Dear editor, I had the pleasure of meeting Pete Bardole in the summer of 2015. Pete brought his son to audition for the Community Players production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. I asked Pete if he was going to audition and he wasn’t sure but came back and read anyway. I ended up casting Pete in a pretty good role…
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Letter to the editor – Matt Wetrich
To the people of Jefferson, I am writing to introduce – hopefully re-introduce – myself to you, fellow citizens of Jefferson. My name is Matt Wetrich and I am running for city council in the upcoming election on November 8. I am a 38-year-old husband and father. I have lived in Jefferson for 10 years and work as a naturalist…
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The Greene County Genealogical Society will meet Saturday, Nov. 5, at 10 am in the basement meeting room of the Jefferson public library. Bill Burkett will share information about War of Northern Aggression: Confederate States of America—Burkett Family. Guests are always welcome. The meeting room is handicapped accessible.
Read MoreRead a book
~a column by Colleen O’Brien The leader-types of the world – presidents and prime ministers and the wanna-bes of those positions, other elected representatives and military fellas, celebrities, pundits, CEOs, dignitaries, wise guys and smart women, fashionable folks and partiers — may be in the news, thinking they’re making the news; but the people who make the necessary things happen…
Read MoreLetter to the editor – Jim Andrew
Dear editor, As a lifelong Greene County Republican and farmer, I am writing to endorse Peter Bardole, Republican candidate for county supervisor in the Nov. 8 election. I do this with some hesitation as my lifetime classmate and three term supervisor Guy Richardson, who was defeated in the party primary and chose to run again as an independent is also…
Read MoreLetter to the editor – Shannon Black
Dear editor, Change. It can be a difficult thought for some, and even more difficult to put in to action. However, I believe that is exactly what Greene County is in need of right now, and Peter Bardole can be that change.
Read MoreLetter to the editor – Mary Jane Fields
Letter to the editor: It was my privilege to serve two terms as a Greene County supervisor beginning January, 2005.
Read MoreGCNO asks, candidates answer
The Nov. 8 general election includes contested races for three Greene County supervisor positions. In District 1, incumbent Republican Mick Burkett is challenged by Democrat Alan Robinson. In District 4, incumbent Republican John Muir is challenged by Democrat Todd Madson. The District 5 race will be a rematch of the primary. Republican challenger Peter Bardole won the primary over incumbent…
Read MoreWe have to vote?
~a column by Colleen O’Brien “Life is so complicated. And then we have to vote?” This is a line I overheard from a junior high girl who lives next door to my daughter in Cincinnati. It made me burst out laughing. Life is complicated, young woman, but voting is kind of like going to the Post Office to mail a…
Read MoreNew alliance calls for moratorium on new or expanding factory farms
The Greene County board of supervisors have often heard those who oppose concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) suggest that a moratorium on new CAFOs be imposed. A moratorium is a goal of a new alliance that launched Oct. 10 at the state capitol in Des Moines.
Read MoreLetter to the editor – Linda Hocke
Honor Flights for Greene County veterans It’s called the Wall that Heals. Listed on it are the names of more than 58,000 Americans who gave their lives in service to our country during the Vietnam War. The Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C. also includes “The Three Servicemen” statue and the Vietnam Women’s Memorial.
Read MoreKathy Hankel the Fabulous
~a column by Colleen O’Brien Obituary for Kathy Hankel Jefferson, Iowa Date of Birth: August 8, 1942 Date of Death: October 6, 2016 “Kathy Hankel the Fabulous, 74, of Jefferson, has departed for her next journey accompanied by husband Patrick Hankel, son Christopher, brothers Bob and Bruce Jeffries, parents Edgar and Frieda (Grunwald) Jeffries.
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