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Rippey News Nov. 26, 2014 Please send your news item to Jean Borgeson at jeanb@iowatelecom.net Friends of Rippey reminder: There will be a Christmas breakfast on Dec. 6 from 8 to 11 am.  Egg casserole, sausage, fruit, cinnamon rolls, coffee and juice will be served for a free will offering.  A quilt donated by Sharon Riley will be offered for…

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Valve fails as Churdan hooks to Xenia rural water

(Edited Thursday, Nov. 27) Hy-Vee donates bottled water Churdan residents are heading into Thanksgiving reliant on bottled water for drinking, but the challenge is easier thanks to generous intervention by Hy-Vee. Greene County emergency management director Dennis Morlan said he is “deeply impressed” by the help from Hy-Vee, particularly since it was offered without being asked for.

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Jeff council okays purchase of lift for library

The Jefferson city council at its regular meeting Nov. 25 approved spending an amount not to exceed $35,000 to replace the platform lift at the public library. The lift provides handicap accessibility for the library’s basement meeting room and genealogical library. The present lift was installed in the early 1990s. Parts are no longer available when repair is necessary.

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DAISY Award to Laine Custer

Laine Custer (right), a longtime public health nurse at Greene County Medical Center, was presented the DAISY Award at a ceremony attended by about 75 people Thursday morning at the medical center. She was nominated for the award by co-worker Sarah Borgeson (left). Custer has been with the medical center’s public health department for 22 years both as a clinic…

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Harvest nearly complete; last crop report for 2014

Cold temperatures and snow halted most activities early in the week, but rising temperatures as the weekend neared allowed Iowa farmers 3.7 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending Nov. 23, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Some tile and terrace work continued despite the colder temperatures, while warmer weather over the weekend allowed for corn harvest,…

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