Opinion
01/22/2025 - 7:05am
Eat Protein for Aging Well
As we get older, research shows sarcopenia or loss of muscle mass and strength can lead to falls and weakness. Causes for muscle loss include an inactive lifestyle, disease, and low protein intake. Older adults may eat...
Agriculture
Becca Ahrendsen educates youth at the Clay County Fair on the corn to ethanol process during Iowa Corn Day. (Photo submitted)
01/22/2025 - 8:50am
Becca Ahrendsen developed a passion for agriculture at an early age, growing up on her family’s century-old farm in rural Jones County.
She has taken that passion to a position with Iowa Corn, as Market Development Manager in Johnston.
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Features
On Jan. 15, Charlie Becker, who’s been CEO of Camp Courageous for 45 years, announced his plans to transition to CEO of the Camp Foundation. Camp is now in the process of hiring a new CEO. (Photos by Kim Brooks)
01/22/2025 - 7:14am
It was announced on Jan. 15 that Charlie Becker, CEO of Camp Courageous for the past 45 years, is not retiring, but will transition to the full-time job of CEO of the Camp Courageous Foundation.
The announcement was made inside Durgin...
Sports
Taking a shadow roll for Monticello is Nessa Eitel Jan. 14 in Monticello.
01/22/2025 - 9:04am
The Monticello High School bowling teams benefitted in a couple of ways from meets on back-to-back nights last week.
The Panther boys earned a victory in a boys-only meet at Bellevue’s Horizon Lanes Jan. 13.
And both teams gained from...
Obituaries
John Jaeger
01/15/2025 - 8:01am
John Jaeger, 75, died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, at Mercy Hospice House, Hiawatha after a long battle with cancer.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, at Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello with interment in Oakwood...
News
01/22/2025 - 7:10am
Jones County’s Farm-to-Market (FM) System is being slightly modified due to the upcoming Landis Road Bridge Replacement Project.
During the Jan. 14 Jones County Supervisors meeting, County Engineer Derek Snead presented an updated resolution...
