January 4, 2021 Rippey Lions Club Zoom meeting – The Rippey Lions Club will meet via Zoom on Thursday, Jan. 7, at 7 p.m. Following a short business meeting, Roger Curtis, Northwest Lions Club district governor, will share comments on Lions Club in Iowa, including his duties. Nancy Hanaman will email the Zoom contact information to members prior to the meeting…
Read MoreDay: January 5, 2021
Letter to the editor – Lloyd shot in his yard
Letter to Editor Dear Tori, Late in the night of Dec. 19 a cruel and terrible thing happened. Some low life scum of the earth coward hiding behind a rifle with an infrared scope, under the cover of darkness, shot and killed our beloved family dog. Our whole family loved Lloyd, but our Mom was his real owner. He was…
Read MoreTracy Bigley, 1933 – 2021
Tracy Raymon Bigley Jr. was born July 31, 1933, in Iowa City, to Tracy Sr. and Eula Bigley. He passed away January 4, 2021, in Jefferson. Tracy grew up in Leon, where he loved playing sports: football, basketball and baseball. He also loved music, math and history in school. After graduating from high school Tracy entered the United States Navy, where he proudly…
Read MoreB. Banister re: purchase of Midland Power building
To the editor, The county supervisors have decided to buy the Midland Power building out on Old 30. Everyone knows that commercial real estate in Jefferson is cheap and very hard to sell. So it makes me wonder why we, the taxpayers, are paying $600,000 for a building that is probably not worth 100K, assuming that a buyer could even…
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