All area residents are invited to celebrate National Farmers Market Week at the Greene County farmers market this Tuesday. The local market is held every Tuesday from 4 to 6:30 pm on the east side of the courthouse square in Jefferson. This week, everyone at the market can register to win a gift basket of items donated by many of…
Read MoreDay: August 3, 2014
“They’re here! Are we ready?” is subject of Aug. 18 town hall meeting
Putting Greene County residents “in the know” about the growth coming to the county in the next year or two is the purpose of an old-fashioned town hall meeting slated for Monday, Aug. 18, at the Greene County Community Center in Jefferson. The meeting will begin at 6 pm in the gymnasium. There’s so much going on Greene County, with…
Read MorePrice Family Farms – veggies, eggs, and laundry detergent
Available at Greene County farmers market Linn Price’s quest to save money at home led her to a product that can save other people money, too. Doing business as Price Family Farms at the Greene County farmers market, she sells produce grown in a high tunnel near Spring Lake. The produce is “transitional organic,” she explains, as she’s in her…
Read MoreReminder: Greene County Schools registration is Monday
Attention parents! Registration for all students in the Greene County district for the coming school year is Monday, Aug. 4, from 8 am to 7 pm at the high school in Jefferson. The good news is that it’s one-stop – no need to go to more than one building, and elementary class lists will be posted. The long weeks of…
Read MoreDrowning drill at the pool a useful, learning experience
Jefferson park and recreation director Vicky Lautner was happy after a drowning drill at the Jefferson municipal pool last Wednesday afternoon. The guards knew exactly what to do when an unconscious “victim” with a neck injury needed rescuing. “What the drill showed was that our guards are ready to do what they need to do,” Lautner said.
Read MoreBack to work on downtown welcome center
It’s beginning to look a lot like Monticello! Exterior work at the welcome center at the Thomas Jefferson Gardens is moving along with the addition of Federalist faux pillars on the front of the building. A new large door has been installed on the north side of the building, and a new large window on the south side adds welcome daylight. The…
Read MoreJPRD, Elks team up for Safety Camp
A baker’s dozen children learned how to be safe in all sorts of different situations at the Jefferson park and recreation department’s annual Safety Camp last week. This year’s Safety Camp was sponsored by the Jefferson Elks lodge. Most of the children are pictured with (adults, from left) instructor Jennifer Kennedy, Elks Hollie Roberts and Diane Gibson, and instructor Cassidy Adamson.…
Read MoreNorthey reminds Iowans of Farmers Market Week
DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey on Aug. 1 encouraged Iowans to take advantage of fresh fruits and vegetables available at the more than 220 farmers markets in Iowa as part of National Farmers Market Week, Aug. 3-9. “We continue to see growing demand for fresh locally grown produce and farmers markets are a great place to…
Read MoreGood news! It’s State Fair time!
GreeneCountyNewsOnline has some money-saving State Fair tips “Nothing Compares” to the Iowa State Fair, Aug. 7-17 at the State Fairgrounds on the east side of Des Moines! This year’s theme is “Amazingly Amusing,” and what’s more amusing than saving some green? For many families, going to the State Fair is an August tradition, one that wilts just a little when…
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