The Fontanelle Observer

[3] The newspaper passed to Indiana native Manley Albert Rany (1857–1914)[4] in 1881.

William H. McClure was forced to use the presses of the Greenfield Transcript and the Adair News.

[6] The architect of today's incarnation, in 1918,[2] was Ray Williamson of Creston.

[5] In 2017, Shaw Media purchased The Fontanelle Observer and Adair County Free Press.

[5] Content for The Fontanelle Observer appears on the website of the Creston News Advertiser, which is owned by Shaw Media.

The office of the newspaper, on 5th Street in Fontanelle, beside Fontanelle City Park, built in 1918 and pictured in 2019