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By Alli Gracey For the people behind Anamosa Youth Football, the work starts long before a player ever pulls on a helmet. There are registrations to process, rosters to organize, equip…

The Anamosa Library & Learning Center is the recipient of more than two dozen books celebrating the many different paths to parenthood. The books are part of the Hopeful Families Colle…

By Alli Gracey ANAMOSA — Anamosa Community School District students are getting more opportunities to explore what life might look like after graduation, and the district’s efforts are…

By Alli Gracey A trail stretching across Jones County and eventually connecting with neighboring Linn County has been years in the making, with the Grant Wood Trail remaining part of a…

By Alli Gracey ANAMOSA — Jones County Veterans Affairs is working to expand its outreach to area veterans, an effort officials say is already generating more calls to the county office…

By Alli Gracey ANAMOSA — Anamosa Community School District facilities could become a temporary relocation site for Linn County students in the event of an emergency at the Duane Arnold…

ANAMOSA — The way early childhood services are funded and administered in Jones and Cedar counties could look significantly different in the coming years as Iowa moves toward a new reg…

By Alli Gracey ANAMOSA — Blowing grass clippings into the street after mowing or pushing fallen leaves toward the curb may seem harmless, but in Anamosa, doing so can be more than a ne…

ANAMOSA — The hallways of Anamosa schools began filling with students and families again Thursday evening as all three district buildings opened their doors for back-to-school open hou…

By Alli Gracey For some Anamosa parents, the first day of school this year will truly be a first. For others, it will be one of the last. And for one local mom, it will be both. Ashly …

ANAMOSA — For Officer Kunkel, being a school resource officer is about more than responding when something goes wrong. It’s about making sure students are comfortable talking to him be…

A roughly 1,100-foot stretch of River Road could receive a new asphalt surface as Jones County looks to take advantage of paving work already underway along Highway 38. Jones County En…

ANAMOSA — Live music, vendors and family activities will fill Garnavillo Street next month as Arts Court Visual and Performance hosts its fourth annual street dance. The free event wil…

By Alli Gracey ANAMOSA — Anamosa Community School District students will be able to attend home athletic events for free this fall under a new initiative aimed at getting more students…

ANAMOSA — The Anamosa Library & Learning Center has several activities planned for the week of Aug. 25, including chair yoga, children’s programs, a LEGO build and a cooking support gr…

OXFORD MILLS — A boat ramp built to provide access to the Wapsipinicon River now ends roughly 80 feet from usable water, leaving Jones County officials considering what, if anything, c…