The ''Polk County Itemizer-Observer'' is a weekly newspaper published in

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, United States, and covering Dallas, Monmouth,

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, Falls City and the surrounding area. It was established in 1875 and is owned by SJ Olson Publishing, Inc. (Oregon). The ''Itemizer-Observer'' is published on Wednesdays and its circulation is 3,500. It is the newspaper of record for

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. The newspaper's roots go back to 1868, when J. H. Upton founded the ''Polk County Signal'', which later became the ''Weekly Itemizer''. It was initially an organ of the

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