The Churdan public library board and staff will host a Christmas open house Saturday, Dec. 17, from 11 am to 1 pm. Special honored guest will be Joanne Legore, who is retiring after serving 40 years on the library board.
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Jefferson publisher featured in The Iowan
Janice Harbaugh of Jefferson and Raspberry Ridge Publishing are featured in the “iowareads” column in the November/December issue of The Iowan magazine. Harbaugh, doing business as Raspberry Ridge Publishing, has since 2011 preserved books by republishing them. She digitally scans at high resolution vintage books that are in the public domain (published before 1923), corrects the pages to enhance the clarity, and…
Read MoreNew book recalls Cooper in the 1940s
Cooper, Iowa, as experienced by a fourth-grade boy in 1945, is an important chapter in a new book about an Iowa boyhood. “Mistaken for a King: Sketches of a Small-Town Boyhood,” by Dan Kellams, recalls the adventures and characters encountered by the author during the 1940s in Marion, Iowa, then a town with a population of less than 5,000.
Read MoreNew terms for county Extension council members start in January
Five Greene County residents were elected to the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Greene County council in the Nov. 8 general election. They are Tom Heater, Pam Olerich, Doug Rieder and Bob Smith of Jefferson and Shari Minnehan of Churdan.
Read MoreElks to hold Hoop Shoot Saturday for students ages 8-13
Local competition for the annual Elks “Hoop Shoot,” the national free throw shooting contest for youngsters ages 8 thru 13, will be held Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Greene County middle school gym. Registration and practice begins at 9 am with competition beginning at 10 am.
Read MoreTour of Homes is this Saturday
Garden Club members and four cooperating homeowners are putting the final touches on decorations for the Garden Club’s biannual Tour of Homes, slated for this Saturday from 12 to 4 pm. Included on the tour is the vintage Crafstman home of Kate and Steve Cuddy on S. Maple St. Kate is pictured with an original stained glass window that provides…
Read MoreGuided painting class to benefit Churdan library
Artistically inclined people who are looking for a bit of peace in the hectic holiday season are invited to a guided painting fundraiser to benefit the Churdan public library building fund. Jolene Peters of Art on the Fly will lead “artists” at any skill level as they created a wintry scene in shades of blue Monday, Dec. 12, from 6…
Read MoreDavid Yepsen to host IPTV’s ‘Iowa Press’
Johnston, Iowa – Veteran political journalist David Yepsen, a Jefferson native and nationally recognized as an expert on the Iowa political scene, will return to Iowa Press as the program host in early 2017. Yepsen takes the reigns from Dean Borg, whose retirement from the statewide network and Iowa Press was announced last week.
Read MoreFall farminar will be led by Holz, Frederick
~The Scranton Journal No matter the farm enterprise, wintertime allows farmers a chance to reflect on the previous year and consider adjustments to improve their operation the following year. In order to support farmers’ efforts to continually improve, Practical Farmers of Iowa offers a free webinar series – called “farminars” – featuring practical knowledge on a range of topics for…
Read MoreToys for Tots returns to Fareway stores
Fareway Stores, Inc. is partnering with the U.S. Marine Corps on their 2016 Toys for Tots campaign. The program provides toys to less fortunate children during the holiday season. Stores are selling paper trains in $1 and $5 increments, as well as collecting new, unwrapped toys at all 116 Fareway locations from Monday, Nov. 28 through Saturday, Dec. 24.
Read MoreJPD tells results of special enforcement wave
Jefferson police officers wrote eight citations and gave 56 warnings during a special Traffic Enforcement Project (sTEP) Nov. 20-27 according to JPD captain Heath Enns . Officers also investigated three accidents during that time. Officers wrote three citations for speed, three for driving with a suspended or revoked license, one for a registration violation and one for an equipment violation.
Read MoreIDNR previews shotgun deer season
The first of Iowa’s popular shotgun deer seasons is Dec. 3-7 when an expected 75,000 orange clad hunters head to the timber. That group will be followed by 50,000 hunters who prefer the Dec. 10-18 second gun season. Each contingent will also pack along thousands of antlerless tags, to extend their time in the field.
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