The Greene County varsity volleyball team fell to Nevada Oct. 4 in Nevada by scores of 12-25, 14-25, 17-25. “Nevada is a disciplined and scrappy team and we just couldn’t stay with them throughout the match. We had moments when we competed right along with them, but we could not sustain any type of momentum,” coach Donna Carhill said.
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Fisher wins archery competition
Kaleb Fisher of Churdan won his division at the Iowa State Junior Olympic Archery Development (JOAD) competition held Sept. 10 in Cedar Rapids. He competed in the 50-meter recurve Cub division and earned first place honors with a combined score of 504 out of a possible 720 points. Fisher started archery at the local level with Don Orris and the…
Read More‘Orphaned art’ up for sale at medical center
Visitors and patients at Greene County Medical Center who have visited since the expansion/renovation project and haven’t seen a favorite picture from the “old days” may find it at the auxiliary’s “Orphaned Art Sale” this Thursday.
Read MoreBags tourney in GJ Saturday
The Grand Junction “Keep Our Pool Afloat” committee will host a bags tournament this Saturday, Oct. 8, at 4 pm a the Grand Junction Community Center. Proceeds will benefit the pool repair fund. Persons who would like registration information can call 515-738-2585.
Read MoreNew picture book tells bell tower story
The Bell Tower Community Foundation has rolled out a limited edition commemorative book in time for the 50th anniversary of the Mahanay Memorial Carillon Tower. Mikki Schwarzkopf, who as a new Jefferson resident decades ago wrote the story of Floyd and Dora Mahanay and the bell tower, also wrote the new book, which is full of photos and tales not shared before.
Read MoreCommunity ed offering computer classes
Iowa Central Community College in collaboration with the Greene County Schools will offer a pair of a computer classes for adults through the community education program. In the Beginning Excel class students will cover the basics of Microsoft Excel, the computer spreadsheet program. Students will learn to navigate through the Excel screens, create, modify, save, print and format documents, as…
Read MoreHome State Bank one of Iowa’s 2016 Top 150 Workplaces
Home State Bank has been awarded a 2016 Top Workplaces honor by The Des Moines Register. The Top Workplaces lists are based solely on the results of an employee feedback survey administered by WorkplaceDynamics, LLC, a leading research firm that specializes in organizational health and workplace improvement. Several aspects of workplace culture were measured, including alignment, execution, and connection. “The…
Read MoreDoes to host district meeting
Jefferson Does drove 196 of the Benevolent, Patriotic Order of Does will host the Iowa/Minnesota/Nebraska East district meeting Oct. 14-15 at the Jefferson Elks No 2306 lodge.
Read MoreIt’s time for the Ram to go
We all know voters in the Greene County school district will be asked again to approve a bond issue for construction that will result in a two-school district. The questions are when – it could be as soon as next April or as late as next September – and what will be changed in the effort to put together the…
Read MoreTV, Shakespeare & What’s-His-Name
~a column by Colleen O’Brien I don’t have a television, but I have learned that when I’m around one, I am drawn into it. I’m a mosquito headed for carbon dioxide, sucked into whatever is there on that screen. I become a part of a need to watch what’s going on; I am suddenly a couch potato, a TV zombie,…
Read MoreBids well under estimate for courthouse dome restoration
The $3,926 Greene County paid last May for construction documents prior to taking bids for rehabilitating the large stained glass dome over the rotunda at the courthouse saved the county a considerable amount of money, according to county engineer Wade Weiss. The board of supervisors at its Oct. 3 meeting opened sealed bids for the project, which could begin as…
Read MoreJefferson residents urged to return housing/income surveys
Edited Oct. 6, 8:30 am, with new information about location of projects Jefferson downtown business owners may not be the only ones to benefit from the Iowa Economic Development Authority’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program.
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