Category: Good News

A national campaign is encouraging boaters to Spring Aboard by enrolling in a boater education course before the kickoff to the boating season. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) works with BoaterExam and Boat-Ed to offer online boater education courses and during Spring Aboard campaign week March 17-23, these companies will be offering 50 percent off the price of…

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March 11, 2019 BETA GAMMA SIGMA – Iowa State University Ivy College of Business held ilts 28th annual Beta Gamma Sigma induction ceremony on March 5 at 4 pm in the Campanile Room at Memorial Union. Maxwell Neese, son of Alan and Katherine Neese of Grand Junction, was one of the 21 members of the junior class to be inducted…

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Greene County High School art students participated in the Heart of Iowa Activities Conference Fine Arts Festival, held Feb. 28 at North Polk High School. Art teacher Sarah Stott called it “another great year” for her students. Junior Sophia Ausberger won Best of Show with her acrylic mixed media painting. Greene County students have won Best of Show three of…

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Mass will be celebrated Sunday, March 17 – St Patrick’s Day, at 12 pm at St Patrick historic church in Cedar Township. An Irish meal will be served after Mass. The menu will feature Luck of the Irish beef stew, Happy Go Lucky Spud Soup, Blarney Stone breads, and Shamrock sweets with fairy sprinkles. All are invited. A free will…

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LifeServe Blood Center will hold community blood drives in Jefferson and Scranton in the coming days.

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Mix one part exercise with two parts fun, add a generous pinch of support then top with a festive celebration and you’ve got the HabiTour bike ride to support Habitat for Humanity. The ride is set for Saturday, August 24. With route length choices of 25, 50 and 100 miles, each ridden entirely on the safe and gently rolling Raccoon…

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Library news – The Rippey library will be staffed by volunteers during the next few weeks. We will do our best while our librarian recovers. Thank you for your patience. The regular Rippey Lions Club meeting Thursday, March 7, will begin with a potluck meal at 7 pm at the Rippey United Methodist Church. Harlan DenBeste is coordinator for the…

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Main Street Iowa director Michael Wagler was the author of an article for the National Main Street publication that focused on Placemaking. Jefferson is one of the communities  Wagler highlighted in his article entitled “Activating the Main Street Approach Through Placemaking”. The Tower View Team and other efforts of the local Main Street program with the city of Jefferson were…

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Jefferson Telecom is offering a class for customers who haven’t yet jumped on the streaming bandwagon. Many are not familiar with the term, streaming, yet hear others talk about the latest shows on Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime Video. Streaming is content sent in compressed form in a continuous stream over the Internet and played as it arrives. The user…

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Fareway Stores throughout Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, and South Dakota are uniting to help the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) free kids and adults from the harmful effects of muscular dystrophy, ALS and related life-threatening diseases by participating in the MDA Shamrocks program now through March 16.

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The RSVP volunteer program is bringing the special flavor and artistry of cupcakes from Scratch Cupcakery to Greene County. The RSVP staff and advisory council are taking orders for Scratch cupcakes now through March 1. There are 18 different selections available, with each selection including a half-dozen cupcakes in several different flavors. Death by Chocolate, Peanut Butter Panic, Coconut Crazy,…

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Dads, uncles, grandfathers and other great men are invited to learn more about the Greene County Watch D.O.G.S. program Saturday, March 2, between 8 and 10 am at Dunkers By Matt in Jefferson. Men who sign up for a day of Watch D.O.G.S. volunteering will be treated to a donut.

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