“We are tired of winter. We are ready for spring. We want to promote healthy living. We want people to incorporate walking into their daily schedule.” These are rapid sentences that come from John Brunow when asked about the March Into March promotion for the Greene County Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber’s Promotion Committee challenges Greene County residents to put…
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Lincoln Highway topic of public meeting
Elected officials from Grand Junction, Scranton and Greene County, along Greene County engineer’s office staff, representatives of the Greene County Chamber, Jefferson Matters: Main Street and the Lincoln Highway Association were among the two dozen people at a meeting Tuesday in Jefferson to discuss a corridor management plan (CMP) for the Lincoln Highway. Scranton, Jefferson and Grand Junction are Greene…
Read MoreDestival hired to manage city’s golf course
The Jefferson Community Golf Course will open its inaugural season managed solely by the city with someone familiar to local golfers at the helm. The hiring of Micah Destival as manager was approved by the Jefferson city council at its Feb. 9 meeting.
Read MoreGreene County musicians going to state hoops tourneys
As in past years, Greene County high school will be represented at the state basketball tournament not by players, but by musicians. According to activities director Dean Lansman, a trio of Nadia Fisher, Annie Palmer and Michael Kennedy will sing that National Anthem at a girls tournament game next Tuesday, March 3. The Jazzatonics jazz choir will have the honor…
Read MoreBJ Wright named Scranton mayor
Fills vacancy left by death of Rod Walker Lifelong Scranton resident BJ Wright was unanimously picked as the new mayor of Scranton. The Scranton city council made the decision at its Feb. 11 meeting. He took office immediately, filling the vacancy created by the unexpected death of Rodney Walker in December.
Read MoreElks tell essay winners
A pair of sixth graders from Greene County Intermediate School were among the top winners in the Iowa Elks Northwest District essay contest “Our Flag…What it Means to Me”. Madison Truitt placed second in the girls competition and Chance McCollom placed third in the boys competition. Both won the Jefferson Elks Lodge #2306 local contest in their respective divisions. There…
Read MoreCattlemen hold annual fundraising banquet
Members of the Greene County Cattlemen’s Association were very pleased with the response to the changes in their annual banquet held Saturday night, Feb. 21. With about 230 in attendance at the new location, Clover Hall on the Greene County Fairgrounds, the beef producers raised $17,725 in the auction of the 2015 Greene County Fair trophies, pies and services. President…
Read MoreNominations sought for Iowa Farm Environmental Leader awards
DES MOINES – Iowa Gov. Terry E. Branstad, Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds and Iowa Sec. of Agriculture Bill Northey on Feb. 24 encouraged Iowans to nominate farmers who have taken voluntary actions to improve or protect the environment and natural resources of our state for the Iowa Farm Environmental Leader Award. Nominations are due by June 15, 2015 and the nomination form…
Read MoreDeadline near for Cooper scholarship
Greene County High School seniors who are a relative of a person who graduated from or attended the Cooper school are eligible to apply for the Franklin Township Consolidated School (Cooper) scholarship. Applications are available from Greene County HS guidance counselor Ruth Broman and should be returned to her by Friday, Feb. 27.
Read MoreSaudi student teaches about Muslims and learns, too
Yasmine Albayyat, 17, lives in Saudi Arabia’s capital city of Riyadh, a city with a population of more than 4 million. She had visited Florida, New York and Boston with her family before coming to live in Jefferson this school year. “I wanted to know what it’s actually like to live in the US,” she said. The first lesson she…
Read MoreRadio broadcasting group to All-State Speech Festival
A radio broadcasting group from Greene County High School earned All-State recognition from the Iowa High School Speech Association. Their pre-recorded broadcast will be shared at the All-State Speech Festival this Saturday on the Iowa State University campus. Pictured are members of the group (from left) Reid Lamoureux, Alex Rasmussen, Parker Willis and Dan Neal.
Read MoreRRVT banquet sold out with oncologist Deming as speaker
Des Moines oncologist & adventurer urges more physical activity for all, even cancer patients ~by Chuck Offenburger, RRVT The Raccoon River Valley Trail Association holds its eighth annual banquet this Saturday, Feb. 21, in West Des Moines, and all 250 tickets were sold by early last week. Guest speaker Dr Richard Deming, the radiation oncologist, global adventurer and philanthropist, has…
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