Chapter CZ of P.E.O. awarded a scholarship for 2025 to Danille Curtis of Gowrie recently. Curtis, a Simpson College and Paton-Churdan High School graduate, works full time as the Iowa director at Midwest Mission in Jefferson. The $500 local scholarship will be utilized by Curtis to help obtain her master’s degree in philanthropy and non-profit development from University of Northern…
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Statewide tornado drill Wednesday, 10 am
The Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) and the National Weather Service (NWS) have joined together to promote Severe Weather Awareness Week, March 23-27, 2026. Accordingly, the annual statewide tornado drill will take place Wednesday, March 25, beginning at 10 am. “Severe weather doesn’t wait for us to be ready; it requires us to act now,” said HSEM…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending March 20
In Greene County district court Michael James Wagoner, 43, of Jefferson was sentenced March 18 to five years in prison, with credit for time served, after changing his plea to guilty to a charge of domestic abuse assault- third or subsequent offense. The prison term is consecutive to a sentence entered in January in another Greene County case. Wagoner was…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, week ending March 20
In Greene County magistrate court a judgment was entered against Anthony Lee Arbuckle of Cooper on a charge of disorderly conduct- fighting/violent behavior. Arbuckle was fined $105 with a $15.75 surcharge. Court costs were $101.80. Audrie Leiann Lawrence of Jefferson was sentenced to two days in jail after she pleaded guilty to a charge of providing false identification information. She…
Read MorePatricia Peterson, 1939 – 2026
Patricia Ann Peterson, 86, of Jefferson passed away March 20, 2026, after a long battle with declining health. A graveside service will be held April 4 at 11 am at the Jefferson Cemetery. Pat was born March 25, 1939, in Morristown, NJ, to Ernest and Erma (Baynes) Peterson, the second of five children. When she was 5 years old, the family…
Read MoreCommunity Foundation awards grants
It took the Greene County Community Foundation just longer than 30 minutes to award more than $250,000 in grants Sunday afternoon, March 22. Community Foundation board president Patty Fisher made the awards. She first explained the Foundation had received $175,000 to award in grants of less than $35,000 from Grow Greene County, and accessed another $81,229 from the Community Foundation…
Read MoreGrCo school calendar set for 2026-27
Board ratifies teachers’ contracts, okays college classes for freshmen, new lights at Allensworth Field The Greene County Schools board of directors opened their March 11 meeting with a public hearing on the 2026-27 school calendar. The calendar is similar to the current year except for parent-teacher conference dates. Conferences next year in October and March will be held on a…
Read MoreView from my window: Balance
March 15, 2026 When I see my primary care practitioner for my Medicare annual physical, one of the preliminary questions is “Have you fallen this past year?” So far, I have been fortunate to say I have not, but I continue, “I am very careful.” In living with cohorts of my gender and age, it seems many of us have…
Read MoreOur government is alphabet soup
Below is a list of governmental branches within our republic – administrations, agencies, departments, bureaus, commissions : Executive Branch, Judicial Branch, Legislative Branch; Departments of Justice (DOJ), Defense (DOD), Agriculture (USDA), Commerce (DOC), Education (ED), Energy (DOE) Health and Human Services (HHS), Homeland Security (DHS), Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Labor (DOL), State (DOS), Transportation (DOT), Interior (DOI); Affairs: Veterans Affairs…
Read MoreJerry Evelsizer, 1932 – 2026
Funeral services for Jerry D. Evelsizer, 93, of Fairmont, MN, will be held at Saturday, March 21, at 11 am at Bethel Evangelical Free Church in Fairmont. Those wishing to view the service may do so at https://www.bethel-fairmont.org. Burial will be held Monday, March 23, at 11 am at Brethren Cemetery in Panora, IA. The Lakeview Funeral Home and Cremation Service…
Read MoreCounty to share attorney position with Sac, Calhoun counties
Staffing in the county attorney’s office took up a large portion of the Greene County supervisors meeting March 16. The final result will be a smaller staff and a county attorney who doesn’t live in the county. Early in the meeting county attorney Thomas Laehn told the board that assistant county attorney Kaitlyn Willms’ last day will be April 30.…
Read MoreRamona Kersey, 1930 – 2026
Ramona Kersey of rural Grand Junction passed away peacefully on March 13, 2026, with her family by her side. Her life story includes meaningful years of love, faith, hard work and selflessness. Ramona will be remembered with love by her family, including daughters Connie (Mick) Burkett, Linda (Tim) Tipton, Debra (Randy) Cooklin, and Jacalyn (Kevin) Ostrander; grandchildren Heather (Anthony) Lohse,…
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