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Registration deadline Dec. 1 The ISU Insect Zoo is coming to Greene County.This fun, free activity for kindergarten through 4th graders will be Wednesday, Dec. 6, from 2:30 to 3:30 pm at the Extension office in Jefferson. Class size is limited to 30 and registration is required by Dec. 1.

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Kelsey Stumbo, RN, a nurse in the long term care unit at Greene County Medical Center, is the eighth nurse at the medical center to be honored with the DAISY Award. Stumbo received the award at a ceremony Wednesday morning.

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Greene County high school students in winter activities – including music and speech – will have their time in the spotlight at a winter pep rally Tuesday, Nov. 21, in the middle school gym. The warm-up will begin at 7 pm with a meet & greet, games and activities with the Ram boys and girls basketball teams, wrestling and basketball…

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Vern Foje is the honoree for the second month of Home State Bank’s Extraordinary Citizen award. The award is a local award given by Home State Bank to an extraordinary Greene County resident or group who has gone above and beyond by giving their time and/or resources to benefit the community. The citizen(s) must be nominated by another Greene County…

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Thanksgiving is a time when families and friends gather to share a meal and connect; it is also one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. Don’t let your Thanksgiving end in tragedy. “Year after year, we are devastated by stories of family members who are killed on their way to Thanksgiving festivities,” said Pat Hoye, bureau chief, Iowa…

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Prairie Lakes AEA is in need of a representative from the Greene County or Paton-Churdan school district on its seven-member board of directors. The director district represents East Sac County, Greene County, Manson-Northwest Webster, Paton-Churdan, Prairie Valley and South Central Calhoun.

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Greene County Medical Center will honor its eighth DAISY Award winner on Wednesday, Nov. 15, at 10 am in the medical center’s education classroom. Nominees being recognized at the Nov. 15 award ceremony are Acute nurses Aaron Chalstrom and Kelsey Stumbo, Long Term Care nurses Bev Morgan, Maria Bretey and Vicki McCool, and clinics nurse Jess Brown.

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Greene County High School seniors weren’t born yet the first year members of the Jefferson-Scranton Interact Club raked about a dozen yards of elderly residents as a service project. The project grew quickly after its inception in 1997 and became an school-wide project in 1999. The project has continued. The 21st annual leaf raking service project, done under sunny skies…

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Janice Harbaugh of Jefferson shares with readers a letter her grandfather wrote in 1918 describing the Nov. 11 cease-fire that signaled the end of hostilities in World War One. The letter was printed in the local paper at the time, and Harbaugh found the clipping in family records. Roy Elmer Taylor was born on the family farm in Grant Township…

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All current 4-H members are reminded to finish the online re-enrollment process for the 2017-18 4-H year. The deadline for re-enrolling is by the close of business (4:30 pm) on Wednesday, Nov. 15.

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Leann Jacobsen, Democratic candidate for U. S. Representative Iowa 4th District, will be in Jefferson to speak and meet with members of the community on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 7 pm, at the ISU Extension office at 104 W. Washington St. Jacobsen, of Spencer, is a business owner and a Spencer city councilwoman  She has more than 30 years of…

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The escapades of a Friday snow day make for plenty of fun in Brian Stachman’s play “Just Another Snow Day,” slated for performance by Greene County High School students Friday and Saturday, Nov. 3 and 4, in the school theatre at 7 pm. The cast includes Clay Peters, Megan Higgins, Bobby Arnold, Hannah Yetter, Lydia Leggitt, Arthur Bardole, Kara Betts,…

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