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Rhapsody in Greene
Greene County High School’s Steinway grand piano to be restored in time for opening of new school4/11/19By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comThe first time Tom Hinote, the piano tuner with the...
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Three free classics to raise money for Sierra
Theater will also open ‘Avengers: Endgame’4/11/19By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comNancy Morris knew how to pick ’em.Before she lost her fight with cancer in 2017 at age 66, the longtime Jefferson...
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Night Out planning underway
Inaugural local event to feature Taser demo4/18/19By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comGreene County’s first National Night Out event on Aug. 6 will feature 10 residents who love their community so...
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Students paint new mural to mark Junction’s 150th
4/18/19By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comThe original plan for a new mural to commemorate Grand Junction’s upcoming sesquicentennial — 150th anniversary, in layman’s terms — called for it to go on...
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Impact Award to Roberts
4/25/19Jerry Roberts, of Jefferson, has been selected as the recipient of the Greene County Community Impact Award. The award was established to recognize an individual whose activities have an easily...
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Smokin’
Ken Bose’s cigar box guitars are so cool — and so is everything else he makes4/25/19By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comThe funky little riff was unmistakable — Creedence. Prime CCR.On this day, Ken...
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King holds rare town hall in Jefferson
Police presence requested at local event5/2/19By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comJim Sankot, of Jefferson, informed Congressman Steve King last Thursday that “90 percent of the time I’m on your...
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Child’s play
Greene County Medical Center hires its first pediatrician — just as the fight over immunizations heats up5/2/19“Through time,” she explained, “you learn tricks. If you can get an 18-month-old through...
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After 40 years, Elderserve still going strong
5/9/19By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comJenny Davis had no idea that a salad containing both carrots and grapes was even a thing until she started fixing meals for senior citizens.In her two years...
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WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
Jefferson grad has what it takes to drive an Uber in L.A. (So do you have what it takes to be Jefferson’s first Uber driver?)5/9/19By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comWhen I first heard that a former...
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A CHANGING OF THE RANGERS
Joe Allen is Spring Lake’s first new park ranger in 40 years5/16/19By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comJoe Allen was 12 or 13 when a park ranger in Colorado saw him chasing a lizard.The ranger saw a...
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Spring Lake to get plaque on Square
5/16/19By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comThere’s never a bad night to be a mosquito, in Iowa, in late June.But of all the tens of billions of mosquitoes, each with a life span as brief as two...
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Fatal crash suit: Landus hired ‘known unfit driver’
5/23/19By JARED STRONGj.strong@carrollspaper.comA man who was contracted by Landus Cooperative to haul grain — and who caused a crash in 2017 that killed a Paton farmer — was a known heroin addict whom...
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A surplus of gratitude
Former sheriff finds unique way to remember the men who fought World War II — collecting their gear5/23/19By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comOne can only imagine the sheer number of Nazis that were...
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BOYS' SOCCER: ON TO STATE
Year two makes way for history as Rams put 1A field on noticeBy BRANDON HURLEYSports Editorsports@beeherald.com@BrandonJHurley JEFFERSON - So many wonderfully different and exciting things make this...
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Habitat eyes major change
Local affiliate gauging interest in interior repairs6/6/19By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comYou can put fresh paint on a house, put new siding on a house, install new gutters on a house or repair a...
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Next up: A coworking space?
6/6/19Staff reportA coworking space, an intensely modern business environment increasingly populating cities, is under strong consideration for downtown Jefferson as a potential addition to leverage...
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KELLEY’S GIFT
Farmer gives $50K to benefit Spring Lake, and a gift of land will expand Henderson Park6/6/19By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comSixty years ago, the county parks system was still in its infancy.In...
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Yepsen completes fellowships
6/6/19By DOUGLAS BURNSd.burns@carrollspaper.comThe University of Chicago’s renowned Institute of Politics is placing a major emphasis on Illinois’ western neighbor as 23 candidates are seeking the...
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Students ready to face world
Los estudiantes se preparan para el mundo6/6/19By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comTwenty-five years ago, Amy van der Meer’s dad in North Dakota was totally unconvinced that she could put a college...
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