Jefferson will become a much more welcoming place for visitors and tourists with the addition of public restrooms on the courthouse square in the Greene County Welcome Center. Deconstruction began this week, transforming the outside of the former filling station/bank/insurance office at the southeast corner of the square. The building, which is being given a Federalist façade, will be surrounded…
Read MoreDay: March 16, 2014
Newborn safety on the top of minds for medical center, Beta Tau Delta
Beta Tau Delta donates sleep sacks for newborns For babies born at Greene County Medical Center, this re-order of sleep sacks has come just in time. Beta Tau Delta, a Jefferson sorority that raises money for projects to benefit the children of Greene County, provided the initial order of sleep sacks for babies born at the medical center.
Read MoreMother-Son Date Night a lot of fun at the rec center
About 120 boys and mothers and a few grandmothers spent Friday evening together at the first annual Mother-Son Date Night hosted by the Jefferson park and recreation department at the Greene County Community Center.
Read MoreIt’s Greene County’s own Jazzatonics!
Hear and see the Jazzatonics at the link below The 13-voice Jazzatonics, Greene County High School’s jazz choir, will perform this Friday at the Jazz Experience Day at the American Choral Directors Association’s north central regional convention on the Drake University campus. Three jazz choirs from each of the six states in the region were selected to perform. Other groups…
Read MoreVFW to help Shamrock find a forever home
Donated by Wells Fargo, the oversized plush pony will be auctioned Shamrock, the 14th edition in the Wells Fargo plush pony family, found a new, temporary home with VFW Post 9599 just in time for St Patrick’s Day. On Friday, post commander Don Ihnken took Shamrock “home,” where he’ll board until an auction sometime in April. After the auction he’ll…
Read More“The Star-Spangled Banner,” Greene County style
Lend an ear…check out the audio link Decades ago, Jim Andrew played the role of Professor Harold Hill in “The Music Man.” Thursday he was again a Music Man. As emcee for the celebration of Greene County and Jefferson as the first Home Base Iowa community, he led the 150 or so people gathered in the AAI showroom in the first…
Read MoreCounty 4-H members start off March Madness
With March Madness upon us, basketball is on almost everyone’s mind. But whether you like to play it, watch it, or even if you’re not athletically minded the annual 4-H County Basketball Tournament provided much entertainment for all. It was hosted by the Greenbrier 4-H Club and was held Sunday, March 9, at the Scranton Community Center. “Generally when you…
Read MoreGCMS students read 1,495 books in second trimester
Greene County Middle School students continued their ‘reading ways’ during the second trimester of the school year, amassing a collective 1,495 books completed for the 12-week period. The independent reading initiative is a part of the Greene County School’s efforts to ensure that all students become successful readers.
Read MoreSt Paddy’s Day baking done for you
Whether they’re Irish or Iowa-ish, people who leave holiday baking to someone else will have more time for St Patrick’s Day fun. Jefferson Telecom will host a St Patrick’s Day bake sale Monday, March 17, from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm in the company showroom at 105 W. Harrison, Jefferson. Proceeds will go bring some of the proverbial “luck o’…
Read MoreA road trip to Emmetsburg, home of many Irish people (and a casino)
Video embedded below…. Dozens of Greene County residents took a road trip to Emmetsburg, sister city to Dublin, Ireland, last summer to investigate for themselves what the impact of a proposed casino might be for Greene County and Jefferson. The trip was hosted by Grow Greene County and Wild Rose Entertainment. Some of those who went on the trip to Emmetsburg…
Read MoreGovernor makes diet pledge in Greene County
Resolutions stated aloud must be kept, particularly when they’re stated in front of about 150 people, some of them holding big video cameras and others holding recorders. Gov Terry Branstad, with a room full of witnesses, pledged Thursday morning to lose 8 pounds before Memorial Day. Jim Andrew of Jefferson, a college buddy of the governor and emcee of the…
Read MoreThe weather this week…
…cold and warm and cold and warm and cold again What month in Iowa has more variable weather than March? On Monday we enjoyed a high temperature of 65 degrees. The Jefferson police reported proved it was weather to be outdoors – there were several calls about loud mufflers and revved engines. That doesn’t happen in the cold of winter…
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