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Greene County High School will be represented at the large group All-State Speech Festival by a radio broadcasting group calling itself 97.7 KOOB. Arthur Bardole, Kassie Lamoureux, Ashlee Harmeyer and Justice Phillips comprise the group. Other groups that qualified for the state contest last Saturday were a one-act play, group improvisation, choral reading and readers theater. The one-act play and…

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Greene County Cattlemen will host their annual banquet Saturday, Feb. 23, at Clover Hall on the Greene County Fairgrounds in Jefferson. Doors will open at 6 pm with a ribeye steak dinner served at 6:30. The annual trophy auction will follow the meal. Tickets are available from directors or at the door.

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The Greene County High School music department will perform its annual Pops Concert Thursday, Feb. 7, at 7:30 pm at the high school auditorium. The concert band, jazz band. mixed choir, treble choirs, a combined chorus, and the Jazzatonics jazz choir will perform.

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LifeServe Blood Center will hold a community blood drive in Jefferson Tuesday, Feb. 12, from 12:30 to 5:30 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church, 801 W. Lincoln Way, Jefferson. Eligible donors are encouraged to start the new by saving lives. One blood donation can save up to three lives.

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The Greene County Genealogical Society will have its regular meeting Saturday, Feb. 2, at 10 am in the basement meeting room at the Jefferson public library. Members are asked to bring pictures of their oldest relatives and stories about them. The meeting room is handicapped accessible. Anyone who is interested is welcome to attend.

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Greene County Medical Center recently hired Jodi Martin as its new Foundation director. She will bring her experience as director of online programs at Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge to the medical center, where she will focus on Foundation fundraising activities, overseeing Ever Greene Ridge and serving as liaison to the auxiliary. CEO Carl Behne said, “The Foundation…

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The Greene County Gobblers Hunting Heritage Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation is hosting its annual banquet and auction on Saturday, Feb. 2, at Clover Hall in the Greene County Fairgrounds in Jefferson. This is the annual fundraising event with money raised used to support the chapter and promote youth hunting activities in the area.

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Iowa State University Extension & Outreach will offer the commercial ag weed, insect and plant disease management continuing instruction course (CIC) for commercial pesticide applicators Tuesday, Feb. 12. The program will be shown at locations across Iowa through the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP).

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The Iowa Tourism Office joins destination marketing organizations around the country today, Jan. 29,  to mark National Plan for Vacation Day, an annual celebration that calls on people to make use of their paid time off and plan getaways.

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NOTE DATE Chicken noodle soup and chili are on the menu for a soup supper  Saturday, Jan. 26, at VFW Post 9599 on the east side of the downtown square in Jefferson. Serving will be from 5 to 8 pm. The meal includes beverages and desserts. Free will donations will be accepted. A 50/50 cash raffle will also be held.…

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Kristin Wailes, a seventh grade student in Greene County Middle School, was honored as the Iowa State winner of the Patriot’s Pen essay competition for the Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Iowa. Her essay first won in the District competition, allowing her to advance to the state contest.

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The Churdan library staff and trustees are serving a potato bar supper Thursday, Jan. 31, from 5 to 7 pm at the school in Churdan. The menu includes baked potatoes with “all the fixings,” loose meat sandwiches, relishes and bars. The Paton-Churdan basketball teams host Collins-Maxwell that evening. Proceeds of the potato bar supper will be used for programming at…

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