Turkey hunters reported harvesting 11,700 Iowa birds this spring, which is 100 birds fewer than were harvested in 2017. Iowa’s spring turkey seasons began April 7 with the youth season and ended on May 20. Hunters purchased nearly 50,000 spring turkey tags.
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School to serve free lunch weekdays
The Greene County Community School District is participating in the summer food service program. Lunch will be provided at no charge for children Monday – Friday, June 11 through Aug. 3. Lunch at the elementary school, 401 E. Russell St, Jefferson, will be served from 11:30 am t0 12:30 pm. Lunch will be served at the Grand Junction Community Center,…
Read More‘Lunch and Learning’ at the Churdan library next week
The Churdan public library is hosting “Lunch and Learning” daily June 4-8 from 11:30 am to 1 pm. Alll ages (adults and kids) are invited to this event, which is sponsored partially from funds received through Communities 4 Children and Community Partnerships for Protecting Children neighborhood/Community Network Mini Grants.
Read MoreRecipes sought for Scranton cookbook
A committee of Scranton residents is heading up the drive to publish a cookbook to compliment the town’s sesquicentennial in 2019. The plans have been made. Now they need recipes.
Read MoreMidAmerican Energy proposing Wind XII
591MW project to make company nation’s first to surpass 100 percent wind energy generation capacity MidAmerican Energy Company will be the first investor-owned electric utility in the country to generate renewable energy equal to 100 percent of its customers’ usage on an annual basis, upon completing its newest proposed wind energy project.
Read MoreGJ fire department has flag duties
Members of the Grand Junction fire department and their families put up the Avenues of Flags at the Junction Township and St Brigid Catholic cemeteries at Grand Junction. Putting up and taking down the flags is an annual service project of the fire department.
Read MoreFun wraps up last days of school
Students in Greene County experienced the joy of a school year finished Thursday as Greene County and Paton-Churdan dismissed for summer vacation. In Jefferson, its enough of a holiday to warrant a parade around the courthouse square. Band director Emily Brekunitch followed the tradition of at least four of her predecessors, taking her 7/8 marching band downtown for Breakfast with…
Read MoreArt students leave their mark on Jefferson
The painting students of Greene County art teacher Sarah Stott have once again brushed their mark on Jefferson, this time putting a 125-foot mural on the south side of Shadran Industrial and Sanitary Supply, which faces the Jefferson municipal building.
Read MoreP-C holds Achievement Breakfast for students grades 9-11
Paton-Churdan held its third annual Achievement Breakfast Tuesday. Students in grades 9-11 with a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or above were invited for a breakfast and recognition. This year 21 students attended the breakfast. “The tradition has been well received. The students enjoy the big breakfast and staff enjoy the opportunity to celebrate the hard academic work of…
Read MoreRegistration open for Bill Riley Talent Search
Part of the Bell Tower Festival Registrations are now being accepted for the Bill Riley Talent Search slated for Saturday, June 19, as part of the Bell Tower Festival. Cash prizes will be awarded for first, second and third place winners in both the Sprout and the Senior divisions. First place winners will qualify to compete at the Iowa State…
Read MoreJefferson Matters plans Party in the Alley for June 1
The Tower View Team of Jefferson Matters: Main Street invites the public to the third annual Party in the Alley on Friday, June 1, from 5 to 7 pm. This year the alley location has changed to the north alley which will be transformed over the next year to Arch Alley. Local alumnus and artist David Williamson has been working…
Read MoreExtraordinary Citizen Award to Tom Braun
Tom Braun, a Greene County middle school social studies teacher who plans to retire at the end of this school year, is the recipient of Home State Bank’s Extraordinary Citizen Award for May.
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