By NICOLE HASEK [email protected] With about 2,100 recreational bikers in Greene County, and about 880 riding at least twice a month, the Iowa Bicycle Coalition has estimated that about $3.1 ...

About two decades ago, my father gave a book to me from his personal library he hoped I would read to learn more about our Dutch heritage. Boasting 1023 pages, this book was always both enticing and ...

By TYLER ANDERSON [email protected] Despite a rough start on May 20, things were beginning to look up for the Greene County High School softball team. The Rams are young, with only one ...

Special to the Jefferson Herald Connie Neese spent her entire life as a caregiver, first to her family and then as a nurse. After everything she has seen and done, she often points to the many ways ...

The March 5 referendum for voters in the unincorporated portion of Greene County has big implications for the county’s property tax levy. If it fails, the county’s secondary roads department have to ...

Greetings from the Capitol. This week we debated and voted on various bills that survived last week’s funnel week. I would like to highlight SF2096 which repeals gender balance requirements for ...

I occasionally research and create a document for the Women’s Caucus newsletter about Iowa women who defied history, breaking glass ceilings and making Iowa a better place to live. A recent search led ...

The U.S. government is the world’s largest customer – required by federal law to consider buying from small businesses. So, why aren’t Iowans sharing in the bounty? Here in the heartland, we’ve seen a ...

By BRENNA COHOON [email protected] Rows of folding chairs and blankets fill the lawn in front of Deal’s Orchard. Live music permeates the air as guests leave their seats to order their ...

About 3 ½ years ago, in August 2019, after two weekend mass shootings in the United States, I wrote a column about America and guns. This past weekend we had a similar event, as we’ve had so many ...

By Brandon Hurley Managing Editor [email protected] Republican Dan Benitz trounced his opponent in Greene County’s only contested race on election night, garnering 62.7 percent of the vote. Benitz, a ...

Global supply chain disruptions, rising prices for foods and farm production inputs, increasing evidence of agriculture’s impact on climate change, and unconscionable numbers of people experiencing ...