John Klotzbach

INDEPENDENCE – After having lunch at Choung Garden, the Independence Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors walked up First Street to Odin's Mark Tattoo and Emporium for a Ribbon Cutting.

JESUP – The Knights of Columbus Council 8227 in Jesup reached out to the community for donations of non-perishable food items and health care products to their Care and Share program in November.

INDEPENDENCE – St. Pius X Council 4332 of the Knights of Columbus recently presented donations to area groups.

INDEPENDENCE – The Buchanan County employee B'Well Committee decided to do a friendly competition with office door decorating, not only for employee morale, but for the public to enjoy.

INDEPENDENCE – After having lunch at Choung Garden, the Independence Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors walked up First Street to Odin's Mark Tattoo and Emporium for a Ribbon Cutting.

INDEPENDENCE – The 2024 Salvation Army Kettle Campaign is now over. Thanks to generous donors and volunteers hundreds of individuals will be served in Buchanan County either through school supplies,

INDEPENDENCE – The first item on the Buchanan County Supervisor agenda Monday morning was to have the elected officials sworn in.

INDEPENDENCE – Thanks to entrepreneurial spirit, a $600,000 Downtown Housing Grant, local business and city support, ten new one-bedroom apartments are coming to downtown.

Local stories on interest from 2024 included happy, sad and a host of emotions in between. Here are but a few: Election Year

INDEPENDENCE – Earlier this month volunteers solicited funds and donations to fulfil a few needs of local families through the Adopt a Family program.