Jefferson’s weather observer retires

Post open for someone who’s interested in the weather “Hot enough for you?” “Cold enough for you? How cold was it, really?” “How much rain was that?” For the past 18 years, John Beltz has been the man in Jefferson providing semi-official answers to those questions, serving as a volunteer weather observer for the National Weather Service. Every morning he…

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Wranglers have their time at the rec center

Cowboys and cowgirls took over the Greene County Community Center Saturday morning for the Rowdy Rodeo Wranglers program. After decorating their own stick horses, the eager wranglers did some barrel racing around chairs and even got to sit in a saddle and try their hand at calf roping. “Make some noise. Give those horses some giddyap,” JPRD director Vicky Lautner…

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It’s an early spring…. really

Until Friday, Iowans enjoyed what we called an “early spring.” Aha! Mother Nature has a sense of humor, delivering snow on the first official day of spring. It really has been an early spring, though. The spring equinox usually happens March 20 or 21.  LiveScience.com explains that the spring equinox, the first day of spring, was March 20 at 12:30…

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Weather ending March 17

Jefferson received .36 inch of precipitation, all as rain, from March 12 through 6 am March 17. Volunteer weather observer John Beltz reported a high temperature of 71 degrees and a low temperature of 34 degrees. This is the last weather data provided by Beltz, who served the National Weather Service and area residents as a volunteer weather observer for…

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