City, county and state offices have announced their hours for the Christmas holiday. None of the offices listed will be open Thursday, Christmas Day. Jefferson city offices will close Christmas Eve at noon. They will reopen Friday, Dec. 26, at 8 am for regular hours. The Thursday garbage route will be picked up on Friday. The Jefferson public library will…
Read MoreDay: December 22, 2014
Bates appointed to Iowa Board of Regents
Sherry Bates, 62, of Scranton has been appointed by Gov Terry Branstad to the Iowa Board of Regents, the governing body for Iowa’s three state-funded universities, the Iowa School for the Deaf and the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School. Bates is an Iowa State University graduate. She worked most of her career as a social worker at Greene County…
Read MoreGladys Moranville, 1921-2014
A memorial service was held Tuesday, Dec. 23, at 11 am at First United Methodist Church in Jefferson for Gladys Moranville. The Rev Julie Poulsen offered words of comfort. Soloist will be Danille Curtis. Memorial contributions may be made in Gladys’s name to Grace United Methodist Church in Des Moines, where she was a longtime member. Services were arranged by Slininger-Rossow…
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