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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

a.mcginn@beeherald.com

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

a.mcginn@beeherald.com

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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’

Thu, 06/04/2020 - 08:49 admin1

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’

Thu, 05/28/2020 - 10:04 admin1

By ANDREW MCGINN

a.mcginn@beeherald.com

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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Boone-based Fareway Stores Inc. recently announced a $200,000 donation to the Iowa Chamber of Commerce Executives. As members of the ICCE, the Jefferson Area Chamber of Commerce applied for and received a total of $3,000 in $50 gift cards: $2,000 last month and $1,000 last week. That was the maximum amount any chamber could receive. “Local chambers have the pulse in each community and how best to serve its small business members during this time of need,” Fareway CEO Reynolds W. Cramer said. “We hope this r

COVID-19: The latest

Thu, 05/21/2020 - 10:15 admin1

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Another pandemic casualty: The 2020 Greene County Fair has been canceled for the most part, the county fair board announced.

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Jeff and Cindy Anderson (left) visit Jeff’s mother, Verla, through a window at Regency Park of Jefferson. At nursing homes and assisted-living facilities around town, workers are doing what they can to prevent COVID-19 from breaching their walls. The residents are still in high spirits, said Ali Meiners, Regency Park administrator. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS

THE LONG HAUL

Thu, 05/21/2020 - 10:14 admin1

By ANDREW MCGINN

a.mcginn@beeherald.com

They got three gallons of gas per week, and 12 ounces of sugar.

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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

COVID-19: The latest

THE LONG HAUL

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