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UNI president: ‘I’m just a kid from Iowa’
5/4/17By DOUGLAS BURNSd.burns@carrollspaper.comThe new University of Northern Iowa president blends a rural Iowa sensibility with an academic powerhouse of a resume.In short, Mark Nook, 58, an...
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Grassley: Trump’s unpredictable foreign policy is a ‘positive’
5/4/17By DOUGLAS BURNSd.burns@carrollspaper.comU.S. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, says critics of President Trump’s foreign-policy maneuvering, in which long-stated campaign and policy positions can...
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Young professionals unite
5/4/17The Greene Group will officially introduce itself May 11 with a kickoff event from 5 to 7 p.m. at Doc’s Stadium in Jefferson.The mission of The Greene Group is to unite young professionals,...
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Trophy buck to serve as warning
Deer taken illegally to be put on display5/4/17By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comIn the fall of 2015, Denny Healy drew his bow on a buck with a monster of a rack.“It was a heck of a deer,” Healy...
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Welcome center ready to open at last at Thomas Jefferson Gardens
5/11/17By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comIt will be called the Thomas Jefferson Gardens Education and Welcome Center.The journey it took to completion was only slightly less dramatic than the...
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Tractor hits library
5/11/17By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comGRAND JUNCTION — Barely a month into her tenure as Grand Junction’s new mayor, Teresa Lansman was tested Friday with her first crisis.“I said, ‘I must have...
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Return to the wildwood
Admirers of Pleasant Hill Church plan for the future5/11/17By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comIt’s one of the few surviving examples of a “church in the wildwood,” like in the hymn, at a time when...
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Ruth faces federal weapons charges
5/19/17By JARED STRONGj.strong@carrollspaper.comThe 36-year-old Jefferson man who allegedly plotted to shoot and kill police officers has been charged with five crimes in federal court, each of which...
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Casino design takes third in architecture contest
5/19/17Special to The Jefferson Herald Wild Rose Casino and Resort placed third in the second annual American Institute of Architects, Iowa Chapter, People’s Choice Awards.The contest celebrates...
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Benitz quits city council, citing social media ire
5/23/17Staff report Saying he hopes his replacement “will ask questions for the betterment of the community,” Councilman Dan Benitz has resigned from the Jefferson city council, six months after he was...
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Polio epidemic subject of historical program
5/25/17Special to The Jefferson Herald Pat Schiltz, of Jefferson, says if you weren’t yet alive in the 1950s, you probably have difficulty comprehending just how frightening and widespread an epidemic...
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Paige Exline, 12, remembered for her love of animals
Killed in an arson, Paige came from family with history of abuse5/25/17By JARED STRONGj.strong@carrollspaper.comThe 12-year-old girl who died in a Guthrie Center house fire last week was sexually...
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Breaking: Moore hired as new Greene County activities director
Ram football coach approved by unanimous school board vote“I’m really impressed. The kids and their response to him has been just wonderful. I think he brings intangibles besides just filling these...
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Fireworks: You can buy ’em in town, you just can’t light ’em
6/8/17By BRANDON HURLEYb.hurley@beeherald.comEnthusiasts of fireworks and pyrotechnics won’t have to venture far to have an explosive celebration this summer.From now through July 8 at 10 p.m., it is...
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Council looking for new member
6/15/17Staff report Wanted: Somebody to occupy a seat on the city council for the next four and a half months.Must reside in Jefferson’s Second Ward.Must like dogs.The Jefferson city council Tuesday...
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New Way Auto to open
6/15/17By DOUGLAS BURNSd.burns@carrollspaper.comThe McLaughlin Family Companies, the owner and operator of New Way Ford in Coon Rapids, will open a car dealership on the east side of Highway 4 in...
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Swimmers emerging from pool with bloodied feet
6/15/17By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comSomething is cutting up the feet of swimmers at the Jefferson Municipal Swimming Pool.All evidence seems to implicate a $28,000 paint job two seasons ago by...
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‘IT’S OUR TIME’
With a litany of projects, Scranton shows that there is life after losing a school6/15/17By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comA couple of years ago, Randy Winkelman drove into Jefferson from Scranton...
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Landus trims staff, looks to build and automate
6/22/17Staff report Cuts this month at Landus Cooperative have reduced the cooperative’s workforce 5 percent.Approximately 38 full-time and part-time employees across 26 counties have so far been...
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A hunka hunka burnin’ World
The strange but true story of the Elvis impersonator from Jefferson who almost started World War III6/22/17By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comThey said that rock ‘n’ roll would destroy the...
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