Along Our Way It is prime time for bicycling all across Iowa, as people do their final training rides in preparation for the 36th edition of RAGBRAI -- that's the Des Moines Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa. For more details, follow the link below here. [CLICK HERE FOR LARGER FORMAT & ADDITIONAL DETAILS]

How the donut man from Bunkers Dunkers in Jefferson helped land RAGBRAI XXXVI for an overnight stop here!
The route for the 2008 RAGBRAI -- that's the Des Moines Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa -- includes our Greene County seat of Jefferson as an overnight stop on Monday, July 21. An estimated 15,000 to 20,000 people will be in Jefferson that night. Read the amazing story here about a chance encounter three years ago in Florida, where our vacationing local donut king Randy Bunkers warmly greeted a stranger who was wearing a RAGBRAI T-shirt. The fellow happened to be RAGBRAI director T.J. Juskiewicz -- and now, hurrah! RAGBRAI is coming our way! [READ MORE]

Our hometown of
Cooper may look
pretty sleepy but
there's a whole lot
happening here!
There’s the annual Cooper Prom (for all ages), concerts, basketball, suppers, ice cream socials and people coming through all the time on the Raccoon River Valley Trail. Here is the story on the little community in Greene County, Iowa, that is now home for the Offenburgers. [READ MORE]

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Chuck Offenburger celebrated his 61st birthday on Friday, July 11. Randy Bunkers, owner of Bunkers Dunkers Bakery in Jefferson, home of Iowa's best glazed donuts, made a surprise stop at the farm with a special birthday donut -- a foot wide! Follow the link below for more details and to see the photo in larger format.
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