Preserve the memory of your kid or grandkid hooking their first fish this summer with a special certificate. Print the certificate yourself from an electronic file posted online or request a printed certificate. Apply for a first fish certificate online at www.iowadnr.gov/firstfish or complete the form in the Iowa Fishing Regulations and mail it in.
Read MoreMonth: June 2019
Shade garden featured in Ungers’ Yard of the Month
Combine a shared interest in gardening with a lawn location not suited for grass and the result is a lush shade garden at the home of Collette and Jim Unger at 1218 Rush Ridge Road, the June 2019 Jefferson Garden Club Yard of the Month.
Read MoreRams win two over Nevada Cubs
~by Noah Rohlfing The Ram summer teams celebrated the Bell Tower Festival with wins over the Nevada Cubs Friday evening in Jefferson. The softball team got its second consecutive win of the season, using strong pitching by eighth grader Emma Hoyle to claim a 4-2 victory.
Read MoreBell Tower of Fame Award to pharmacy entrepreneur Charlie Porter
The 40th Bell Tower Festival opened Friday evening with the presentation of Bell Tower of Fame Award to Charlie Porter, a native of Jefferson and one of the founders of Medicap Pharmacies. This isn’t the first time Porter has been lauded in his hometown. Porter, a 1965 Jefferson Community High School graduate, was homecoming king and king of the Charity…
Read MoreRam softball team wins over G-R, baseball loses to Carroll
~by Noah Rohlfing After eight straight losses to start the 2019 softball season, the Greene County Rams are on the board with a win. A strong performance from starting pitcher eighth grader Emma Hoyle held Glidden-Ralston to three runs, while the Rams used seven hits and nine walks to score 11 straight runs after the first inning saw the score…
Read MoreChase Flack, 1992 – 2019
Services were held June 7 at the Greene County Middle School gymnasium for Chase Allen Flack, 26, of Ames, formerly of Jefferson. The Rev Cathy Van Gundy offered words of comfort. Coach Chris Conner, Coach Mark Sawhill and John McLaughlin also spoke. Recorded music was “Simple Man” by Lynyrd Skynyrd, “Born Free” by Kid Rock, and “Sweet Child o’ Mine”…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, week ending June 6
In Greene County magistrate court Branden G. Smith of Jefferson was sentenced to 30 days in jail May 23 after he pleaded guilty to a charge of interference with official acts. No financial information was listed on Iowa Courts Online.
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending June 6
In Greene County district court Renae Jane Baugh, 37, of Jefferson was sentenced to two years in prison after she changed her plea to guilty to a charge of operating while intoxicated- second offense. All but seven days of the prison time was suspended; she is to serve the jail time concurrent to the sentence in an earlier OWI case.…
Read MoreGrCo baseball team splits two with R-S
~by Noah Rohlfing The Rams ended a six-game losing streak Wednesday night in Story City, splitting a doubleheader with the Norsemen of Story City. They broke the skid with an 11-3 win in the second game of the night, with senior Austin Delp pitching five innings and giving up two runs (one earned) to get the win. Nick Breon got…
Read MoreHigh-powered delegation in Jeff to announce rural scholarship program
~by Noah Rohlfing for The Scranton Journal A “Silicon Prairie” in Iowa might not be a crazy thought anymore. At least, that’s the hope of a group of investors and collaborators who debuted a high school development scholarship geared towards the training of students in future high-demand technological fields at a press conference in the rotunda of the Greene County…
Read MoreRams come close to softball wins but don’t quite get there
~by Noah Rohlfing The Greene County softball team came close to winning a pair of games but came up short to remain winless on the season. The Rams came close to defeating the Jayettes of Perry, but the result was a 7-6 loss Tuesday night. Emma Hoyle once again was the starter for the Rams, and she went 4 and…
Read MoreHistorical Society meets Friday, program about Mason House hotel
~by Chuck Offenburger for the Greene County Historical Society Nick and Annette Foster, owners for about a year now of the Mason House hotel in Jefferson, will share fascinating stories they’ve learned about their 130-year-old guest house when the Greene County Historical Society meets Friday, June 7, at the First United Methodist Church in Jefferson.
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