” including one regional champion and one...
Features
Kelsey Roller (far right) recently received the DAISY Award, a coveted award for nurses. She was nominated by new parents Dakota Nelson and Jesse Runquist, holding their daughter.
12/04/2024 - 11:25am
Kelsey Roller RN, BSN, of Monticello, a 2010 graduate of Midland High School, was a recent recipient of the coveted DAISY Award on Nov. 13 while working at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids.
Roller has worked in the Mercy Birthplace...
Sports
The Monticello varsity boys basketball team, first row from left: Brody Spahr, Alex Jamison, Conley Schauf, Brennan Bohlken, Carson Lambert, Jack Lambert, Brady Gogel, Lincoln Schneiter and Reid Hinrichs. Third row: assistant coaches Curt Tauke and Todd Lambert, Luke Welter, Wyatt Lansing, Ben Welter, Mason McAtee, Mac Burkle, Aiden Meyer, assistant coaches Luke Lambert and Kolby Harms, and head coach Tim Lambert. Not pictured is assistant coach Chance Manternach. (Photos by Pete Temple)
12/04/2024 - 10:26am
By any measure, recent years have seen a remarkable run of success for the Monticello boys basketball team.
The Panthers have made state tournament appearances in four of the last five seasons. They have won at least 17 games in each of those...
Obituaries
Julia L. Carlson
11/20/2024 - 9:31am
Julia L. Carlson went to be with her Heavenly Father on Oct. 29, 2024, after a stroke ended her exuberant earthly life of 94 years. She had recently moved from Monticello, Iowa to Antigo, Wis. where she enjoyed her last days at Evergreen...
News
12/04/2024 - 11:21am
On Wednesday, Nov. 27, incumbent Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks was declared the winner of the U.S. Representative District 1 race.
Following the Nov. 5 election, Democrat Christina Bohannan filed for a recount due to the closeness of...
