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It’s official: Deputies to cover shifts

Wed, 09/30/2020 - 16:16 admin1

By RICK MORAIN

For The Jefferson Herald

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Republican congressional candidate Randy Feenstra examines biodiesel produced at the Western Iowa Energy plant in Wall Lake. DOUGLAS BURNS | JEFFERSON HERALD

Feenstra gets close view of renewable energy projects

Wed, 09/30/2020 - 16:14 admin1

By DOUGLAS BURNS

d.burns@carrollspaper.com

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John Muir, a lifelong local farmer and current chair of the Greene County board of supervisors, stands on a dreary day last week next to what appears to be the last-standing stalk of corn in a field. Muir gets anxious when he thinks about trying to harvest corn flattened by last month’s derecho. ANDREW McGINN | JEFFERSON HERALD PHOTOS

Two farmers, one headache

Wed, 09/23/2020 - 16:17 admin1

By ANDREW MCGINN

a.mcginn@beeherald.com

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Democratic congressional candidate J.D. Scholten, pictured in 2019 on his “Don’t Forget About Us” tour of cities under 1,000, says President Donald Trump’s statement that people should try to vote twice is illegal. HERALD FILE PHOTO

Scholten: Have a plan for voting

Wed, 09/23/2020 - 16:16 admin1

By DOUGLAS BURNS

d.burns@carrollspaper.com

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Suffragists rally in Russell Park ahead of a statewide referendum in 1916 on giving women the right to vote. Greene County men approved the measure — 1,692 to 1,018 — but the issue failed statewide by 10,000 votes. The question of women voting wouldn’t be settled until Aug. 26, 1920, when the 19th Amendment was adopted as part of the U.S. Constitution.

ALL VOTES MATTER

Wed, 09/16/2020 - 15:07 admin1

By MIKKI SCHWARZKOPF

Special to The Jefferson Herald

2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women’s constitutional right to vote.

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Election 2020 House District 47

Wed, 09/16/2020 - 15:04 admin1

By JAKE WEBSTER

For The Jefferson Herald

Republican incumbent Phil Thompson is seeking another term in the Iowa House of Representatives.

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Election 2020 House District 47

Wed, 09/16/2020 - 15:03 admin1

By JAKE WEBSTER

For The Jefferson Herald

State lawmakers have many different professional backgrounds: lawyers, farmers, doctors, among others.

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LeAnn Monaghan, of Jefferson, models one of the protective masks she sewed for health care workers in March. A national shortage of masks at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic led many medical facilities, including the Greene County Medical Center, to solicit their communities for homemade masks. HERALD FILE PHOTO

This year one for the books

Wed, 09/16/2020 - 15:01 admin1

By JEFF MORGAN

Iowa Culture Wire

About six months ago the COVID-19 pandemic arrived here in Iowa, and life changed.

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Kurt Krieger inspects one of the cannabis plants growing outside his family’s greenhouse and flower shop in Jefferson. The Krieger family was granted one of the first state licenses this year to grow hemp, a type of cannabis with minuscule amounts of THC. With their hemp, they hope to soon dominate Iowa’s burgeoning market for products containing cannabidiol, or CBD. ANDREW McGINN | JEFFERSON HERALD PHOTOS

POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE

Wed, 09/09/2020 - 15:13 admin1

By ANDREW MCGINN

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‘You do not seem to get it’

Wed, 09/09/2020 - 15:11 admin1

By ANDREW MCGINN

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It’s official: Deputies to cover shifts

Feenstra gets close view of renewable energy projects

Two farmers, one headache

Scholten: Have a plan for voting

ALL VOTES MATTER

Election 2020 House District 47

Election 2020 House District 47

This year one for the books

POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE

‘You do not seem to get it’

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