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Greene County lands casino
June 12, 2014

State approves $40 million casino and entertainment complex 2014-06-12 Direct link to article By DOUGLAS BURNS and ANDREW MCGINN [email protected] [email protected] BURLINGTON — With freshly minted approval from state regulators Thursday morning, Wild Rose Entertainment projected an August 2015 opening for a $40-million Jefferson casino-and-entertainment complex. The Iowa Racing & Gaming Commission voted 3-2 to […]

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Grow Greene County courts the IRGC
June 01, 2014

GreeneCountyNewsOnline – June 1, 2014 Jefferson was spiffed up and looking its best Thursday when the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission came to town. Members of Grow Greene County decorated store windows, tied green ribbons on almost everything vertical, and even chalked the walk to the Mahanay Bell Tower.       After Commission members […]

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Grow Greene County video to Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission
March 07, 2014
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Grow Greene County Gaming Corporation has its day
March 07, 2014

Presentation to IRGC on license for Wild Rose casino GreeneCountyNewsOnline – March 7, 2014 Greene County and Jefferson were well represented at the Racing and Gaming Commission meeting March 6 in Altoona. The mood was one of excitement and anticipation Thursday morning as Grow Greene County Gaming Corporation made its presentation to the Iowa Racing […]

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A tradition was started in 2016 by the Grow Greene County Board of Directors to surprise deserving agencies in Greene County with a Give Back Award during the holiday season. This year on the heels of another successful year at Wild Rose Jefferson, the Grow Greene County Board gave out six Give Back Awards on […]


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Grow Greene County Gaming Corporation, the local nonprofit corporation that holds the state gaming license in Greene County, distributed almost $1.8 million in grants at its 8th annual Awards Night, held April 4, 2023 in the Greene Room at Wild Rose Casino in Jefferson. Grow Greene County board members call it “the highlight of their […]


Casino now open

Wild Rose Jefferson opens Monday afternoon to word-of-mouth crowd 2015/07/13 By ANDREW McGINN [email protected] It’s open. And the fact that slots were spinning and beer taps were flowing before 5 on a Monday afternoon is further proof of just how fast news travels in a small town. Wild Rose Jefferson, the $40 million casino-events center […]


Grow Greene County Gaming Corporation has its day

Presentation to IRGC on license for Wild Rose casino GreeneCountyNewsOnline – March 7, 2014 Greene County and Jefferson were well represented at the Racing and Gaming Commission meeting March 6 in Altoona. The mood was one of excitement and anticipation Thursday morning as Grow Greene County Gaming Corporation made its presentation to the Iowa Racing […]


Grow Greene County video to Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission

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