Category: Good News

The Halloween Mega Night, featuring three special activities for children, is slated for Thursday, Oct. 29. The party at the Greene County Community Center, hosted by the Jefferson park and recreation department, is for children age 2 through fifth grade. It will be held from 4 to 5 pm, with registration beginning at 3:45. The party will feature Halloween games…

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The star-spangled banner now waves over the Greene County Community Center in Jefferson. The 25-foot flag pole was erected Friday morning by the city street crew. The pole, flag, and LED solar lighting were donated by  Vi Hoffman as a memorial to her late husband Harry, a Jefferson business owner and longtime supporter of the Jefferson park and recreation department.

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First year FFA members from Greene County High School attended the annual Greenhand Fire-Up conference Oct. 14 in Atlantic.  The conference introduces students to the purpose of the FFA organization and the many opportunities which it offers. First year members were *picture, from left) Garrett McDowell, Brock Badger, Travis Gierstorf, Serenity Blair, Kara Reed, Gina Brown and Serenity Blair. Wade Wuebker…

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Mitchell Stevens, an eighth grader at Greene County Middle School, was accepted to participate in the Iowa Opus Honor Choir Festival.  He will sing in the 7-8 grade bass clef choir. Selection was based on a taped audition.

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A new chapter of Narcotics Anonymous has recently formed for area residents. “Together We Can” meets Sundays at 7 pm at Central Christian Church, 108 N. Elm, in Jefferson. Persons who would like more information can contact Jay at 515-370-4655 or Melissa at 515-370-3054.

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Temperatures were highly variable during the week that ended Oct. 16. Volunteer weather observer John Beltz reports a high temperature of 88 degrees on Oct. 12 and a low temperature of 35 degrees on Oct. 16. There was no precipitation.

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DES MOINES – Today’s youth are busier and more engaged than ever. Unfortunately, this also means they have more things to distract them, especially while they are driving. Iowa’s young drivers travel many miles over local, state and interstate highways. Many of these miles are before and after school as well as late at night after work or sporting events,…

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Please send your news item to Jean Borgeson at jeanb@iowatelecom.net Oct. 12, 2015 Community calendar: Friday, Oct. 30: Flu shot linic at the Rippey library from 1:30 to 3:30 pm. Saturday, Oct. 31:  Beggars Night in Rippey, 5 to 7 pm. 

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More than 6 million young people from across the country will celebrate National 4-H Week during October. Greene County 4-H leverages National 4-H Week to showcase the great things the 4-H youth development program offers and highlight the 4-H young people working each day to make a positive impact on their community.

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The Raccoon Valley Aktion Club invites all to a free showing of the movie “Where Hope Grows” Saturday, Oct. 17, at 2 pm at the Sierra Community Theatre in Jefferson. “Where Hope Grows” tells the story of a baseball player (played by Kristoffer Poloha) whose professional career was cut short due to personal problems, and how he is awakened and invigorated…

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There’s nothing good about having the flu, but the effort the Greene County public health department at Greene County Medical Center is making to make it easy to get a flu shot is good news. Community flu clinics are scheduled as follows:

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Wednesday was the day for 880 Healthiest State Walks all across Iowa. The annual Healthiest State Walk supports the Healthiest State Initiative, an effort to make Iowa the healthiest state in the nation. A walk held during the morning in Churdan drew Paton-Churdan students and members of the community. Greene County Intermediate School students also walked a route to Karber…

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