LifeServe Blood Center will hold a community blood drive Tuesday, Oct. 14, from 12:30 to 5:30 pm at the Greene County Community Center in Jefferson. Walk-ins are welcome. Each year, more than 500,000 lives are positively impacted because of generous LifeServe blood donors. Donating blood is safe, simple and only takes about an hour of your time; making it one…
Read MoreDay: October 12, 2014
Rock the ARC to raise funds for food pantry
All area residents are invited to Rock the ARC at an afternoon of entertainment and fellowship next Sunday, Oct. 19, at 2 pm at RVP~1875/History Boy Theatre Co at 115 S. Wilson, Jefferson. The afternoon features an array of local talent, including Bill Riley Talent Search sprout winner Ava Schilling, dancers from Prairie Blue, original poetry by Essie Kowaleski, Colleen O’Brien,…
Read MoreJPRD plans Halloween fun
In cooperation with the Greene County Chamber and the Jefferson public library, several Halloween related activities will be available for youth ages 2 years to 5th grade to enjoy Thursday, Oct. 30. Halloween party: The fun begins at the at the Greene County Community Center. A free party with Halloween games and crafts, and treats, will be held from 4…
Read MoreBrassieres take the spotlight at medical center
Once again, brassieres are celebrated as works or art, or at least as the foundation of a craft project, in the outpatient lobby at Greene County Medical Center. To help promote October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and to promote mammograms, the medical center’s radiology department invited other departments to push up bras to places where no bras have gone…
Read MoreWalls at Wild Rose
After what has seemed like a very long time moving dirt around at the site of the coming Wild Rose Jefferson, walls finally started going up late this week. Area residents saw in September how quickly prefabricated walls go up as they watched construction of a new Hy-Vee grocery store three blocks north of the bell tower. The casino will…
Read MoreGood news at the gas pump…
…and it’s supposed to get better! Those who remember getting service at a filling station – the sort that was talked about at the Deep Rock station earlier this week – shake their heads at the idea that $3 gasoline is Good News, but it is! And according to the newsroom at AAA of Minnesota, the price of gasoline is going…
Read MoreDomestic abuse topic of Wednesday fellowship
This week’s Community Fellowship at Trinity Lutheran Church will feature as speaker Alicia Van Cannon of ACCESS, Assault Care Center Extending Shelter and Support. ACCESS serves Greene, Boone and Story counties with services for those in domestic or sexual assault situations. VanCannon is knowledgeable about the prevalence of domestic abuse in Greene County, the work of the Greene County Coalition…
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