To the editor, THANK YOU to all who attended the ribbon cutting for The Children’s Center playground last week! There has been so much support for this project for the benefit of our youngest citizens! Now that this project is completed, it is time to once again thank all who have had a hand in its success! It wouldn’t have…
Read MoreMonth: November 2025
Greenbrier 4-H Family and Awards Night – 2025
Greenbrier 4-H club members and families gathered for the annual Family Awards Night in Clover Hall on Sunday, Nov. 2. This event celebrated the accomplishments of the club and its members over the last year. Becca Anderson welcomed people and called the meeting to order. Aden Bardole led the introduction of families, and Jaelynn Hedges, Madison Christensen, and Makenzie Wahl…
Read MoreGCMC staff completes IHA leadership training
Two leaders from Greene County Medical Center are drawing on a statewide development initiative to enhance their leadership styles, benefit their teams and ultimately improve patient care. Clinical supervisor turned Director of Nursing, Abby Skoglund, RN, and patient access supervisor Shaunna Hadley recently graduated from the Iowa Hospital Association (IHA) Leadership Development Program. Skoglund’s Greene County Medical Center career began…
Read MoreCounty moves closer to digital mining, data centers
The Greene County supervisors at their Nov. 10 meeting took the first step toward allowing the placement of a digital mining and data center in the county. The supervisors first heard of the proposed project a week ago. Adam Haynes, founder of Simple Mining LLC, based in Cedar Falls, attended the meeting along with David Speed and Ryan Henn of…
Read MoreRotary donates Spanish books to GrCo school libraries
Project spearheaded by new Rotary extension club – Rotary isn’t just for noontime anymore Latino students at Greene County Schools now have more choices for their free reading with the recent donation of 157 books in Spanish by the Rotary Club of Jefferson. New books have been placed in all three school libraries. The project was spearheaded by the club’s…
Read MoreProgram on ‘Schoolboy Soldiers of Rippey’ Sunday, Nov. 23
~by Chuck Offenburger for the Greene County Historical Society The Greene County Historical Society will publicly introduce the new “Schoolboy Soldiers of Rippey” project with a free special program Sunday, Nov. 23, at 2 pm at the museum, 219 E. Lincoln Way in Jefferson. The project, initiated last spring by current students at Greene County High School, will tell the…
Read MoreCourthouse praised by Supreme Court chief justice
The Greene County courthouse received a good review from Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Christensen when she visited last week during a Supreme Court “On the Road” event in Jefferson. County attorney Thomas Laehn told the supervisors at their Nov. 10 meeting that Chief Justice Christensen visited the courthouse while in Jefferson. He took her on a tour…
Read MoreCommunity Foundation grants support medical center
Less pain and peace of mind for parents of newborns and an enhanced living environment for Ever Greene Ridge residents have been realized thanks to two grant awards from the Greene County Community Foundation made in the spring of this year. The Family Medicine Clinic received $6,700 in funding to assist with the purchase of a recently received transcutaneous bilirubin meter.…
Read MoreOnly a year ago
~A column by Colleen O’Brien On a blustery Sunday in the Midwest, I watched giant snowflakes fall and disappear on the still warm asphalt as I was hit by whining gusts of wind whistling around me at up to 30 mph. The preview of winter weather whipped my hair like an eggbeater and scattered fat flakes and red and yellow…
Read MoreNative American Heritage Festival Nov. 19 at Iowa Central Community College
Iowa Central Community College is proud to once again celebrate Native American Heritage Month with the return of the Native American Heritage Festival on Wednesday, Nov. 19, from 8:30 am to 1 pm in the Student Resource Center (SRC). The event will feature a walking gallery filled with Native artifacts, educational displays, videos, and traditional foods, offering students, faculty, staff, and community members a…
Read MoreUncle Sam wants you!
A veteran looks back December 1, 1969, was a changing day in my life. On that day was the first military draft lottery since WWII. The lottery used birthdays to determine the random order in which you would be chosen for military service in 1970 during the Vietnam war. At that time I was a senior at Northwest Missouri State…
Read MoreJohn “Johnny” Hamilton, 1943 – 2025
John Robert Hamilton, 82, of Jefferson peacefully passed away at home with his family all around him on Nov. 9, 2025. Known by his family and friends as Johnny, he was born on Aug. 6, 1943, to Robert John and Kathleen Karol (Wilt) Hamilton in Jefferson. He grew up in Jefferson, graduating from Jefferson High School in 1961. He met the…
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