Greene County Farm Bureau held a member appreciation picnic on Monday evening, Aug. 6, at Clover Hall in Jefferson. Approximately 100 members attended. Iowa Farm Bureau president Craig Hill gave the keynote address. Hill told members that this year marks Iowa Farm Bureau’s 100th anniversary of serving members and enriching Iowa’s communities.
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Home food preservation topic of Aug. 28 class
Safe home food preservation will be the topic of an evening session Tuesday, Aug. 28, at the ISU Extension and Outreach office in Jefferson. Ann Heuer, ISU Extension & Outreach nutrition and wellness specialist will be the instructor at Food Preservation 101. Participants will be introduced to safe home food preservation methods including canning, dehydrating, and freezing. They will receive…
Read MoreScranton tractor ride Aug. 19
The seventh annual Scranton tractor ride will be on the road Sunday, Aug. 19. Registration will begin at 8 am at the Scranton Community Center. Tractors will roll out at 9 am. The tentative route takes the tractors north out of Scranton, back south on P-14 and then east on E-53 to the Greene County Fairgrounds in Jefferson. After a…
Read MoreFarm Bureau Distinguished Service to Ag award to Juhl Feed
Juhl Feed Inc of Dana was presented the Greene County Farm Bureau Distinguished Service to Agriculture award at the 2018 Greene County Farm Bureau member appreciation picnic held Monday, Aug. 6.
Read MoreRAGBRAI – Two teams, two stories
~by Taylor Bates and Tori Riley The 2018 Registers’ Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI)® was the 21st time to ride across Iowa for Chicago native Brad Prendergast. Those 21 years have been all due to being “bit by the bug” as Prendergast put it. Prendergast, along with 50 to 60 other Chicago residents, come together for RAGBRAI, forming…
Read More‘Libraries Rock’ at Jefferson public library
This year’s summer reading program “Libraries Rock” at the Jefferson public library was all about things that rock…animals, science, music, art, books, and of course, rocks.
Read MoreGenealogical Society to meet Aug. 4
The regular meeting of the Greene County Genealogical Society will be held Saturday, Aug. 4, at 10 am in the basement meeting room of the Jefferson public library. Corinne Bancroft will have the program “This & That, Plus a Brick Wall Repair”. Everyone is welcome and the library is handicapped accessible.
Read MoreISU Extension names new farm management specialist
Tim Christensen will serve 11 counties including Greene AMES, Iowa ― Tim Christensen has joined Iowa State University Extension and Outreach as a farm management specialist. Christensen, who has worked at Iowa State as an agricultural specialist since 2015, will cover the counties of Ida, Sac, Calhoun, Monona, Crawford, Carroll, Greene, Harrison, Shelby, Audubon and Guthrie for ISU Extension…
Read MoreRAGBRAI gallery
Day two of RAGBRAI®, the Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa, left Denison on Monday, July 23, passed through Coon Rapids and Scranton before spending the night in Jefferson. An estimated 25,000 bicyclists rode the route, enjoying the hospitality of local residents and other vendors.
Read MorePheasant survey Aug. 1-15
The extent of impact that a late winter and heavy rains and flooding in northern Iowa in June and July had on pheasant nesting success will likely be seen when the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) conducts its annual pheasant counts. The statewide survey takes place Aug. 1-15.
Read MoreInvitational livestock show includes six county youth
The DMACC BEARDOWN is an invitation only livestock show for 4H & FFA exhibitors from Calhoun, Dallas, Greene, Jasper, Marshall, Polk and Story County. Qualifiers earned their right to participate by exhibiting county fair champion market and breeding animals in the beef, swine, sheep, and goat divisions. The BEARDOWN will take place Saturday, July 28, at 1 pm at the…
Read MoreResults told for non-livestock county fair contests
The 2018 4-H communications contest was held Monday, July 2, at The Gardens in Jefferson. Six exhibitors participated in the event, which was judged by Carolyn Wilson of Redfield. The contest was coordinated by communications superintendent Yvette Bardole.
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