Parents of children ages 3 through first grade are invited to participate in a new literacy program – Raising School Ready Readers – at the Webb House in Jefferson on Tuesdays, Oct. 3-31, from 5:30 to 7 pm.
Read MoreDay: September 17, 2017
4-H club cleans up Highway 4
The Hardin Happy Hustlers 4-H Club met last Sunday to clean up the ditches along a stretch of Highway 4 north of Jefferson. Fifteen members of the club helped. The club has taken care of the same portion of the highway for years as part of the Adopt-A-Highway program. At least once in the fall and once in the spring…
Read MoreScholarship available for local woman
P.E.O. Chapter CZ is seeking applicants for a $400 college scholarship to a Greene County woman. Her education must have been interrupted and she must have been out of school for at least one year or have completed two years of higher education. Also eligible are daughters and granddaughters of active Chapter CZ members.
Read MorePrevalence of obesity falls slightly in Iowa
~by Polly Carver-Kimm for the Iowa Department of Public Health CDC data released Aug. 31 show the proportion of Iowa adults with obesity has fallen slightly, from 32.1 percent in 2015 to 32.0 percent in 2016. Of the 54 U.S. states and territories included in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) report, Iowa is one of 16 that showed…
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