~by Jacqueline Comito, Carol Brown, ISU Extension & Outreach AMES — Iowa Learning Farms begins its fifth year of monthly webinars with Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey. The webinar will be live on a special date and time: Tuesday, Jan. 27 at 4 pm. ILF program manager Jacqueline Comito and Northey will discuss agriculture in Iowa and what its…
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Help in enrolling in health insurance marketplace Jan. 27
Visiting Nurse Services of Iowa (VNS of Iowa) will host an enrollment event Tuesday, Jan. 27, from 10 am to 4 pm at the Greene County Extension office in Jefferson. The event will provide assistance to individuals enrolling in the health insurance marketplace, which is open through Feb. 15. Professionally trained and licensed health insurance marketplace navigators will serve as in-person…
Read MoreISU Extension releases crop cost estimates for 2015
AMES – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach on Jan. 20 released its annual publication titled Estimated Costs of Crop Production in Iowa – 2015. The publication is intended to help farmers determine their own potential 2015 crop costs per acre and per bushel. The calculations take into consideration the various crop costs like tillage practices, machinery, inputs, labor and…
Read MoreHeavy lifting on medical center project
Wednesday was a day for heavy lifting at the expansion project at Greene County Medical Center. A heavy duty crane was brought in to lift eight pieces of Trane air handling equipment, weighing a combined total of 35 tons, up to the roof. The equipment will serve the 51,000 square-foot addition to the medical center. It also has the capacity to serve as…
Read MoreBlues trio coming to Prairie Blue
The Quay Thomas Trio will perform Saturday evening at Prairie Blue Creative Arts in Jefferson before heading to the 2015 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN, next week. Two members of the group, Quay Thomas Schaus and Elliott Sidell, won a place in the challenge by placing first in the Iowa Blues Challenge last August. The 2014 Blues Challenge in…
Read MoreDavid Higgins ends 25 years on Extension Council
In a rural county such as Greene, Iowa State University Extension plays an important role in youth programming, agriculture and community development, and many people can name a staff person or two in the office. Those staff people are the “face” of Extension, but as in many things, there are other people behind the scene. David Higgins, as a member…
Read MoreGreene County Chamber holds annual meeting
Greene County Chamber and Development highlighted successes of 2014 and previewed 2015 at its annual dinner and meeting Jan. 12 at the Elks lodge in Jefferson. About 80 members and guests were present for the evening, which concluded with History Boy Theatre’s two-person production of “The Flight of the Lawn Chair Man.” Chamber president Ben Yoder introduced guests and served…
Read More‘Reading is So Delicious!’ at the Jefferson public library
Winter reading program for adults The Jefferson public library is holding its sixth annual adult winter reading program Jan. 12 through March 14. This year’s theme, “Reading is So Delicious!” will explore the library’s collection of books with a food or cooking theme. “Whet your appetite with a buffet of delectable books,” said library director Jane Millard.
Read MoreGreene County 4-H Clover Kids program starts next month
Youngsters in kindergarten through third grades interested in activities to begin building life skills like setting goals will have the opportunity to participate in the Greene County 4-H Clover Kids program this spring.
Read MoreNew Kids Station at Scranton library
The Scranton public library recently introduced the newest addition: an advanced Kids Education Station. The Jefferson Rotary along with the Library Foundation and the Friends of the Scranton Library generously donated the funds for this improvement to the library. Along with a touch screen, smaller and easier to use mouse, and color coded keyboard, this computer comes packed with a…
Read MoreJefferson Telecom donates Ram Fight Song T-shirts
Jefferson Telecom recently donated T-shirts to the Greene County Activities Booster Club to be dispersed at athletic events. The red T-shirts display a large Ram on the front and have the Greene County fight song words on the back. Shirts will be thrown out by the cheerleaders at home wrestling and basketball events this winter. Pictured with some of the…
Read MoreRams plan Pink Out game for next Tuesday
“The Ram girls basketball teams will host its annual Pink Out game when it plays CMB Tuesday, Jan. 20, at 6 pm in the middle school gym. All fans are encouraged to wear pink and join in the cause. Shirts will be available for sale at the high school or at the home game Jan. 16 and on Pink Out night. The…
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