July 12, 2026 I may have had an epiphany this week or I may have used my age for exploiting two situations. I checked the dictionary; epiphany is defined as a sudden moment of insight or understanding. Manipulation is defined as influencing someone unfairly for your own benefit. Yes, I think it was an epiphany. I have not aged graciously.…
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Jeff council okays first reading of e-bike ordinance, but doesn’t agree on Westwood sidewalk project
The Jefferson city council held a public hearing and then approved the first reading of an ordinance pertaining to all bicycles, including e-bikes and motorized bicycles, e-scooters, and power-driven mobility devices. City attorney David Morain summed up the ordinance when he said operators of any type of bicycle, scooter or power-driven mobility device need to follow “the rules of the…
Read MoreChildren’s author to visit Greene County libraries
Children’s author Kelly Crull is visiting all six Greene County libraries to talk about his books, The Chick-O-Saurus and Washed Ashore: Making Art from Ocean Plastic. On Wednesday, July 22, Krull will be in Churdan at 10 am, Paton at 1 pm, and Jefferson at 4 pm. On Thursday, July 23, he’ll be in Grand Junction at 10 am, Rippey…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending July 10
In Greene County district court Kelly Lynn Greving, 48, of Jefferson was granted a deferred judgment after he pleaded guilty to a charge on ongoing criminal conduct, amended from manufacture, deliver or possess with intent to manufacture or deliver not more than 5 gr of a mixture of a substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. He was placed on…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, week ending July 10
In Greene County magistrate court judgments were entered in a pair of cases against Jody Ann Watkins of Jefferson. A judgment was entered for a $105 fine with a $15.75 surcharge on a charge of interference with official acts. She must also pay $258.28 restitution for her court appointed attorney’s fees. In the second case the charge was amended from…
Read MoreA stormy week in some parts of Iowa, fairly calm in other parts
There were 5.4 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending July 12, 2026. This is 1.6 days more than last year, when there were 3.8 days suitable for fieldwork. Topsoil moisture condition rated 1 percent very short, 14 percent short, 73 percent adequate, and 12 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture condition rated 3 percent very short, 18 percent short, 69…
Read MoreHaul Out Hunger provides pork donations to Iowa food pantries
New Opportunities, Christian Action Resource Center receive meat This summer, the Deb and Jeff Hansen Foundation is distributing approximately 34,000 pounds of ground pork through the Haul Out Hunger program. Food pantries in communities across Iowa will receive pork donations to help address food insecurity and provide families with access to high-quality protein. On July 9, 864 pounds of pork…
Read MoreTwo events on a Saturday
~by Colleen O’Brien The birds are singing wildly – it’s noon on a cloudless prairie day that’s heating up toward 90 degrees. I watch a nuthatch run down a 20-foot oak trunk as if something’s chasing him; a beige dove ducks under a limb, and a vain, unusually brilliantly red cardinal, the male of course, struts along a clothesline so…
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