Greene County Medical Center announced Friday that Dr. Laurie Connolly will join its team as a provider for the new Greene County Family Medicine Clinic, effective May 1, 2019. Dr. Connolly has long been a presence in Jefferson as a popular physician. She came to Jefferson in 2002 and joined the staff at McFarland Clinic, where she worked until 2013.…
Read MoreMonth: February 2019
Margaret Ann Powers, 1926 – 2019
Margaret Powers, the daughter of Harold and Anna (Goedert) Traner, was born February 26, 1926, at Carroll and entered into rest February 5, 2019, at the Regency Park Care Center in Jefferson, Iowa. She lived her life to the age of 92 years, 11 months and 27 days. Margaret attended St. Joseph grade school, two years at St. Angelus Academy…
Read MoreArt Cullen speaks to large group in Jefferson
The Greene County Democrats’ inaugural Groundhog Day Dinner Feb. 2 drew not only local Democrats, but also guests from surrounding counties, State Rep Karin Derry of House District 39 (Polk County), State Rep Wes Breckenridge of House District 29 (Jasper County), and J.D. Scholten, contender for the Fourth Congressional District seat held by Steve King. Close to 80 people attended…
Read MoreJim Grace, 1930 – 2019
Funeral services were held February 9 at St Joseph Catholic Church in Jefferson for James Martin Grace, 88, of Jefferson. Fr Jim Bruch of Ogden celebrated the Mass of the Resurrection. Connie Skinner gave the eulogy. Sheilah Pound was soloist, accompanied by Lois Last. Honorary bearers were Daniel Grace, Cooper Skinner, KeAnna Skinner, Sarah Walker, David Moore, Ken Baker, Tyler…
Read MoreSchool year extended due to snow days
Snow days – days when school is closed due to the weather – are now “good news, bad news” days. The good news for teachers and students is they have an unplanned day of leisure. The bad news is they’ll be in school in June, when everything outdoors is calling them. As of Thursday, the last day of school for…
Read MoreImpact Award forms now at county libraries
Nomination forms are now available at local libraries for the 10th annual Greene County Community Impact Award. The award annually honors an individual or individuals who have made a contribution of time and talents, not only to a specific community, but to the county as a whole. The Impact Award will honor social, educational, or cultural contributions to the Greene…
Read MoreDuncan of Panorama to coach Ram football, teach phys ed
Greene County Schools superintendent announced Thursday morning that Caden Duncan has accepted the position of head football coach for the Rams. Duncan currently teaches physical education and health in grades 7-12 at Panorama. He coaches football and track and serves as the strength and conditioning coordinator. Duncan is a graduate of Prairie Valley High School and played two years of…
Read MoreRam hoops teams end regular season with losses to NP
The Greene County Ram basketball teams finished the 2018-19 regular season Tuesday with a pair of losses to the North Polk Comets in Alleman. The Comet girls team is ranked #1 in Class 3A by the Iowa High School Girls Athletic Union. They flew past the Rams 79-23. The Rams scored 10 more points than in their December meeting. Both…
Read MoreReminder: Community Foundation grant apps due soon
All Greene County nonprofit groups working to improve the overall wellbeing of county residents are reminded that Thursday, Feb. 14, at 4 pm is the deadline for grant applications to the Greene County Community Foundation for the 2019 grant cycle. Applications must be submitted at the Journey Financial Office at Home State Bank by the deadline to be considered. Groups…
Read MoreSupervisors get down to dollars & cents on county budget
Expect a significant increase in levy rates Greene County supervisors spent time at the Feb. 4 poking numbers into the calculator apps on their cell phones to find out exactly how much their spending on community betterment discretionary funding has increased in recent years.
Read MoreGrCoHS group to All-State Speech Festival
Greene County High School will be represented at the large group All-State Speech Festival by a radio broadcasting group calling itself 97.7 KOOB. Arthur Bardole, Kassie Lamoureux, Ashlee Harmeyer and Justice Phillips comprise the group. Other groups that qualified for the state contest last Saturday were a one-act play, group improvisation, choral reading and readers theater. The one-act play and…
Read MoreTo be or not to be…conservative/liberal
~a column by Colleen O’Brien How do we remain friends with somebody who voted for the wrong person? How do we talk with someone we know is a flaming liberal when we are a far-right conservative? Many of us have given it up over the past two or three years, figuring we aren’t going to get anywhere. And the truth…
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