Half-time at the Greene County Rams football game on Friday night, Sept. 4, featured a pigskin kick contest sponsored by the county Farm Bureau. High school students Ashlyn Frederick and Alex Roberts each attempted to kick a field goal from the 10-yard line. Although neither kick was successful, both Ashlyn and Alex were great sports. Greene County Farm Bureau president…
Read MoreDay: September 9, 2020
Scarecrow Invasion: Time Warp Edition coming to Jefferson
All Jefferson business owners, organizations and creative residents who like to have fun are invited to be part of the Scarecrow Invasion: Time Warp Edition. During the month of October, dozens of scarecrows will welcome visitors to downtown Jefferson. “Let’s line the city streets and downtown windows with whimsy, fun and a little scary, of course,” a spokesperson for Jefferson…
Read MoreVFW, auxiliary serving hot beef sundaes Sept. 10
VFW Post 9599 and the VFW auxiliary are hosting a meal Thursday, Sept. 10, at the VFW hall on the east side of the downtown square in Jefferson. Serving will be from 5 to 7:30 pm. The meal will include hot beef sundaes, corn or beans, and dessert. Free will donations will be accepted. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, service…
Read MoreLoving this country: Another view
~a column by guest Janice Fullman, Boston MA “It’s amazing why we keep loving this country, and this country does not love us back.” This was spoken by Doc Rivers, longtime NBA coach, a black man, after Jacob Blake, a young black man, was shot seven times in the back by a cop on August 23 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. I…
Read MoreJeff council to reopen union contract with JPD early, will use sheriff’s office for emergency coverage only
~by Victoria Riley for GreeneCountyNewsOnline More than 50 persons attended the Jefferson city council meeting Tuesday – including Jefferson police officers, Greene County sheriff’s deputies, Iowa State Patrolmen who live in Jefferson, Greene County Ambulance EMTs and Jefferson firefighters – but only two people spoke. The large attendance was there for a discussion about the Jefferson police department. Staffing in…
Read MoreFriends of the Library tell plans for fall used book sale
The Friends of the Jefferson Public Library has an answer for everyone who dreams about books, has a gift list to fill, read everything in the house during pandemic isolation, or just never seems to have enough books. The Friends cancelled the spring book sale, but the fall book sale has been re-imagined with Covid mitigation in mind. Beginning Monday,…
Read MoreWest central Iowa is bone dry, crops are declining
In spite of some locally heavy rain, Iowa farmers had 6.4 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending Sept. 6, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Although drought conditions continue to be a concern for most of the state, some areas of northeast and east central Iowa received over an inch of rain during the week. Field…
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