We are getting a break from two weeks of bitterly cold weather, but with the warm-up comes precipitation, both rain and snow. A few warm day...

Rensselaer is in the midst of a cold snap. On Tuesday morning the City weather station recorded a temperature of negative 16.9 degrees. Many...

I spent the days around Christmas visiting family so I missed several things that happened in Rensselaer. I missed the onset of the very col...

The biggest news from 2017 was the closing of Saint Joseph's College . The announcement was made on February 3rd, only a few weeks aft...

Below is an ad from a January 1915 issue of the Jasper County Democrat . Santa is riding the latest in flying technology. First Nationa...