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March 23, 2025

Community Players to present comedy “Sylvia” April 4 – 6

Following successful stage productions by Greene County High School and Greene County Middle School students, the Community Players of Greene County is next in line with the comedy “Sylvia” by A.R. Gurney. Described as “a smart, silly, sophisticated and occasionally salty comedy,” empty-nester Greg finds a dog, Sylvia,...

March 22, 2025

IA House minority leader Konfrst to hold public forum in Jefferson March 30

Iowa House minority leader Jennifer Konfrst will hold...

March 21, 2025

Supervisors hire veterans affairs administrator, promote clerk to deputy recorder

Billie Johnson-Daves will be the Greene Country veterans...

March 20, 2025

ABC Award nominations due April 4

Jefferson Matters is seeking nominations for the 2025...

March 20, 2025

Area students complete at individual state speech contest

Students from both Greene County high schools attended the Iowa High School Speech Association’s state individual contest March 15. A trio of GrCoHS students earned Division I ratings from all three judges in the room — Randa Lindberg in Prose, Kamden Kinne in Expository Address, and Maggie Mikkelsen...

March 20, 2025

Soup, bingo & dodgeball in Scranton March 29

Fundraiser for Scranton Community Center The public is...

March 20, 2025

Scranton all-school reunion slated for June 20-21

The Scranton All School Reunion is quickly approaching...

March 19, 2025

Celebrate ISU Extension & Outreach Week in Greene County

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Week is...

March 21, 2025

Summit pipeline-impacted landowners meet with Iowa congressional leaders in DC

During the week of March 10-15, 10 Iowans joined more than 50 landowners and advocates from 8 states who traveled to Washington, DC to urge their members of Congress to cut the wasteful 45Q U.S. federal tax credit program that underpins the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) industry,...

March 19, 2025

From then to now – change of manners

~a column by Colleen O’Brien Jefferson, Iowa, formed...

March 16, 2025

March Madness and online sports wagering

March Madness is here, along with property taxes! ...

March 12, 2025

View from my window: Gene generated vaccines

There is such a barrage of unrealistic legislative...

March 23, 2025

Tasler attends 4-H IGNITE in Washington, D.C.

Greene County 4-H member Ella Tasler of Paton was one of six 4-H members from southwest Iowa who recently traveled to Washington, D.C., to attend IGNITE by 4-H, a four-day interactive summit designed to help teens discover their spark, explore career pathways, and build skills that will prepare them...

March 16, 2025