Atten-hut! Meet the “Schoolboy Soldiers of Rippey”! Greene County high school students asked for help bringing proper public recognition to an inspiring but mostly forgotten local Civil War story. Here’s the schedule of when and where to see them.

By CHUCK OFFENBURGER JEFFERSON, Iowa, Oct. 10, 2026 — Early this year, when I realized how big our “Schoolboy Soldiers of Rippey” local Civil War history project was becoming, I called Debi Durham, director of the Iowa Economic Development Authority and thus overseer of the Iowa Arts Council, about it. “It’s my last big hurrah,”…

He’s once again a Des Moines guy: His “home plate,” with him since ’65, is now in the capital city.

By CHUCK OFFENBURGER DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 3, 2026 — Since 2004, I was a property owner, legal resident and enthusiastic supporter of life in Greene County. But last Wednesday, as September ended, I cleared out of the apartment that my wife Mary Riche and I have rented in Jefferson for 4+ years. On Thursday,…

In Jefferson, a celebration of 150 years for one of our most iconic buildings, a “house of five miracles.”

By CHUCK OFFENBURGER JEFFERSON, Iowa, Sept. 26, 2026 — A key part of local history is going to be celebrated here in one of my hometowns on Sunday, Oct. 4, at 4 p.m. at the Centennial Café on the northwest corner of the Greene County Courthouse square. You’re all invited. There’ll be light refreshments and…

“…that cute cheerleader from Junction,” who died at 99, was an MVP citizen of Greene County.

By CHUCK OFFENBURGER JEFFERSON, Iowa, Sept. 19, 2026 — We in Greene County lost one of our favorites recently with the death of 99-year-old Marilynn Hoskinson. Her funeral on Wednesday, Sept. 16, at First Presbyterian Church here was actually a feel-good event. There were a few tears, of course, but many more laughs. “It’s almost…

Shenandoah native son Willis David Hoover was a small-town storyteller, as good as they come.

By CHUCK OFFENBURGER SHENANDOAH, Iowa, Sept. 13, 2026 — “This is not your grandpa’s funeral,” Bill Hillman said to a crowd of about 50 people gathered on a hot, sunny, Sunday afternoon in a large tent on the lawn of his Depot Restaurant & Lounge here in my ol’ hometown in southwest Iowa. “I really…

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Atten-hut! Meet the “Schoolboy Soldiers of Rippey”! Greene County high school students asked for help bringing proper public recognition to an inspiring but mostly forgotten local Civil War story. Here’s the schedule of when and where to see them.

He’s once again a Des Moines guy: His “home plate,” with him since ’65, is now in the capital city.

In Jefferson, a celebration of 150 years for one of our most iconic buildings, a “house of five miracles.”

“…that cute cheerleader from Junction,” who died at 99, was an MVP citizen of Greene County.

Shenandoah native son Willis David Hoover was a small-town storyteller, as good as they come.