American Legion Post 11 placed a picnic table in a shaded area near the Freedom Rock at the Raccoon River Valley Trail head on E. Lincoln Way in 2020. That shade, like much of the shade in Jefferson, was lost to the hunger of the Emerald ash borer. American Legion members, with help from other local volunteers, replaced that shade…
Read MoreDay: July 27, 2025
Yard of the Month honors to Mark, Gayle Lange
Mounds of unique and colorful day lilies offer a bright and cheery welcome to the home of Mark and Gayle Lange, 100 Briarwood Bend, the Jefferson Garden Club’s July Yard of the Month. The couple has traveled to distant garden centers in search of special daylily varieties. The clematis vines which bloom abundantly earlier in the summer are another feature…
Read MoreSheriff’s report – July 2025
Following are excerpts of daily activities reported by the Greene County sheriff’s office: Thursday, July 31: At 12:17 am the sheriff and deputy arrested Zachariah Van, 20, of Missouri in the 1700 block of N. Elm St in Jefferson on a charge of public intoxication*. At 4:15 pm Travis Crichton, 46, of Vail was booked into the jail on a…
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