Registration is now open for the Greene County Virtual Academy for the 2026-27 school year. Students enrolled in the academy will learn from home using an accredited online curriculum aligned with Iowa standards. Expectations of students in the academy will be the same as of students attending Greene County Schools in person; students will work toward the same Iowa academic…
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Community Players to present ‘Birds of North America’ April 10-12
The Community Players of Greene County will present “Birds of North America” by Anna Ouyang Moench, a two-person play that portrays the challenging conversations a father and daughter attempt over several years as they watch birds. Grace Hardaway plays the role of Caitlyn while Darren Jackson plays the role of John, her father. Over the years they watch birds together…
Read MoreAREA Housing Impact Award to Origin Homes for Jefferson infill project
Origin Homes has been honored with a 2025 Ames Regional Economic Alliance (AREA) Housing Impact Award for its innovative infill housing development project in Jefferson. The award recognizes the company’s commitment to community-focused development, thoughtful design, and housing solutions that strengthen rural Iowa communities. Origin Homes’ Jefferson project was recognized for transforming underutilized land into high-quality, attainable housing that complements…
Read MorePresentation April 7 on proposed veterans memorial
A committee formed in November to fund and erect a new memorial to Greene County military veterans (not to be confused with the Schoolboys Soldiers of Rippey monument). The committee is working to find a location, design and raise funds for the project. The committee invites all those who want to be part of selecting the site to a short…
Read MoreNotice – Cemetery clean-up in Jefferson
Spring clean-up of the Jefferson municipal and St Joseph cemeteries will take place Monday, April 6, and Tuesday, April 7, weather permitting. Any items not in a permanent vase will be removed by the cleaning crew.
Read MoreRegistration open for Greene County Medical Center Foundation golf tourney June 12
Grab your clubs and rally your team. This isn’t just a round of golf; it is a chance to power the future of healthcare in rural Iowa. Join the Greene County Medical Center Foundation on Friday, June 12, for a day on the course that supports life-saving MRI services, strengthens traditions like the Bell Tower Festival and keeps high-quality care local. …
Read MoreView from my window: My garden
March 29, 2026 You know that nursery rhyme, MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY, HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW? Well, historically mine has not had silver bells and cockle shells, and pretty maids all in a row! Last fall, as I was lifting the tomato cages off the dead plants, I vowed not to try a garden again. Weeds had engulfed the…
Read MoreWe DO know
~Colleen O’Brien “You know that. And everybody knows that.” This is an oft-spoken collection of words from a president who in the wee hours of every morning Tweets or Xs lies about any number of things medical, military, historic, artistic. He’s a blabbering mouth and the sheer repletion of lies shuts our brains down. For four years of the Biden administration,…
Read MoreIowa’s high cancer rate linked to nitrate, pesticides, PFAS and radon, new report finds
~by Nina Elkadi for Sentient When Iowa resident Chris Henning was diagnosed with cancer in 2019, her youngest sister and brother-in-law had already died of cancer 13 years earlier and her father had been treated for lung cancer. Since her diagnosis, another one of her sisters died of cancer and two more women in her family have received cancer diagnoses.…
Read MoreTimothy McCoy, 1950 – 2026
Cardinal baseball fans… we’ve lost a good one. Timothy Joseph McCoy has re-tired from the Iowa playing field to the place Jesus has prepared for him in the Father’s house (John 14:1-4). He died peacefully in hospice care at Greene County Medical Center on March 30, 2026, following a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. Tim was born Aug. 31, 1950,…
Read MoreOpen house April 3 at The Jeffersonian
The Jeffersonian, the housing renovation project of the 1921 Jefferson high school, will be open to the public for self-guided tours Friday, April 3, from 4:30 to 6:30 pm. Tours will be self-guided. Visitors are asked to enter through the east doors along S. Vine St. The school is located at 203 W. Harrison St, directly across from the Greene…
Read MoreNew behavioral health specialist coming to Greene County Medical Center
Residents in Greene County and the surrounding rural communities will soon have expanded access to compassionate, personalized behavioral health care with the addition of Nancy Olson, a licensed master social worker (LMSW) at Greene County Medical Center’s Behavioral Health Clinic. Olson brings with her decades of diverse experience in mental health care, from large urban systems to deeply rural communities, along…
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