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Multi Media Channels (MMC) has acquired multiple media properties from Delphos Herald, Inc. and the Cohen family.

Judge Patricia Fresard ruled the county had an unreasonable interpretation of the settlement and that attorney Doug Van Essen lied about who was overseeing the funds.

Kansas Newspapers has sold the daily Parsons (Kansas) Sun and daily Chanute (Kansas) Tribune to Scott Wesner and Scott Wood. Wood and Wesner, high school classmates who both have extensive newspaper experience, have been steadily acquiring community newspapers in recent years.

Des Moines Historic Preservation Commission turned down a request for an expedited demolition permit at a meeting attended by Sherman Hill residents

A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1923.

The Batavia Daily News and its sister publication the Livingston County News have been purchased by Sample News Group. The company purchased four publications in total from Watertown, NY-based Johnson Newspaper Corporation (JNC). The deal also includes the Oswego County News, and the Oswego Shopper.

The order comes just days after the OI commissioners made a "correction" to the resolution that appointed Hambley to the role Dec. 13.

The Ottawa County Board of Commissioners has already extended its contract with Kallman Legal Group.

Ottawa County’s "interim" health officer has sued seven Ottawa Impact-backed county commissioners, claiming theyre preventing her from doing her job.

“Stable counties don’t fire their corporation counsel and administrator. It either means there is mass corruption or that the commissioners are inexperienced and on some witch hunt."