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April 23, 2026

New award categories told for Bell Tower Festival parade entries

The Bell Tower Festival parade will feature a refreshed set of award categories this year, designed to spark creativity, boost community participation, and celebrate Jefferson during the nation’s 250th anniversary. The parade is organized by the Rotary Club of Jefferson, marking its 30th year as sponsor. Rotary leaders announced...

April 22, 2026

150 years of Iowa food topic of museum program

Like almost everything else, Iowa food has history,...

April 22, 2026

Last week not a good one for fieldwork

There were 2.7 days suitable for fieldwork during...

April 22, 2026

Take a guess at Historical Society meeting

It will be “Show and Tell” time at...

April 10, 2026

Medical center marking National Volunteer Month

April is National Volunteer Month and Greene County Medical Center Auxiliary members were recently recognized for their commitment to local care. Since being founded 64 years ago, the Auxiliary has raised more than $600,000 for the medical center to be used in support of equipment purchases, programs, scholarships...

April 8, 2026

Greene County 4-H announces 2026 summer camps, project workshop opportunities

Greene County 4-H Youth Development announces a full...

March 29, 2026

New behavioral health specialist coming to Greene County Medical Center

Residents in Greene County and the surrounding rural...

March 28, 2026

Does up their scholarships to $1,000 each

The Jefferson Does organization has increased their scholarships...

April 23, 2026

Stupid is as stupid does, Part two

My continued contemplation about recent events has led me back to consider Deitrich Bonhoeffer’s Theory of Stupidity (an internet search for this theory will help you follow along with my suppositions). One is this past winter’s anti-ICE movement in Minnesota. The other are April’s “No Kings” rallies. Let’s...

April 22, 2026

Trump and the growing class divide

~a column by Colleen O’Brien Why is it...

April 12, 2026

Property taxes

April 10, 2026 Property taxes are a very...

April 8, 2026

Pills

~by Colleen O’Brien Before his tearing down the...

March 12, 2026

4-H news

Clover Connection At the Clover Connection 4-H meeting in February we learned about setting SMART goals. We then set goals of how many items we wanted to collect for the food pantry. We also talked about what items we could bring such as non-perishable food items and toiletries. ...

January 31, 2026