The Greene County supervisors at their Feb. 2 meeting approved providing $5,000 in Dreyfus funds toward a memorial honoring the schoolboy soldiers of Rippey who fought in the Civil War. The payment will be made over two years. Chuck Offenburger and committee members Dave Burkett, Dena Boyd, and Greene County High School students Aden Bardole, Ava Hinote and Mia Murphy…
Read MoreDay: February 4, 2026
Putting students first in higher education policy
~by Jesse Ulrich, president, Iowa Central Community College At Iowa Central Community College, our purpose is simple and student-centered: we want students to finish their degrees or certifications in the shortest time possible, with the least amount of student loan debt, so they can have a better life. This purpose helps us fulfill our mission by meeting Iowans where they…
Read MoreView from my window: Dismantling of the U.S.
February 1, 2026 I was recently saddened to read that the National Park Service is dismantling “Inappropriate disparage” exhibits about slavery from the President’s House at Independence Park in Philadelphia. The Washington Post first reported the orders handed down by the President to require the Interior Department to identify and change any “memorials, statues, markers, or similar properties that were…
Read More2026 Fine Arts Hall of Fame inductees named
The fourth class of inductees into the Greene County Fine Arts Hall of Fame includes five musicians – three instrumentalists and two vocalists. New inductees include D. Douglas Miller, Class of 1959, instrumental music; Kathy Cuddy, Class of 1971, vocal music; Marty Aldrich, Class of 1976, instrumental music; Peter Thompson, Class of 1997, instrumental music; and Michael Kennedy, Class of…
Read MorePresidential projecting of liars and pigs
~a column by Colleen O’Brien Freelance reporter Don Lemon, two weeks after having covered a rally in a Minneapolis church, was arrested and indicted in Los Angeles for being at that protest. It is illegal to arrest a reporter for being a reporter. What they do for a living – report – is protected under the First Amendment to the Constitution,…
Read More‘Meet Your Legislators’ Feb. 14 in Jefferson
The first “Meet Your Legislators” event of the 2026 legislative session will be held Saturday, Feb. 14, at 11 am at the Welcome Center at Thomas Jefferson Gardens, 201 W. Lincoln Way, in Jefferson. State Senator Jesse Green and State Representative Carter Nordman both plan to attend, The public is encouraged to come listen to an update from the statehouse…
Read MoreBe my Valentine at the museum
Hundreds of vintage Valentines will be on display at an open house at the Greene County Historical Museum, 219 E. Lincoln Way in Jefferson, on Valentine’s Day, Saturday, Feb. 14. The cards are from the collection of Mikki Schwarzkopf of Ames, a former Jefferson resident. She has donated the valentines to the Museum. Schwarzkopf has been amassing the collection since…
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