Mueller has been criticized for taking part in a planning and zoning discussion of wind farms Jan. 29. Mueller addressed a letter to the editor in the Marion County Record that Dirks sent to all ...

Fresh off its critically praised premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, “Seized” has been accepted for the True/False Film Festival in Columbia, Missouri. The 92-minute film will be shown March 5, 6, ...

Go inside the edit of Seized, one of Sundance’s most talked-about documentaries, as editor Derek Boonstra discusses ethics, ...

If being a recipient of wind lease income is a conflict of interest, then commissioners with oil or gas leases or stock should also be considered to have conflicts of interest. Commissioner Dirks, ...

Taxes go up with increased valuation if a taxing entity fails to reduce its mill rate to the so-called revenue-neutral rate. Mill rates must decrease by the same percentage that valuations increase to ...

The optics for any business looking to relocate are horrible. The impression is not that we want business with proper safeguards but that we have become Chicken Little and see the sky falling in the ...

Despite a presentation Monday from Flint Hills Rural Electric Cooperative about the importance of battery storage and data centers, county commissioners left their meeting with a consensus that the ...

County commissioners gave preliminary approval Monday to revisions in planning and zoning commissioners are appointed. Final adoption awaits formal drafting of changes by county counselor Brad Jantz.

Marion Police Department Officer Brendan Damron has been charged with two counts of rape and one count of abduction.

A tax professional doing the same thing she does might charge $150 to file a simple return. “There is no reason to pay anyone to do your taxes,” Turk said. Nonfarm income tax is what she does. Tax ...

Criminal and juvenile cases are continued for two main reasons. More serious cases take more than a year with experts being hired and hearings being conducted before trial. When Brown became county ...

Western Associates, which relocated to Marion in 1983, is celebrating its 70th year. The company was founded in 1956 in Cedar Point by John and Mary Crofoot. The decision to move to Marion 43 years ...