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November 11, 2026

Road use agreements in the works for wind repowering and bitcoin mining

The Greene County board of adjustment will meet Tuesday, Nov. 24, at 8:30 am in the second floor board room to consider a pair of conditional use permits. SC Holdings is seeking the permit for repowering at the Rippey wind farm. Simple Mining is seeking a conditional use...

November 11, 2026

R.J. Hernandez, Tracy Codel highlight GCLA’s Open Book program Nov. 16 in Scranton

Greene County Librarians Association (GCLA) will present an...

November 11, 2026

Let’s celebrate George Gallup

A pair of celebrations of one of Greene...

November 11, 2026

Harvest delayed by wet weather

There were 1.7 days suitable for fieldwork during...

November 4, 2026

Integrated crop management conference Dec. 9-10 in Altoona

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will host the 37th annual Integrated Crop Management Conference, set for Dec. 9–10, at Prairie Meadows in Altoona. The ICM Conference brings together the latest university research, expert perspectives and practical crop...

October 28, 2026

Non-soil fumigation CIC is Nov. 17

Preregister before Nov. 10 for fall commercial pesticide...

October 21, 2026

Pest control operators CIC slated for Dec. 9

Preregister before Dec. 2 for fall commercial pesticide...

October 14, 2026

Iowa history program, trivia challenge part of Iowa author’s Oct. 22 visit

Are you familiar with the Cedar Rapids sisters...

November 11, 2026

Promises, promises

~by Colleen O’Brien My daughter and I were driving along a freeway in the middle of Ohio when we saw half a dozen extremely long buildings, a whole mile of them. Behind the windowless structures was what looked like a couple square city block’s-worth of a tightly arranged...

November 4, 2026

Whew!

~by Colleen O’Brien The past 20 months did...

November 4, 2026

View from my window: Lost in translation?

November 1, 2026 Though written on Sunday night...

October 28, 2026

History should change what we ask of the living

To the editor: A monument can tell us...

August 2, 2026

4-H state fair selections told

Judging of 2026 Greene County 4-H static exhibit entries took place Tuesday, July 7. A variety of subject matter experts judged in the areas of animals; agriculture and natural resources; creative arts; science, engineering, and technology; family and consumer sciences; and personal development. The static exhibit judging event...

June 16, 2026