Candidates revealed for upcoming city-school elections

Jefferson Herald Staff Report With the filing deadline for city-school candidates ending last Thursday, names have been released for who is running for city council and school board.

SARAH STORTZ | JEFFERSON HERALD Sam and Kyle Youngblood standing in front of the Jefferson Medicap Pharmacy, located at 400 N. Elm St. The couple will become the new owners of the Jefferson-based Medicap Pharmacy and Coon Rapids Pharmacy on Monday, Sept. 18.

BUSINESS Jefferson Medicap, Coon Rapids Pharmacy under new ownership

By SARAH STORTZ s.stortz@carrollspaper.com Local pharmacies in Jefferson and Coon Rapids will soon be under new ownership.

TREVOR BABCOCK | JEFFERSON HERALD Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand speaks at the Washington Park shelter house in Jefferson on Friday, Sept 8.

State Auditor Rob Sand talks new Iowa legislation in tour stop

By TREVOR BABCOCK tbabcock@iowainformation.com Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand stopped in Jefferson last Friday as a part of his tour across all of Iowa’s counties. Sand was asked about how many auditors work in his office, and said he could hire 10 to 20 more auditors right now.

SPECIAL TO THE JEFFERSON HERALD Heath Alan & The Deep Roots Band

Art In The Garden happening September 16

Special to the Jefferson Herald At this year’s Art In The Garden there will be art vendors, food trucks, creative fun for kids and great music.

SUBMITTED PHOTO A child throwing a ball at a dunk tank during an RVTV block party at Rockwell City.

RVTV to return to Jefferson

By SARAH STORTZ s.stortz@carrollspaper.com After a decade, RVTV is officially coming back to Jefferson on Tuesday. Turning each town into a Cy-Hawk block party, RVTV travels through different cities each fall leading up to the Iowa-Iowa State football game.

Grow Greene County donation supports purchase of imaging equipment at Greene County Medical Center

Special to the Jefferson Herald On April 4, Grow Greene County awarded over $1.8 million in grants, which included $81,500 to the Greene County Medical Center Foundation for the purchase of a new C-arm imaging machine.