Paton-Churdan 8th-12th grades will present “The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong” by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer & Henry Shields, Saturday, April 29, at 2 pm and 7 pm in the school auditorium. The public is invited to attend. General admission tickets are available at the door or in advance at the school and are $8/adults, $5/students. It has been quite a few…
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Will you yield for a question?
To the editor, It is alarming, the rough shod ways the Republican majority in the Iowa State Senate are using to ram legislation through. A low point showing this disregard for Iowans’ right-to-know occurred earlier this week on Senate File 542 dealing with child labor laws. During the debate, which went on through the night, State Senator Dotzler (D) Black Hawk County…
Read MoreDemo of former school gym off the to-do list
The 1952 gymnasium attached to the former middle school will remain standing for the next several years, although it has seen no use since the opening of the new Greene County High School in 2020. The fate of the gym is tied to the repurposing of the school building as apartments, an ambitious project of Nate Adams of Carroll, doing…
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State funding for rural economic development ~a column by Mary Weaver This is going to be a convoluted circuitous column. It involves Springbrook Park, a nephew by nursing sisterhood, a workshop, and rural economic development. I am an only child, but I have a BROW family. The BROW family sisters were assigned dorm rooms at our original diploma nursing program.…
Read MoreRAGBRAI info meetings planned
All those interested in being a vendor when RAGBRAI passes through Jefferson July 25, as well as community members who want to know more about the day, are invited to attend an informational meeting hosted by Jefferson Matters: A Main Street & Chamber Community. Vendor requirements and general RAGBRAI information will be shared, followed by a time to ask questions.…
Read MoreMedical center receives inaugural workplace safety award
Representatives from Greene County Medical Center traveled to Des Moines April 18 to receive the first Spotlight Safety Award from Assured Partners and Iowa Hospital Association (IHA) ServiShare Service for implementation of a program to address workplace violence. “Greene County Medical Center has gone to great lengths to research, design and implement a robust workplace violence prevention program,” said Elizabeth…
Read MoreFood Bank of IA CEO to hold town hall meeting on food insecurity April 25
Michelle Book, CEO of the Food Bank of Iowa and a Jefferson native, will hold a town hall-style event, “Up Close and Personal,” Tuesday, April 25, in the Rotary Room at the Jefferson Community Golf Course. Book will discuss food insecurity in Iowa and the role of the Food Bank of Iowa. She hopes to hear feedback from community members…
Read MoreStephen L. McCoy, 1949 – 2023
Services will be held April 24 at St Joseph Catholic Church in Jefferson for Stephen L. McCoy, 73, of Jefferson. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by his brother, Msgr Kevin McCoy. Soloist will be Sheilah Pound, accompanied by Janet Sabus. Honorary bearers will be Dennis Tiffany, Dan Calvert, Ed Calvert, Larry Turner, Dan Nation, Roger Chesler, Tim…
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~by State Senator Jesse Green (R), District 24 Greetings from the Golden Dome. The Senate is moving many bills as we are nearing the end of session. I’ll touch base on a few of them. SF 315 is the “Raw Milk” bill. My good friend Senator Schultz has been working on this bill for many years now and finally got…
Read MoreRuth Feldmann, 1935 – 2023
On April 18, 2023, Ruth Mildred Feldmann was called home into the arms of Jesus Christ and His Blessed Mother. Her bedside was surrounded with ones she loved. Funeral services were held April 21 at St Joseph Catholic Church in Jefferson, with the mass concelebrated by Fr John Gerald and Fr Dan Guenther. Lectors were Ann Feldmann and Ken Feldmann.…
Read MoreCounty supes ink 28E agreements, hear about RAGBRAI requirements
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline The Greene County board of supervisors adopted a resolution at their Apr. 17 meeting finalizing 28E agreements with nine non-profits hoping to receive county funding from the supervisors. County attorney Thomas Laehn has said Iowa Code requires a 28E agreement between the county and any non-profit before county money can be granted to the non-profit.…
Read MoreRam boys soccer team 5-0
~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal The Greene County boys soccer team continued their win streak last week, picking up two wins against Ballard and Kuemper Catholic. On Monday, April 10, the Rams hosted Ballard, winning 8-0. Two goals each were scored by Jose Velazco and Gesser Gutierres, with one each from Jack Hansen, Chad Maston, Kolby Angell and…
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