JEFFERSON, Iowa, April 19, 2022 — The Greene County Development Corporation – the economic development agency working for the whole county – will be hosting town hall meetings over the next couple of weeks to introduce its diversity project.  The sessions, being held all around the county, are free and the public is encouraged to…

By CHUCK OFFENBURGER JEFFERSON, Iowa, Nov. 21, 2021 — The big electronic sign at the entrance to the Greene County Fairgrounds last weekend flashed a happy message in Spanish: “Felicidades, Sr. y Sra. Rodriguez!” It was a salute to the wedding of Jacqui Casas and Edgar Rodriguez and their reception for 250 mostly Latino friends and…

By CHUCK OFFENBURGER JEFFERSON, Iowa, Dec. 30, 2021 – In five days around Christmas, I sat down and talked at length with eight members of the tiny Latino community here in Greene County, and those interviews produced one of the best gifts I’ve had in a long time. That gift is hope. It’s what brought them…

By CHUCK OFFENBURGER JEFFERSON, Iowa, Oct. 17, 2021 — On the upcoming election day, Nov. 2, we voters in Greene County are being asked to vote on whether we want to re-authorize the gaming license that was granted by the State of Iowa in 2014 to Grow Greene County Gaming Corporation.  That license allowed Grow…

By CHUCK OFFENBURGER COOPER, Iowa, July 4, 2021 — I can’t recall seeing a better stand of corn just before Independence Day than I did Friday evening, July 2, in the fields of our neighbors and pals, Doug and Karen Lawton, just outside our tiny western Iowa town. Tall, straight, lush and the prettiest green you’ve…