The Greene County Historical Society’s museum in Jefferson will be open extended hours this weekend, and visitors in town for the Bell Tower Festival are especially invited. Museum hours will be Friday, June 11, from 2 to 6 pm and Saturday, June 12, from 9 am to 6 pm. Volunteer guides will welcome and assist visitors. Admission is free. Besides…
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History Boy Theatre brings live theater back to Kelso Park
History Boy Theatre Company is preparing a family-friendly musical, Burnt Part Boys. It will be performed outdoors in Kelso Park (608 S. Walnut St in Jefferson) on June 18, 19 and 20 at 8 pm, with gates opening at 7. It will also be performed at Graham Park in Carroll on June 26 and 27. The Burnt Part Boys, directed…
Read MoreTask force working to reduce traffic fatalities
Annual traffic fatalities in Iowa have not been below 300 since 1925. Working to reduce traffic fatalities and help address dangerous driving behaviors, a group of public and private traffic safety officials launched the Iowa Traffic Fatality Reduction Task Force in January of 2021. The task force held a press conference Tuesday to share alarming data and trends for Iowa’s…
Read MoreIowa gets little precip, much heat
Dry conditions and warming temperatures meant farmers had 6.2 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending June 6, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. In addition to planting, field activities included spraying post emergence herbicides, side dressing nitrogen, baling cover crops and harvesting hay. Topsoil moisture levels across the state rated 7 percent very short, 32 percent…
Read More2021 Bell Tower of Fame Awards honor leader of Iowa’s largest food bank and noted Iowa historian
The Bell Tower of Fame Award recognizes people whose professional or personal accomplishments internationally, nationally or statewide bring great pride to Greene County. They must have resided in Greene County for a period of time during their lifetime. The awards will be presented Friday at 6 pm on the Bell Tower Plaza at opening ceremonies of the 2021 Bell Tower…
Read MoreIn the neighborhood
Rippey News, June 7, 2021 Lions Club Guest Night – Rippey Lions Club members and guests enjoyed a meal with roast beef sandwiches, baked beans, salad and cookies on the menu. Frank Nation, Ogden, and Rick Fazel were special guests. Door prize winners were Frank Nation and Rick Liebich, Rippey 150th baseball caps; Myron Rinker, Rippey 150th plate; and Mary Liebich,…
Read MoreBell Tower Festival set for June 11-12
The 2021 Bell Tower Festival with a theme “Mission Impossible 2.0” is slated for this weekend, June 11-12, in Jefferson. Favorite events like the opening ceremony and the parade will look very much as they have in years past. New events this year include Ironside axe throwing, Big Wheels races, a Ribs cook-off and more. The schedule follows: Friday, June…
Read MoreEntries welcome for Bell Tower Festival parade
All area businesses and organizations, class reunion groups, churches, political groups, and anyone who wants to be in a parade still has time to register to be part of the Rotary Club of Jefferson’s Bell Tower Festival parade Saturday, June 12. The parade will step off from the Greene County Middle School student parking lot at 11 am and follow…
Read MoreMore baseball coming to Rippey
The Mid-Iowa Baseball League has scheduled several games at Walt Anderson in southwest Rippey. There is no admission charge. Bleacher seating is available. All are welcome!
Read MoreSneak peak at TJG greenhouse Friday
Thomas Jefferson Gardens board members invite all to “take a peek inside our greenhouse” on Friday, June 11 from 5-7 pm. The first 100 visitors will receive a free plant started from seed in the new greenhouse. In March of 2021 the new greenhouse was delivered to Thomas Jefferson Gardens at 201 E. Lincoln Way in Jefferson after a trip…
Read MoreGarden Club Yard of the Month to Magills on Riverside Drive
A search of more than 100 Iowa places brought Tim and Kay Magill to Jefferson where they chose to retire. Their imaginative garden at 1200 Riverside, their home since 2015, is the June 2021 Yard of the Month chosen by the Jefferson Garden Club. A focal point at the corner of the front of the yard is a perennial garden encircled…
Read More‘Reading COLORS Your World’ at the Jefferson public library this summer
“Orange” you glad it’s time for the summer reading program at the Jefferson public library? No, it’s not a “pigment” of your imagination! It really is time for the 2021 summer reading program: “Reading COLORS Your World!” Children 4 years old through 5th grade are invited to participate in this free program. There will also be a special reading program…
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