American Legion Post #11 named local winners in the American Legion of Iowa’s flag essay contest at Greene County Middle School. Fifth grade students were asked to write an essay on “What the Flag Means to Me”. Flag essay chair Barb Labate and Post 11 commander Fred Long visited with fifth grade social studies classes prior to their writing. Social…
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Scranton library notes
Happy New Year! Stop in the library and pick up a calendar with reading challenges for 2024. I plan to highlight one that I complete to make the calendar a little more colorful. Thank you to everyone who filled out surveys. Congratulations to our prize winners, Ashley Squibb and Zayden Cram. I am hoping to see lots of youngsters in…
Read MoreKiwanis Club donates to Jeff library
The Jefferson Kiwanis Club recently completed a $1,000 donation to the children’s department of the Jefferson public library. The funds will go toward supporting the library’s collection of a curriculum that integrates disciplines like science, technology, engineering and math into a single lesson. Kiwanis strives to support the children of our community.
Read MoreDoes donate to congregate meals
The Jefferson BPO Does Drove #196 donated $500 to Greene County congregate meals to support senior citizens in getting a hot meal on site or delivered to their home. Pictured (from left) are Donna Wolterman, Shelly Berger, Tina McPherson, Tammy Smith, and accepting the check are Cindy Danielson and Kathy Walker.
Read MoreCattlemen donate hats, gloves to fourth graders
Fourth grade students in the Greene County and Paton-Churdan School Districts will have warm hands and heads thanks to a donation of gloves and hats. The Greene County Cattlemen shared their warmth with the students in both buildings. Ryan Schroeder presented the Greene County students with the gloves and hats. The Cattlemen made other donations in the county that will…
Read MoreFFA recognized members, introduces new members
Greene County FFA hosted its annual Awards Night and Jacket Ceremony Sunday, Dec. 10, at Greene County High School. During this event, the chapter recognized members for their hard work and accomplishments from the summer and fall career development events. Additionally, members provided spectators with committee reports over the 2023 year’s activities including the crop plot, fall fundraiser, and community…
Read MoreJefferson woman grateful to have medical center in her community
~provided by Greene County Medical Center Margaret Martens and her husband, Pastor Dennis Martens of Trinity Lutheran Church, have only lived in Jefferson for about six years, but Margaret has had numerous experiences at Greene County Medical Center. She said no matter the department or her perspective, quality shined through. She pointed to exceptional patient care and caring attitudes as…
Read MoreChapter CZ P.E.O. members are volunteer readers at elementary school
As members of an organization focused on education and learning, women of Chapter CZ of P.E.O. decided to share their love of reading with young people. A number of members of the Chapter have volunteered to read to classes at Greene County Elementary School throughout the school year. The readers signed up to do the reading through the Jefferson public…
Read More2024 hunting, fishing licenses on sale Dec. 15
Iowans can buy 2024 resident hunting, fishing and other licenses on Dec. 15. Licenses purchased for 2023 expire on Jan. 10. The menu of license options includes the popular Outdoor Combo annual resident hunting/fishing/habitat combo license for $55; the Angler’s Special three-year fishing license for $62; and the Hunter’s Special three-year hunting license with habitat included for $101. Also available…
Read MoreIn the neighborhood
Dec. 6, 2023 Santa and Pancakes in Rippey, Dec. 9 – Pancake breakfast and Santa Claus visit in Rippey on Saturday, Dec. 9, from 8 -11 am in the Rippey Community Room. Free will offering for Rippey Day Fireworks in July. Santa arrives at 10 a.m. ~Sponsored by Friends of Rippey Rippey Lions Club – The Rippey Lions Club will…
Read MoreLandus finishes $50K pledge to Career Academy
During the 2018-19 school year, Landus made a commitment to the Greene County Community School District and the Career Academy to pledge $50,000 over a five-year time period. The donation commitment from Landus was completed Dec. 1, along with acceptance of $10,000 in matching funds from CHS. “Greene County Community School District has been incredibly appreciative of the support and…
Read MoreTech Zone receives award
Tech Zone, a security system installation and audiovisual equipment repair service in Jefferson, was recently awarded the 2023 Security Vanguard Award for its project with Olson Seed Service in Perry. Paul Olson, owner of Olson Seed Service, chose to work with Tech Zone to integrate a cloud-based video solution from Vivotek. The award comes from Security Business magazine and Security…
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