The ranking of Greene County as having the highest teen pregnancy rate in the state in 2010 was a call to action for healthcare providers, schools and community groups. Data recently released by the Iowa Department of Public Health’s vital statistics division shows the effort has paid off. Data for 2014 shows a 60 percent decline in the number of…
Read MoreDay: January 24, 2016
Low cost spay/neuter clinics set for February
(Edited Jan. 27 with different dates) Animal Protection and Education (APE) charity is marking Spay Day 2016 with a pair of low cost spay and neuter clinics for cats. Clinics will be held Mondays, Feb.15 and Feb. 29, in Grand Junction. Cats will be spayed/neutered by a licensed DVM, microchipped and treated for fleas, earmites, roundworms and hookworms. The spay package…
Read MoreWeather data, week ending Jan. 22
The good news for the week ending Jan. 22 is that Jefferson residents didn’t need to mow their lawns or swat mosquitos. The bad news is that it was just plain cold. High temperature for the week was 22 degrees and the low was -11 degrees according to volunteer weather observer John Beltz. Jefferson received just .03 inch of precipitation…
Read MoreConsumer alert: Beware of ‘epidemic’ IRS phone scam
Long-running nationwide scam continues to target Iowans with threatening calls DES MOINES – Though it’s been a years-long nationwide scam, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller is again alerting Iowans about the ongoing IRS scam now that it is tax filing season.
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