UnityPoint Clinic to provide family practice physicians After a special closed session meeting May 13, the Greene County Medical Center board of trustees approved a partnership with UnityPoint Clinic to place a family medicine clinic in Jefferson. The partnership comes six weeks after Greene County Medical Center broke ground on a $22.5 million project that includes a new addition and…
Read MoreDay: May 21, 2014
Greene County HS holds Senior Awards Night
Greene County High School seniors received honor cords, scholarships and applause at the annual Awards Night May 20. Fifty-four students received local scholarships totaling $92,000, and if all other scholarships presented are full disbursed, they would total $595,000. The evening began with the presentation of gold cords to students who earned a 3.0 grade point average or higher. Gold cord…
Read MoreCommencement for county grads is this Sunday
Greene County High School and Paton-Churdan High School will both hold commencements this Sunday, May 25. The Greene County commencement will begin at 2 pm in the middle school gymnasium. Eighty-four students will graduate. Guest speaker is Jefferson High School graduate and retired middle school and elementary school principal Tom Yepsen. Paton-Churdan’s commencement will also begin at 2 pm. Nine…
Read MoreSecond cabin at Spring Lake very near completion
Greene County conservation director Dan Towers and his staff are working at top speed this week to finish construction of a new cabin at Spring Lake State Park. The cabin is reserved for the coming Memorial Day weekend, and according to Towers, it will be ready. The new cabin, dubbed “Sycamore” by the county conservation board, is next to “Cottonwood,”…
Read MoreBeverage Garden to showcase music from KC, Ames, Fort Dodge
The four Bs – brew, balls, bags and bands – will combine to make the Beverage Garden, located on N. Wilson just north of the courthouse square, “the place to get your groove on and quench your thirst,” according to Rod Kleitsch of the Bell Tower Festival steering committee. The party starts Friday, June 13, at 7 pm when gates…
Read MoreGreene County school board OKs 3-year-old preschool
The Greene County schools will offer a tuition-based preschool for 3-year-olds next year, filling a need created when the Greene County Early Learning Center discontinued its Pied Pipers program. The Greene County board of education unanimously approved the program, despite the fact that it will not be a break-even program for the district financially.
Read MoreFarmers market senior coupons now available
Seniors who meet income guidelines can receive coupons redeemable for produce at farmers markets, including the Greene County farmers market Tuesdays on the east side of the courthouse in Jefferson. Sign-up and distribution of farmers market senior coupons will take place Wednesday, June 4, and Friday, June 6, from 8 am to 1 pm at the Greenewood Community Center on…
Read MoreA deuce of grads
~a column by Colleen O’Brien For a week, I have been the Jet-Setting-Grandma-Attending-College-Graduations-Across-the-Country. I am now temporarily at rest, far from home but no longer living out of a suitcase. Whew. The jetting around was worth it. I was privileged to see two of my grandkids graduate from college within a week of one another; one in Ohio, one in…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending May 16
In Greene County district court a judgment was entered against Nevin Wesler Reed, 23, of Grand Junction after he pleaded guilty to a charge of harassment-third degree, amended from assault-aggravated. He was fined $100 with a $35 surcharge. Court costs were $100. (Sentencing: Honorable Adria A. Kester)
Read MoreJPRD offers many programs in June
The Jefferson park and recreation department will start the summer off with several programs starting in June! For more information on any of the following programs or to register visit the Greene County Community Center, 204 West Harrison, or call 515-386-3412. Swim Lessons: Four different sessions of swim lessons will be offered at the Jefferson municipal pool. Lessons will begin…
Read MoreScranton Manufacturing truck featured in television competition
Scranton Manufacturing and its New Way Cobra Magnum® will be featured Friday evening on National Geographic’s television show, “Showdown of the Unbeatables.” The Cobra truck will be paired against the custom cases produced by Calzone Case Company of Bridgeport, CT. Calzone began making drum cases in the 1970s and now provides custom-made cases for not only the music industry, but…
Read MorePancakes at Spring Lake this Saturday
The Grand Junction Lions Club will continue its tradition of serving a pancake breakfast at Spring Lake Park during the Memorial Day weekend. The Lions will serve a breakfast of pancakes, sausage patties and beverages Saturday, May 24, from 7 to 10 am outdoors near the skating rink on the east side of the park. Gluten-free pancakes will be available…
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