New bleachers for a new season of Ram sports

Ram fans will have safer, more accessible bleachers at Linduska Field for the coming football season. A good-sized crew from Boland Recreation of Marshalltown spent two weeks  installing 15-row, 166-foot elevated aluminum bleachers on the “home” side of the field. The bleachers are accessible at either end via ramps with handrails, and there are cut-outs in the bleachers for wheelchairs.…

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Community CPR class this Tuesday

Anyone who needs to know first aid or CPR for a job, or who just wants to be prepared to help someone in a bad situation, is invited to a Community Heart Saver CPR class at the cardiac rehab department of Greene County Medical Center. The layman’s course is for people not in the medical profession and will lead to…

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Farm Bureau honors Vaughn Bauer

Distinguished Service to Ag award Vaughn Bauer(left) of Paton was honored with the Greene County Farm Bureau Distinguished Service to Ag award at the 2015 Greene County Farm Bureau annual meeting held Thursday, July 30, 2015. County president Perry Parker (right) made the presentation after reading the following: “Periodically, the Greene County Farm Bureau presents its Distinguished Service award to an…

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Local Farm Bureau tells drawing winners

The 2015 Greene County Farm Bureau annual meeting was held Thursday, July 30, at Clover Hall at the Greene County Fairgrounds in Jefferson.  Drawings were held for door prizes following the business meeting and speakers. Winners of items donated by Greene County Farm Bureau and Farm Bureau Financial agents Kim Tjepkes and Damon Clancy included Bruce Wessling, Glennie Costello, Joeline…

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Weather data, week ending Aug. 7

The first week in August wasn’t as hot as it often is in Iowa. According to weather data provided by volunteer observer John Beltz, the high temperature was 88 degrees and the low temperature was 59 degrres. Jefferson received less than one-tenth of an inch of rain during the week.

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Greene County Farm Bureau holds annual meeting

One hundred members enjoyed a roast beef dinner served by county 4-H members at the 2015 Greene County Farm Bureau annual meeting on Thursday, July 30, 2015 at Clover Hall at the Greene County Fairgrounds in Jefferson. Following the meal, president Perry Parker called the business meeting to order.  He welcomed members and guests and introduced board members and spouses…

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Helen Lehman Anderson, 1929-2015

A memorial service was held Aug. 8 at Salem United Methodist Church in Paton for Helen Lehman Anderson, 86, of Jefferson. The Rev David Arulnathan and the Rev Julie Poulsen offered words of comfort. Interment was at the Paton Township Cemetery. Helen Cole Adams was born April 5, 1929, in Howard County, Nebraska, to Max and Ethel Adams. Her father farmed…

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Wild Rose Jefferson hosts gala grand opening

Although Wild Rose Jefferson has been open for more than three weeks, the grand opening Friday lived up to expectations for a gala event. An estimated 400 people stood where soybeans had been planted up until a year ago to hear congratulations from elected officials and thank yous from members of Grow Greene County Gaming Corporation and Wild Rose management.

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