Jefferson residents will have a tornado drill Wednesday morning. Greene County emergency management director Dennis Morlan encourages all Greene County towns to do the same. The drill, slated for Wednesday at 10 am, is part of Severe Weather Awareness Week. Under city policy, sounding the tornado siren does not mean a tornado is barreling down on the city. It is meant to…
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Singers help singers
Contribution to aid high school vocal music program The vocal music department of Green County High School is the recipient of a $300 check presented by the Happiness Express Chorus of Denison as part of its program of “Enriching Lives Through Singing.” The gift represents a portion of $4,300 that is being distributed to vocal music departments of 12…
Read MoreIt’s time for roast beef!
Members of the Churdan United Methodist Church will serve their 30th anniversary roast beef dinner next Sunday, March 30, with serving from 11 am to 1:30 pm at the church. Pictured are John Hunt and Joyce Clark after they updated the church’s sign with dinner info. The menu hasn’t changed since the first dinner in the spring of 1984. The meal is a…
Read MoreSweet treats from the medical center auxiliary
The Greene County Medical Center auxiliary is ready to help cheer on spring with a sale of “ready to bake” pastry puffins and spring time cut-out cookies. Orders for the sweet treats can be placed at the Gift Garden near the main entrance to the medical center starting this Wednesday, March 26, through April 2. Orders can be picked up…
Read MoreStudents preparing for music contest
The Greene County High School music department will host the Iowa High School Music Association 3A state solo and ensemble contest next Saturday, March 29. Musicians from Greene County, Perry, Boone, Nevada, ADM, North Polk and Gilbert High Schools will perform solos and in ensembles of all sizes. All Greene County High School band and choir students will perform. Band…
Read MoreProposed casino would be a “regional project” in revenue for charitable purposes
~See video below Grow Greene County Gaming Corporation and Wild Rose Entertainment agreed late last fall to a 5 percent sharing of adjusted gaming revenue for charitable purposes, with a portion of that to be designated for grants in neighboring counties. If a gaming license is approved for Greene County by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission, Grow Greene County…
Read MorePublic restrooms coming to downtown Jefferson
Jefferson will become a much more welcoming place for visitors and tourists with the addition of public restrooms on the courthouse square in the Greene County Welcome Center. Deconstruction began this week, transforming the outside of the former filling station/bank/insurance office at the southeast corner of the square. The building, which is being given a Federalist façade, will be surrounded…
Read MoreNewborn safety on the top of minds for medical center, Beta Tau Delta
Beta Tau Delta donates sleep sacks for newborns For babies born at Greene County Medical Center, this re-order of sleep sacks has come just in time. Beta Tau Delta, a Jefferson sorority that raises money for projects to benefit the children of Greene County, provided the initial order of sleep sacks for babies born at the medical center.
Read MoreMother-Son Date Night a lot of fun at the rec center
About 120 boys and mothers and a few grandmothers spent Friday evening together at the first annual Mother-Son Date Night hosted by the Jefferson park and recreation department at the Greene County Community Center.
Read MoreIt’s Greene County’s own Jazzatonics!
Hear and see the Jazzatonics at the link below The 13-voice Jazzatonics, Greene County High School’s jazz choir, will perform this Friday at the Jazz Experience Day at the American Choral Directors Association’s north central regional convention on the Drake University campus. Three jazz choirs from each of the six states in the region were selected to perform. Other groups…
Read MoreVFW to help Shamrock find a forever home
Donated by Wells Fargo, the oversized plush pony will be auctioned Shamrock, the 14th edition in the Wells Fargo plush pony family, found a new, temporary home with VFW Post 9599 just in time for St Patrick’s Day. On Friday, post commander Don Ihnken took Shamrock “home,” where he’ll board until an auction sometime in April. After the auction he’ll…
Read More“The Star-Spangled Banner,” Greene County style
Lend an ear…check out the audio link Decades ago, Jim Andrew played the role of Professor Harold Hill in “The Music Man.” Thursday he was again a Music Man. As emcee for the celebration of Greene County and Jefferson as the first Home Base Iowa community, he led the 150 or so people gathered in the AAI showroom in the first…
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