Weather has delayed some planting DES MOINES –Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey on Oct. 13 said that farmers participating in the state cost share programs that are intending to plant cover crops have until November 1, 2014 to get the cover crops planted and still qualify for assistance. This extension is only available for winter-hardy, small grains that are likely…
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Healthiest State Walks held Wednesday
Friends, co-workers and neighbors gathered Wednesday for the annual Healthiest State Walk. The goal of the walk was to mobilize Iowan to walk 1 kilometer – about seven blocks – to spark excitement for healthier lifestyles for all Iowans. In Greene County, walks were held in Jefferson and in Churdan. The Jefferson walk was led by Hy-Vee manager Lori Subbert.…
Read MoreRenovated Deep Rock station serves Jefferson again
~by Denise O’Brien Van When Henry Ford’s first Model T rolled off his Detroit assembly line in 1908, it sparked a chain reaction of road construction and business enterprise. Only 12 years later, six miles of the trans-continental Lincoln Highway were paved in Greene county, three miles east and three miles west of Jefferson, according to Bob Ausberger of the…
Read MoreLaw enforcement vehicles sporting purple ribbon in October
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. JPD officer Heath Enns is pictured putting purple ribbon on a patrol vehicle. All Greene County Law Enforcement vehicles will display a purple ribbon for Domestic Violence Awareness Month. For information about domestic violence in Iowa, click here: Purple ribbon Comments by Greene County sheriff Steve Haupert are posted under the Opinion tab.
Read MoreBringing history to life via first person storytelling
The 70 or so people who attended the Greene County Historical Society’s cemetery walk at the Jefferson municipal cemetery last Sunday heard a lot of Greene County history, told in first person – “I” – by the people who lived it. Standing near the graves of prominent people in the early days of Jefferson were volunteers telling their life stories.…
Read MorePhysics and the bell tower
~by Landon Braun On Monday, Oct. 6, students in the physics class at Greene County High School conducted an odd but entertaining lab. Students traveled up to the Mahanay Bell Tower in Jefferson and dropped objects from the tower through a window at the top, about 138 feet off the ground. As odd as this experiment may have seemed to…
Read MoreBell Tower open for bird’s eye view of construction, fall colors
Birds have the best view of the construction projects in Jefferson and of the autumn colors, but the second best view is available to unwinged creatures from the top of the Mahanay Bell Tower. The bell tower is open Saturdays and Sundays from 10 am to 4 pm through Oct. 26. Visitors 18 years and younger can ride the elevator…
Read MoreAuxiliary contributes 9,542 volunteer hours to medical center
Sharon Stoline, first vice president of Greene County Medical Center’s auxiliary, presented the auxiliary’s year-end report to the medical center’s board of trustees at its September meeting. Currently the auxiliary has 167 members with 112 considered “active.” Members provided a total of 9,542 volunteer hours in the 2014 fiscal year. When computed at minimum wage of $7.25, auxiliary volunteer hours…
Read MoreBeta Tau Delta takes second graders to the zoo
Second graders from Greene County and Paton-Churdan schools discovered there were lots of mouths to feed at the Blank Park Zoo, thanks to Jefferson’s children’s charity, Beta Tau Delta. There were squeals of delight from the children when they fed the dozens of koi that swirled and splashed to gulp down the nuggets of food tossed their way. There was…
Read MoreMiddle school magazine sale starts Wednesday
Greene County middle school students will begin their annual magazine sales drive Wednesday, Oct. 8. Magazine subscriptions, CDs and other products are offered through QSP’s Great American family reading program. Pictured are eight graders (from left) Serenity Blair, Janelle Brophy and Jamie Palmer getting ready for the sale.
Read MoreJPRD gearing up for basketball
As the weather cools down, basketball activities are heating up at Jefferson park & recreation department. Visit the Greene County Community Center at 204 W. Harrison St for more information on the following upcoming classes or to register.
Read MorePublic health tells flu shot clinic dates
Greene County Medical Center’s public health department will be out and about the next two weeks providing flu shot/mist clinics in the county’s towns. The schedule is: Friday, Oct. 10: 10 am to noon, Churdan Methodist Church; and 1:30 to 3:30 pm, Paton public library Monday, Oct. 13: 9 to 11 am, St Brigid Parish Center in Grand Junction; and…
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