A Greene County woman bought a ticket in a new lottery game and won a $20,000 prize. “I just couldn’t breathe. I was shaking. It was an experience I had never had before,” Nicole Murphy, 46, of Jefferson told officials as she claimed her prize on June 14. “I’m guessing people who jump out of airplanes maybe get that experience,…
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Medical center foundation holds golf tournament
Greene County Medical Center Foundation director Nancy Houska couldn’t have asked for better weather for the Foundation’s golf tournament, held June 18 at the Jefferson Municipal Golf Course. Sunny skies, warm temperatures and 64 golfers made a perfect combination for fun and fundraising. Sixteen teams began with a shotgun start at 10 am, followed by a boxed lunch provided by…
Read MoreStevens named Extension farm management specialist
AMES, Iowa – With a little more than a year of experience working for Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, Alexis Stevens has yet to experience “normal extension life.” The newly named farm management specialist for Region 2, she began her extension career in February 2020, as the county extension director for the ISU Extension and Outreach Boone County office. Her start…
Read MoreHistorical Society to open new exhibit, “Dig it! The 1950s, ’60s & ’70s”
~by Chuck Offenburger for the Greene County Historical Society Three decades that changed the world – and our part of it – are featured in a new exhibit, “Dig it! The 1950s, ’60s & ’70s,” that will open on Saturday, July 3, at the Greene County Historical Museum in Jefferson. An exhibit, designed and constructed by Mikki Schwarzkopf and Dianne…
Read MoreA slight wiggle in thinking
~a column by Colleen O’Brien A neighbor kid I knew in the 1980s, youngest of four boys and friend of my kids, grew up to earn a doctorate in psychology and become a nationally certified counselor and a marriage and family counselor. Steve, now Dr. Steven W. Nicholas, recently wrote a book on how to deal with suicides, writing in…
Read MoreSupervisors handle varied business
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline The Greene County board of supervisors meeting on June 21 was noticeably clearer for those who electronically attended the meeting. GCNO noted much less background noise in the transmission and clearer audio quality when people spoke from the gallery. Board chair John Muir announced the installation of a new microphone. Sound quality has been an…
Read MoreJefferson Telecom donates to GCELC fund drive
Jefferson Telecom supports the initiative to build a new Greene County Early Learning Center in Jefferson. The board of directors of Jefferson Telecom recently approved a multi-year donation totaling $100,000 from the Jefferson Telephone Company Charitable Trust for the GCELC’s community fundraising campaign, “Growth Happens Here” to secure the last phase of funding. Jim Daubendiek, Jefferson Telecom CEO states, “The board…
Read MoreCrops, pasture showing stress of driest start to June on record
With only spotty rains across most areas of the State, farmers had 6.0 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending June 20, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Field activities included spraying post emergence herbicides, side dressing nitrogen, and harvesting hay. Topsoil moisture levels statewide rated 25 percent very short, 39 percent short, 35 percent adequate and…
Read MoreSchool ready to sell property for new GCELC
The Greene County Schools board of education at its June 16 meeting set a pair of public hearings for the July 21 regular meeting. One of the public hearings is the first step in selling property needed for construction of a new Greene County Early Learning Center near its current location in the former south grade school. The wood frame…
Read MoreJamaica library to host community forum
Jamaica public library will host at Community Conversation Tuesday, June 22, at 6 pm at the Jamaica Community Center, 322 Main St, Jamaica. Topic of the Community Conversation is the unused second floor of the library building at 316 Main St. Time will also be allotted to discuss other possible improvements to downtown Jamaica. The conversation will be facilitated by…
Read MoreGov Reynolds visits Jefferson, gets update on how state funds have been spent
Gov Kim Reynolds was taken to the top of the Mahanay Memorial Carillon Tower Thursday morning for a bird’s eye view of projects that have received state funding in the past several years and to hear updates and highlights of current projects. Chris Deal was host and local point of contact for the visit. At the top of the tower…
Read MoreGrCoHS tells honor roll for third trimester
Greene County High School has released the honor rolls for the third trimester of the 2020-21 school year. Students named to the regular honor roll with a grade point average of 3.00-3.49 are: 9th grade: Emma Acton, Alex Blasnitz, Chase Buttler, Landon Carstens, Carson Ceverny, Noah Cornell, Gabe Ebersole, Carter Fecher, Trinity Hart, Paige Kokenge, Rylan Larsen, Alannah Menz, Savanna…
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