Bertrand, opponent of Steve King, to visit Jefferson

State Sen Rick Bertrand, who is challenging Rep Steve King in the Republican primary for the Fourth Congressional seat, will meet with voters Wednesday, May 4, at 10 am at Homestead Coffee & Bakery, 121 E. Lincoln Way, in Jefferson. Bertrand grew up on a small farm near Sioux City. He studied economics and political science at the University of Northern Iowa…

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In the neighborhood

Please send your news item to Jean Borgeson at jeanb@iowatelecom.net May 2, 2016 The Rippey Lions Club will meet May 5 with a potluck meal. Mary Weaver honored: Mary Weaver, president of the Friends of Rippey, was honored Sunday, May 1, with the Greene County Impact Award. Many friends and neighbors from the Rippey area attended the ceremony in the…

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Tree Tracings

~by Valerie Ogren for the Greene County Genealogical Society Meeting notice: The Greene County Genealogical Society will meet Saturday, May 7, at 10 am in the basement meeting room of the Jefferson public library.  Shirley Clark will tell us about the Franklin family. Dr Franklin was a relative of her husband’s mother. Come and join us. Genealogy is sharing. Guests are always welcome. The reference library will be…

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Greene County magistrate court, week ending April 29

In Greene County magistrate court a judgment was entered against Brett Everett Grundon of Grand Junction in a case initiated in district court last November. A charge of operating while intoxicated-first offense was amended to public intoxication, a simple misdemeanor. A judgment was entered against Grundon for a $250 fine with an $87.50 surcharge. Court costs were $140.

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