Local candidates who spoke at a forum hosted by the Rotary Club of Jefferson Tuesday agreed on many things, particularly in their optimism about Jefferson’s future. More than 50 persons attended the forum, which was held at Greene County elementary and moderated by Rotarian Rick Morain.
Read MoreMonth: October 2019
Letter to the editor – Jamie Daubendiek
Dear editor, We would just like to say a big thank you to all the volunteers who were involved in helping Jefferson Matters: Main Street put on Main Street Iowa’s annual Fall Workshop last week. This is an annual event where 94 attendees from more than 50 different Main Street Iowa communities come to learn and network with each other…
Read MorePick a dream or take your chances
~a column by Colleen O’Brien Daydreaming is part of our lives. Thank goodness. A daydream often kicks in when you’re bored. Think of: TV, teacher, talkative person, dull person, politician, your boss, parent, sibling…. You get the idea. You needn’t feel guilty about the subject of the daydream or the act of daydreaming itself. It is one of the brain’s…
Read MoreAllen, Byerly honored for valor
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline The Greene County board of supervisors presented certificates of valor to deputy Shane Allen and Churdan firefighter Nate Byerly at the regular meeting on Oct 28. Board chair John Muir and sheriff Jack Williams recognized Allen and Byerly for rescuing a motorist whose vehicle had gone off the road into swollen Buttrick Creek on Oct…
Read MoreA Day to Celebrate: 4-H Awards Day
A group of more 50 people attended the annual Greene County 4-H Awards Ceremony Sunday at the Churdan library to see Greene County 4-H members, as well as 4-H volunteers and financial sponsors, recognized. Record books submitted by 4-H members were judged by volunteers who decided on the final awards, recognizing outstanding record books and excellence in project work over…
Read MoreCity, school election Tuesday
Polls open 7 am – 8 pm in seven precincts ~courtesy of The Scranton Journal Voters will go to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 5, to cast ballots in the City and School elections. The polls will be open from 7 am until 8 pm in seven locations around the county. Absentee ballots can be voted at the Greene County…
Read MoreJPRD planning ‘Lazy Man Triathon’ and more
The Jefferson park and recreation department is making it a bit easier to be a triathlete with a new program, a “Lazy Man Triathlon.” The program begins Nov. 11 and ends Dec. 20. The challenge is to compile 26.2 miles of running or walking, 112 miles of stationary cycling, and either 10,560 feet of rope pull or 50,000 meters rowing…
Read MoreNativity displays needed for upcoming festival
Save the date – December 8 At some point in childhood, many kids don a blue shawl or fake beard and act out the nativity scene in front of doting parents and grandparents. Whether performed by children, set up as little figurines in a home or installed as a life-size tableau in front of a church, these scenes are a…
Read MoreCorn harvest lagging, bean harvest at last year’s pace
Harvest progressed across Iowa as farmers had 4.1 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending Oct. 27, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Fieldwork activities included harvesting soybeans and corn for grain, spreading manure, applying anhydrous and baling corn stalks.
Read MoreRotary to host candidate forum Oct. 29
The Rotary Club of Jefferson will host a public forum Tuesday, Oct. 29, at the Greene County elementary cafeteria for candidates in the Nov. 5 school and city election. Greene County school board candidates Randy Lebeck, Steve Fisher and John McConnell, Jefferson city council candidates Sean Sebourn, Matt Wetrich and David Sloan, and Jefferson mayor candidates Matt Gordon and Craig…
Read MoreAdopt-a-Family gears up for Christmas food basket project
Greene County Adopt-a-Family provided coats, snow pants, boots and other winter outerwear to 103 Greene County children earlier this month in its Operation Warm Hearts. With that project completed, the Adopt-a-Family (AAF) board has turned to its Christmas campaign, with plans to distribute food baskets Saturday, Dec. 21, from 11 am to 12:30 pm at Clover Hall on the Greene…
Read MoreJava and Juice November locations told
Locations for Java & Juice in November are in the heart of Jefferson. The November schedule is: • Nov. 1 – Greene County Community Center, 20 W. Harrison St • Nov. 8 – History Boy Theatre, 115 S. Wilson Ave •Nov. 15 – Skeeter Creek Fabricators Art/Antiques, 104 E . State St • Nov. 22 – Meythaler Photography, 112 E.…
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