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“Hopefully people will come back,” says Sarah Nicholson, executive director of the Sierra Community Theatre, which reopened Friday after more than two months. Like all theaters in Iowa, the Sierra had to close March 17 on order of Gov. Kim Reynolds because of COVID-19. ANDREW McGINN | JEFFERSON HERALD PHOTOS

THE SHOW MUST GO ON

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By ANDREW MCGINN

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Walt Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” was so eagerly anticipated by moviegoers in Jefferson that it played on a continuous loop in 1938, a particularly dire year in the Great Depression.

Disney still the first name in escapism

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By ANDREW MCGINN

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New school, new look: Rebranded Ram ready for rollout

Thu, 06/11/2020 - 08:42 admin1

By BRANDON HURLEY

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Remi has never looked more fierce.

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COVID-19: The latest

Thu, 06/04/2020 - 08:55 admin1

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The Mahanay Memorial Carillon Tower will officially reopen on Wednesday, the Bell Tower Community Foundation announced earlier this week.

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Greetings from Rippey, Iowa! One of Hugh and Denise Gannon’s gilts wanders through a grassy area, as wind turbines turn in the background. The Gannons are now a rarity among farmers: not only do they raise hogs outside of a confinement, they own them. When news broke recently that meatpackers were falling ill to COVID-19, they were able to quickly sell upwards of 100 hogs to a public worried about possible meat shortages. ANDREW McGINN | JEFFERSON HERALD PHOTOS

UNBROKEN

Thu, 06/04/2020 - 08:54 admin1

By ANDREW MCGINN

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Hugh Gannon can’t imagine not owning his own pigs.

The feeling, actually, is mutual.

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Pandemic party nets 22 arrests

Thu, 06/04/2020 - 08:51 admin1

By ANDREW MCGINN

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State Rep. Phil Thompson, commander of Jefferson American Legion Post 11, speaks Friday at the semi-private dedication of Remembering Our Fallen Heroes, a new permanent display at the Greene County courthouse honoring local war dead. Photos and biographies of the first two veterans, Private Floyd W. Brown (World War I) and Lance Cpl. Benjamin R. Carman (Iraq), were unveiled. Only veterans who were KIA (killed in action) or DOW (died of wounds) will be considered for display. The century-old photo of Brown w

‘A deeper sense of how precious life is’

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Editor’s note: The following is the Memorial Day address that Greene County Veterans Affairs Director Michael Bierl had planned to give Monday at the Jefferson Cemetery.

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COVID-19: The latest

Thu, 05/28/2020 - 10:06 admin1

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The Rotary Club of Jefferson presented a check on May 20 in the amount of $1,007 to the Greene County Christian Action Resource Center (ARC).

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“We had a lot of people praying for him,” says Laurie Walker (left), pictured Monday with husband George Walker at their business in Jefferson. The Paton residents have had what they call a “crazy spring.” Now recovered, George Walker was Greene County’s first confirmed case of COVID-19, a 12-day ordeal that took him to the edge of death. ANDREW McGINN | JEFFERSON HERALD

‘I WAS GOING TO DIE’

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By ANDREW MCGINN

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COVID-19 took a lot out of George Walker, but it didn’t take away his sense of humor.

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The grave marker of Capt. James L. Flack in the Jefferson Cemetery is just one of hundreds that inspire curiosity. A bomber pilot in World War II, he was shot down during the fight for Sicily. ANDREW McGINN | JEFFERSON HERALD

Memorial Day may be canceled, but the cemetery still beckons

Thu, 05/28/2020 - 10:02 admin1

By ANDREW MCGINN

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THE SHOW MUST GO ON

Disney still the first name in escapism

New school, new look: Rebranded Ram ready for rollout

COVID-19: The latest

UNBROKEN

Pandemic party nets 22 arrests

‘A deeper sense of how precious life is’

COVID-19: The latest

‘I WAS GOING TO DIE’

Memorial Day may be canceled, but the cemetery still beckons

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