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Christmas at The Hague
Some people go to Disney World. This Christmas, Jefferson’s Pat McNulty is helping prosecute a Bosnian war criminal.12/24/2015By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.com’Twas the night before Christmas,...
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Picture perfect
Des Moines couple finds new home in Jefferson for their photography business12/31/2015By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comThere’s no question that Dan Meythaler has a sharp eye.He’s the kind of...
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Grant applications available for first round of casino money
1/7/2016Special to The Jefferson HeraldGrant applications for 2016 funding from Grow Greene County and the Greene County Community Foundation are now available at growgreenecounty.org.Grow Greene...
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‘There’s not one ounce of ego’
Carson draws 300 to Panora campaign event; Jefferson event slated for Jan. 111/7/2016By DOUGLAS BURNSd.burns@carrollspaper.comPANORA — Cheryl Castile echoed other Guthrie County supporters of Ben...
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Medical center hits the jackpot
Casino money puts capital campaign over the top1/14/16Staff report As Norm Fandel, president of the Grow Greene County Gaming Corp., noted, this is exactly why the county wanted a casino.With separate...
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Carson draws biggest crowd yet on local campaign trail
Famed surgeon draws 140 to event at Abundant Life1/14/16By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comIn the final push to the Iowa caucuses, Ben Carson might be the living embodiment of “Speak softly and...
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Branstad: Cruz would be ‘very damaging’ to Iowa
1/21/16By MATTHEW REZABm.rezab@carrollspaper.comALTOONA — Gov. Terry Branstad wants Ted Cruz defeated.With an unconventional intervention just two weeks before the Iowa caucuses, Branstad battered...
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Stray moose wandering the region a rare treat
DNR: Animal is protected; don’t shoot1/21/16By REBECCA MCKINSEYr.mckinsey@carrollspaper.comTEMPLETON — With his young head held proudly high, he picked his way through the fields between Templeton and...
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Council approves downtown construction guidelines
1/21/16By MATTHEW REZAB Jefferson Herald staffIn advance of an impending application for a Community Development Block Grant to spruce up building facades downtown, the Jefferson city council last week...
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The lessons of Ruby Ridge
In 1992, a local family was ripped apart in a standoff with the federal government. It’s why no one has been hurt in Oregon.1/21/16By ANDREW McGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comBack in the summer of 1983,...
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Fire destroys Pizza Ranch
By ANDREW McGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comJefferson firefighters still weren’t sure at daylight Wednesday what caused an overnight fire that left the Pizza Ranch scorched.A fire inside the North Wilson...
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Sanders taps star power
Oscar winner Sarandon visits Jefferson1/27/16By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comAt 74, is Bernie Sanders too old to be elected president?Susan Sarandon put it into perspective Wednesday during a...
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Inmate escapes from county jail
Police: Jensen was only free for a few minutes2/1/16Staff report A Jefferson man who began serving a five-year prison term for theft on Dec. 28 escaped Friday night from the Greene County Jail, but was...
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A mainstay changes hands
New owners to turn the Uptown Cafe into a vegan fusion restaurant. Just kidding: The coffee will remain as regular and black as always2/4/16By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.com The Uptown Cafe is...
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Deal’s bites into more than apples
Orchard looks to ag tourism2/11/16By DOUGLAS BURNSd.burns@carrollspaper.comLAKE PANORAMA — The apple is still the apple of Jerald Deal’s eye.But there’s more to this iconic Greene County orchard west...
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Restoring the Round
2/11/16By ASHLEY SCHABLE For The Jefferson HeraldYALE — It’s 84 years old, and it needs some work.During a special election held in Yale on Dec. 29, 1931, voters agreed to build a gymnasium. The vote...
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Local snowmobiler seriously hurt
2/15/16Staff report BOONE — A Grand Junction man was flown by helicopter Sunday to Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines after being thrown 150 feet off his snowmobile west of Boone.Damion Louk, 35, was...
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Pizza Ranch manager being investigated in arson
Manager stole $12,000 from previous job2/17/16By JARED STRONGj.strong@carrollspaper.comPolice have obtained the cellphone text messages sent and received by the manager of Pizza Ranch — which burned in...
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Young dentist to open local office
2/25/16By MATTHEW REZAB Jefferson Herald staffWhen there’s a hole in the marketplace it will eventually get filled.Dr. Keith Van Beek realized only two dentists operate in Greene County and thought...
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‘Hollywood’ Case buys own MMA company
2/25/16Staff report DES MOINES — After his grand entrance in 2014 into the multi-billion-dollar UFC, Jefferson’s Johnny “Hollywood” Case told The Jefferson Herald he might like to, you know, buy a few...
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