The Greene County Soil and Water Conservation District is selling trees this spring. Orders are being taken now through Feb. 18, at the SWCD office located at the USDA Service Center in Jefferson or by calling 515-386-3817. Trees will be delivered the first part of April. An actual date will be determined closer to spring. Availability is not guaranteed so order early. This…
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Lots of Socks collects 1200+ items
RSVP 55+ netted 1,232 items, including 795 pairs of socks and 313 pairs of underwear in its annual Lots of Socks collection. Also collected were camisoles, diapers and pull-ups. The socks were sorted by (from left) RSVP volunteers Carol Zwicky, Anne Butler and Barb Potkonak. The socks will be distributed through New Opportunities’ Family Development Center in Jefferson.
Read MoreNativity Festival nets $9,000-plus for Habitat
Area residents responded generously at the third annual Nativity Festival held in Jefferson on Sunday, Dec. 14, contributing more than $9,000 to help fund the projects of Habitat for Humanity in Greene County. Erich Kretzinger, executive director of Habitat in Greene and Boone Counties, said about 225 people were on hand through the late afternoon at the First United Methodist…
Read MoreHollie Roberts: Someone you should know
An occasional series about people working for the betterment of Greene County by Lora Koch, The Scranton Journal If you think about the expression, “Want something done? Ask a busy person,” you could be picturing Jefferson resident Hollie Roberts. Not only is she the director of foundation development and Ever Greene Ridge for the Greene County Medical Center, but was she named…
Read MoreRotary Club provides coats for dozens of children
The Rotary Club of Jefferson this fall tapped into a national Rotary program to provide new, warm coats for almost 100 students in grades K-6 in the Greene County school district. Rotary district governor John Ockenfels and his wife Deb, also a Rotarian, have adopted “Operation Warm” as their project during John’s term of office. Deb Ockenfels is pictured with…
Read MoreDodgeball in Scranton – good fun and a good cause
Youngsters from around the area enjoy participating in dodgeball at the Scranton Community Center on Saturday evenings during the winter. Last week, participants were offered a reduced admission price of $1 if they furnished a canned good for the Greene County Christian Action Resource Center (ARC) food pantry. Some of the youngsters posed for a photo with the pile of…
Read MoreBen Franklin/Radio Shack donates labor cost to JPRD
The job of updating the electronic signboard at the Greene County Community Center is easier, just in time for winter weather. Ben Franklin/Radio Shack donated the cost of labor to install a wireless network bridge, allowing Community Center staff to enter messages onto the board without going outside. Labor cost would have been about $500, according to Ben Franklin/Radio Shack…
Read MoreiPad users classes start Jan. 14
Peg Raney will once again offer iPad classes through the Jefferson park and recreation department. Three different classes will be offered. Out of the Box, Beginning iPad and MORE iPad classes will be offered on Wednesdays Jan. 14 through Feb. 11.
Read MoreFreeman retiring from Extension; open house slated
Ruth Freeman, human sciences specialist/family finance, will retire from service with Iowa State University Extension & Outreach on Jan. 5. The community is invited to join the Greene County Extension staff and council at an open house honoring Freeman’s 27 years of service to Extension and the people of Iowa on Thursday, Dec. 18, from 4 to 6 pm at…
Read MoreSchool, Habitat for Humanity partner for construction class
The construction class from Greene County High School has already put in many hours of work on Habitat for Humanity’s house rehabilitation project at 901 W. Washington St in Jefferson. Habitat for Humanity director Erich Kretzinger at the Nativity Festival Sunday spoke of a “partnership” that provides students the opportunity to build skills with hands-on construction work and also provides labor on the Habitat…
Read MoreReward offered for help in solving arson to Ralston post office
The United States Postal Inspector Service is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the arson of the Ralston post office.
Read MoreTammy Smith close but doesn’t win ‘Our Iowa’ kitchen remodel
Tammy Smith of Jefferson cashed in once as a finalist in the Our Iowa Keys to the Kitchen Contest but she wasn’t lucky enough to win the big prize on Saturday. On April 19, Smith raced through the Fareway Store in Jefferson on a two-minute dash to load all the groceries she could grab into a cart. She headed right…
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