The Grand Junction Community Center will hold a garage sale to end all garage sales (at the Community Center, that is) Friday, July 11, and Saturday, July 12, from 8 am to 5 pm. Everything — including tables, chairs, and even the kitchen island — must go, along with assorted “garage sale” items from the Grand Junction Women’s Club months-long…
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Muffin Monday
With temperatures a bit cooler than usual for July, why not surprise the family or your co-workers with muffins? If lemonade is a summer favorite, Lemon Pound Cake Muffins can be, too! For the recipe, click here: Lemon Pound Cake Muffins
Read MoreSchedule told for livestock shows, other events at the Greene County Fair
The Greene County Fair is a proud supporter of youth organizations such as 4-H and FFA. The fair board is proud to offer opportunities such as contests and shows to hone and showcase these young members’ talents and interests in agriculture. Judging of 4-H static (non-livestock) exhibits will start the fair Tuesday, July 8. Judging will start at 8:30 am at Clover…
Read MoreBell Tower listed on Iowa Road Trips list
The Mahanay Bell Tower made the 12 Quirky Iowa Road Trips list of blogger Zach Steele. Steele headlines his blog “Running a mile and drinking a beer in all of Iowa’s 99 counties before I turn 30.” Read his post about the Bell Tower here: rundrinkiowa.tumblr.com
Read MoreIn the neighborhood
~by Jean Borgeson From the Rippey public library: Activities for the summer reading program – FIZZ, BOOM, POP – are: Wednesday, July 2: Youngsters can make a glow-in-the-dark bouncy ball at 4 pm. Tuesday, July 8: Staff from the Science Center of Iowa will be at the library at 10:30 am. Tuesday, July 15: Learn about wind energy from UNI…
Read MoreFourth of July fireworks!
Fireworks to celebrate Independence Day will be displayed Friday, July 4, at dusk at the Greene County Fairgrounds in Jefferson. Rain date is July 5.
Read MoreRethink the color of garbage trucks!
Scranton Manufacturing headlined the news last week with a groundbreaking ceremony for its 56,000-square-foot expansion. The new work space on the north side of the current building and will house 75 new jobs in assembly, painting and wiring. Anyone who thinks they know what color garbage trucks are supposed to be should think again.
Read MoreOut of drought… but still abnormally dry
Generous rainfall in the past several weeks has moved most of Iowa, including Greene County, out of drought conditions as of June 24. According to the USDA’s drought monitor, northern Greene County (parts of Cedar, Highland, Dawson and Paton Townships) is still “abnormally dry,” but that’s better than it has been. Volunteer weather observer John Beltz reports that from June 1…
Read MoreClass of 1964 has reunion during Bell Tower Festival
Members of the Jefferson High School class of 1964 were all smiles at their 50-year reunion during the Bell Tower Festival. Forty-one of the class’s 104 graduates attended. At the reunion, each of the military veterans in the class was given a Quilt of Valor. Quilts of Valor are made by volunteers through a nationwide program that encourages quilters to…
Read More500 mile bike ride across northern Minnesota will raise funds for Habitat
Erich Kretzinger, executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Boone and Greene Counties, calls himself “one of those peculiar people who wears colorful jerseys, a funny hat (helmet, whatever) and those ridiculous Spandex biking shorts.” He says it’s an “affliction” that has caused him to complete three RAGBRAI tours and to teach indoor cycling classes. If all the miles he’s…
Read MoreHeads up – special Traffic Enforcement Project coming
Iowa law enforcement is again asking the motoring public to buckle up, slow down and drive sober over the Fourth of July four-day weekend. According to the Iowa Department of Transportation, there were six traffic fatalities during the four-day Fourth of July weekend last year, three of which were alcohol related.
Read MoreLearning still going on at the Rippey school
Classes haven’t been held in the Rippey school since 2010, and the classroom portion of the building will be razed before a new school year starts, but there’s still learning going on in the 1921 building. The building was the site for training for the Greene County sheriff’s office and the state fire marshals last Tuesday, June 17.
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