Getting the kids ready for a new school year will be easier for some needy families thanks to a community-wide school supply drive conducted by Jefferson Telecom.
Read MoreDay: August 7, 2016
Letter to the editor – Amy Milligan
To the Editor: I’ve lived in Greene County most of my life and have been paying close attention to the comments and thoughts of my fellow community members regarding the upcoming school bond vote. It would be easy for me to vote No and say that the bond doesn’t affect me because I don’t have children. I could say it…
Read MoreMcAtee Tire marks 50th anniversary
Nearly 500 customers, friends, and well-wishers attended an open house July 26 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of McAtee Tire and Service Center. After his honorable discharge from the U.S. Navy in 1956, Dean McAtee worked in Goodyear Tire stores in Burlington, Sterling, IL, Davenport and Spencer. In 1966 he had an opportunity to purchase the Goodyear store in Jefferson.…
Read MoreWagon train to travel across the county
Virtually every summer brings a group of travelers touring through parts of Greene County on the old Lincoln Highway. This summer’s tour is unlike any other. An ox bow wagon train group will make its way from Bouton to Grand Junction this Wednesday, Aug. 10. The group will spend the night at a rural Grand Junction residence, and then take…
Read MoreLooking ahead to commencement 2017
The school year hasn’t yet started, but seniors and their families may already be looking ahead to May graduation. For the past several years, all the county high schools have had their commencement exercises on the same day at the same time. That won’t be the case in 2017.
Read MoreFisher visits Washington with 4-H group
Citizenship Washington Focus (CWF) is a 4-H leadership program for high school youth, grades 9-12, from across the country. Every summer nearly 1500 young people stay at the National 4-H Conference Center, near Washington, DC, to participate in this week-long program. This year, Greene County 4-H member Lucas Fisher travelled with a group of Iowa 4-H youth from across the…
Read MoreFarmers Market Week is Aug. 7-13
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey encouraged Iowans to take advantage of fresh fruits and vegetables available at the more than 220 farmers markets in Iowa as part of National Farmers Market Week, which runs from Aug. 7 to 13.
Read More‘Becoming an Outdoors-Woman’ workshop slated
The fall Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) workshop is Sept. 16-18, at the Springbrook Conservation Education Center, adjacent to Springbrook State Park, north of Guthrie Center.
Read MoreWeather data, week ending Aug. 5
Jefferson received another .55 inch of rain during the week that ended Aug. 5. High temperature was 94 degrees and low temperature was 66 degrees, according to KCCI’s SchoolNet 8.
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