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The Kankakee Valley Post-News is a weekly newspaper published every Thursday located in DeMotte, Indiana, United States. Serving Jasper county, the Kankakee Valley Post currently has about 1,600 subscriptions. The Kankakee Valley post began in 1932 and still serves the area today.

History
The Kankakee Valley Post News was launched on 28 July 1932. On 1 December 1932 the post combined with the Griffith Herald and was published by R.L. Joiner. Joiner then sold the paper on 2 February 1933 to J. Barton Cox. Cox moved to Demotte from Owensville, Indiana where he was editor for the Owensville Star. On 23 May 1940 Cox sold the paper to Mary Peterson and Richard Ruck. On 1 October 1946 Keith Robinson from Michigan City, Indiana purchased the paper. Robinson’s father owned the Rensselear Republican. Robinson changed the banner of the paper to the Kankakee Valley Post. In 1971 the newspaper was given another name change when Robinson purchased the Jasper County Newspaper. He combined the two papers to become the Kankakee Valley Post-News. Along with the Kankakee Valley Post-News Robinson also owned the Rensselear Republican, Morocco Courier and Remington Press.

Current status
Today the Kankakee Valley Post-News is owned by Greg Perrotto. Greg Perrotto is the group publisher of The Kankakee Valley Post-News, The Hoopeston Chronicle, The Iroquois County’s Times-Republic, The Lafayette Leader, The Monticello Herald Journal, The Newton County Enterprise, The Rensselear Republican, The Fountain County Neighbor and The Williamsport Review Republican. The Kankakee Valley Post-News is located at 827 S. Halleck St Demotte, Indiana.

Significant achievements
During the Great Depression the post was accepting produce instead of money for newspaper subscriptions, “Swap Produce for Your Subscription”.