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Courthouse to be under surveillance
Security long seen as lax2/4/21By RICK MORAINFor The Jefferson HeraldThe Greene County board of supervisors at its Jan. 28 meeting approved provisional policies for courthouse security cameras and...
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TAXI!
Ganoe finding his niche as Jefferson’s first cabbie2/4/21By ANDREW MCGINN a.mcginn@beeherald.comBy ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comIf it takes a certain kind of person to give a transient man with...
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VACCINATION DAY
Photos by Andrew McGinn | Jefferson Herald2/11/21Greene County Public Health on Friday began the process of vaccinating staff against COVID-19 at both county school districts.At Greene County...
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LOOKING ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
Scranton native takes up cartooning during the pandemic2/11/21By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comThirty-seven years ago, newspaper readers — there were more of them then — weren’t so obsessed with...
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Green for school vouchers, Thompson mixed
2/18/21By DOUGLAS BURNSd.burns@carrollspaper.comThe two state legislators representing Greene County are broadly supportive of school choice but may split on an actual vote, depending on how the...
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GOLF IS DEAD. LONG LIVE GOLF!
Jefferson looks to get in on fast-growing disc golf3/18/21By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comIn another era, a local business leader like Steve Kohl probably would have belonged to the country club....
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Scranton bank robbed at gunpoint
2/25/21By JARED STRONG and ANDREW McGINNA man dressed in all black with a zebra-print gaiter robbed Peoples Bank in Scranton Thursday morning.Tellers at the bank at 1021 Main St. reported the robbery...
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HAVE CARE, WILL TRAVEL
Ernst addresses child care deserts2/25/21By DOUGLAS BURNSd.burns@carrollspaper.comGLIDDEN — Sen. Joni Ernst’s daughter is now at the U.S. Military Academy. But not so long ago, Ernst, 50, found herself...
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A PROFILE IN COURAGE
Green Beret from Jefferson irked by overuse of the word ‘patriot’2/25/21By ANDREW MCGINNnews@beeherald.comThere’s a certain sense of futility when you begin giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a man...
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THE SCRANTON JOB
Man accused of stealing more than $10K from Scranton bank at gunpoint; two arrests made3/4/21By JARED STRONG and ANDREW McGINN | a.mcginn@beeherald.comMan accused of stealing more than $10K from...
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Vaccine supply woefully short
3/11/21Staff reportThe Iowa Department of Public Health on March 4 announced that vaccine providers in the state can begin vaccinating individuals 64 and younger with medical conditions that could...
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ROAD TRIP!
Lincoln Highway in Greene County part of new national byway3/11/21By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comNothing much had happened along the Lincoln Highway in more than 60 years when Bob and Joyce...
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GCELC near goal
Center ready to ask public for help with new building3/18/21Special to The Jefferson HeraldThe Greene County Early Learning Center (GCELC) was recently notified it will be awarded $469,941 in grant...
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THE CANNABIS KING OF IOWA
Local grower endures rocky start to take lead on legal CBD3/18/21By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comThey say what makes us unique is that we’re a nation of laws — but that doesn’t always mean the...
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Everyone 16 and older now eligible for COVID-19 vaccine
3/30/21Greene County Public Health has expanded eligibility to offer the COVID-19 vaccine to everyone 16 years and older at Wednesday’s community clinic.Public Health will hold the first mass COVID-19...
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THE VACCINE HUNTER
Meet the man behind Iowa’s popular Twitter vaccine finder3/25/21By DOUGLAS BURNSd.burns@carrollspaper.comThe mother of a 7-year-old Iowan said she’s used the recently launched and increasingly popular...
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Thriving remotely
One family finds success online during pandemic3/25/31By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comIt’s now been a year since sisters Adison and Amelia Gallagher set foot inside a school building.It’s been so...
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Landus marks 5-year anniversary
4/2/21Staff reportFarmer-owned Landus is celebrating its corporate anniversary this week.It has been five years since the two legacy entities of Farmers’ Cooperative and West Central merged to form...
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Funky Zebra will fill space
Boutique coming to century-old building4/1/21By RICK MORAINFor The Jefferson HeraldThe Jefferson city council on March 23 approved the sale of the building at 205 N. Wilson Ave. to RAK, LLC, a group...
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‘HIGH STAKES’
Vote on future of Wild Rose set for Nov. 2 as state law requires second gaming referendum4/1/21By DOUGLAS BURNSd.burns@carrollspaper.comTom Timmons is a familiar face in Greene County.The president and...
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