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.
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Registration 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…
Read MoreDoes up their scholarships to $1,000 each
The Jefferson Does organization has increased their scholarships to $1,000. The Does annually offer two $1,000 scholarships to Greene County High School seniors – one to a female student and one to a male student. “Because of the generosity of the public to support our fundraisers, we are able to increase our scholarships to $1,000 this year. This is just…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending March 27
In Greene County district court Michael Paul Hanlon, 38, of Paton was granted a deferred judgment after he pleaded guilty to a charge of harassment- first degree. He was placed on probation to Boone/County Probation for two years. He must pay a $855 civil penalty and restitution for his court appointed attorney’s fees not to exceed $750. Court costs were…
Read MoreSupervisors delay decisions on Schoolboy Soldiers monument, recycling agreement, solar project
The Greene County supervisors delayed a number of decisions at their March 23 meeting, delaying decisions on a 9-foot-tall monument commemorating the Schoolboy Soldiers of Rippey, a 28E agreement with the city of Jefferson for recycling services for rural residents, and a proposed solar project. After taking care of drainage business and an amendment to the FY26 budget, the supervisors…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, week ending March 27
In Greene County magistrate court a judgment was entered March 25 against Anthony Charles Kennedy of Ames on a charge of criminal mischief- fifth degree. He was fined $105 with a $15.75 surcharge. Court costs were $60. Cases were initiated as follows: Kenneth Joseph Bonnette of Scranton, charged with violation of a no contact order; Seth Allen Blumberg of Grand…
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