With temperatures a bit cooler than usual for July, why not surprise the family or your co-workers with muffins? If lemonade is a summer favorite, Lemon Pound Cake Muffins can be, too! For the recipe, click here: Lemon Pound Cake Muffins
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New retirees
A pair of longtime employees at Greene County Medical Center retired at the end of June. Lois Last, RN, served patients at the medical center for 36 years. Ruth Goshon retired after 25 years with the medical center’s public health department. Congratulations! Photos courtesy of Greene County Medical Center via Facebook.
Read MorePromes faces 21 batters in 7-0 win vs Gilbert
The Greene County softball team came back from a 10-8 loss on the road to North Polk with a 7-0 win Thursday night at home vs Gilbert. Ram pitcher Marissa Promes struck out the first 15 batters before Gilbert batter led off the sixth inning with a single by Serene Isenhart. Isenhart ran into a double play, as center fielder…
Read MoreSchedule told for livestock shows, other events at the Greene County Fair
The Greene County Fair is a proud supporter of youth organizations such as 4-H and FFA. The fair board is proud to offer opportunities such as contests and shows to hone and showcase these young members’ talents and interests in agriculture. Judging of 4-H static (non-livestock) exhibits will start the fair Tuesday, July 8. Judging will start at 8:30 am at Clover…
Read MoreEighth inning win in baseball, seventh inning loss in softball
The Greene County Rams topped the Gilbert Tigers 1-0 in eight innings Wednesday night in Jefferson. The Rams have won five of their last six games and are now 8-12 overall and 7-8 in the Heart of Iowa Activities Conference.
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Iowa State University tells dean’s list – Area students named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Iowa State University include: of Bagley, Hailey Burkhardt, interior design; of Bayard, Brady Eischeid, agricultural and life sciences, Elizabeth Hagan, family and consumer science education and studies, Jacob Hagan, civil engineering, and Brendan McAlister, mechanical engineering; of Coon Rapids, Austin Anthofer,…
Read MoreWild Rose Jefferson and Grow Greene County Gaming slate ground breaking
Ground will officially be broken for Wild Rose Jefferson with a ceremonial turn of the spade Thursday, July 10, at 1 pm at the casino site on the northwest corner of Highways 30 and 4. The event will be the first benchmark since the company and Grow Greene County Gaming Corp received the necessary gaming licenses from the Iowa Racing…
Read MoreJuly starts with puddles
July began in Jefferson with plenty of puddles after more than 3-1/2 inches of rain fell during the last four days of June. Rainfall for the month was a few drops more than 8 inches, according to volunteer weather observer John Beltz. With the Greene County Fair slated to start next Tuesday, there was plenty of water at the fairgrounds.…
Read MoreHoliday hours told for Community Center, pool
The Greene County Community Center will be closed all day and the Jefferson municipal pool will have shortened hours Friday, July 4, so staff can enjoy the holiday with family and friends. The pool will open at 11:30 am for adult lap swim and have open swim from 1 to 4 pm. The pool will resume regular hours Saturday, with…
Read MoreA worthy woman
~ a column by Colleen O’Brien It was 1964. She was between her junior and senior years at Drake when she told her parents she had signed up to travel south to the Mississippi Summer Project. She would be gone for a month. Right before she left, the news of three missing young men was all over the media; these…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending June 27
In a jury trial in Greene County district court, Jesse Lynn Crawford, 27, of Jamaica was found not guilty June 26 of assault-aggravated, burglary-first degree, and being a felon in possession of a fire arm. A judgment was entered against Crawford for $100 court costs. The Honorable William Ostlund presided over the trial. Disposition was entered June 27 against Thomas…
Read MoreGreene County escapes the worst of severe weather
Gov Branstad has issued proclamations of disaster emergency for 11 Iowa counties, including nearby Guthrie County, due to severe weather June 26-30, but Greene County had relatively little damage. Jefferson received 3.64 inches of rain, according to volunteer weather observer John Beltz. The highest wind gusts reported in Jefferson by KCCI’s SchoolNet observation system were 33 mph on Monday.
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