Mostly dry weather allowed farmers to harvest 30 percent of Iowa’s soybean acreage during the 5.1 days suitable for fieldwork for the week ending Oct. 12, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Muddy fields, especially in low spots, have slowed harvest across Iowa. Activities for the week included fall tillage and the spread of manure on harvested fields. …
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HOIAC cross-country meet held Monday in Ames
The Greene County girls placed third and the boys placed seventh of the 10 teams at the Heart of Iowa Activities Conference cross-country meet held at the Iowa State University course in Ames Monday. Weather conditions were not good for running. Some runners had better times than their average times, but no runners had their best time of the season…
Read MoreAbsentee ballots available
Absentee voting in the Nov. 4 general election is now under way. Voters can vote an absentee (early) ballot in the county auditor’s office at the courthouse from now through Nov. 3 at 5 pm.
Read MoreBid to escape chores, eat well, or cheer for your favorite team
The Kiwanis Club’s silent auction of services (and more) is in progress in the south lobby of the courthouse with a very wide variety of items offered. Services going to the highest bidders include yard work, stump grinding, window cleaning, dog sitting, gift wrapping and more. There are tickets for both Iowa and Iowa State football games, as well as Iowa State…
Read MoreDeadline extended for cover crop planting in state cost share programs
Weather has delayed some planting DES MOINES –Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey on Oct. 13 said that farmers participating in the state cost share programs that are intending to plant cover crops have until November 1, 2014 to get the cover crops planted and still qualify for assistance. This extension is only available for winter-hardy, small grains that are likely…
Read MoreMiddle school sports, updated Oct. 13
Editor’s note: GreeneCountyNewsOnline is happy to post middle school sports results when coaches or other reliable sources provide them. Volleyball- The Greene County eighth grade volleyball team finished its season with a match in Nevada Oct. 13. The girls won three of eight games played. Three squads played with scores as follows: A, 8-21, 9-21, 16-21; B, 21-18, 10-21, 15-21;…
Read MoreCommunity blood drive is Tuesday in Jefferson
LifeServe Blood Center will hold a community blood drive Tuesday, Oct. 14, from 12:30 to 5:30 pm at the Greene County Community Center in Jefferson. Walk-ins are welcome. Each year, more than 500,000 lives are positively impacted because of generous LifeServe blood donors. Donating blood is safe, simple and only takes about an hour of your time; making it one…
Read MoreRock the ARC to raise funds for food pantry
All area residents are invited to Rock the ARC at an afternoon of entertainment and fellowship next Sunday, Oct. 19, at 2 pm at RVP~1875/History Boy Theatre Co at 115 S. Wilson, Jefferson. The afternoon features an array of local talent, including Bill Riley Talent Search sprout winner Ava Schilling, dancers from Prairie Blue, original poetry by Essie Kowaleski, Colleen O’Brien,…
Read MoreJPRD plans Halloween fun
In cooperation with the Greene County Chamber and the Jefferson public library, several Halloween related activities will be available for youth ages 2 years to 5th grade to enjoy Thursday, Oct. 30. Halloween party: The fun begins at the at the Greene County Community Center. A free party with Halloween games and crafts, and treats, will be held from 4…
Read MoreBrassieres take the spotlight at medical center
Once again, brassieres are celebrated as works or art, or at least as the foundation of a craft project, in the outpatient lobby at Greene County Medical Center. To help promote October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and to promote mammograms, the medical center’s radiology department invited other departments to push up bras to places where no bras have gone…
Read MoreWalls at Wild Rose
After what has seemed like a very long time moving dirt around at the site of the coming Wild Rose Jefferson, walls finally started going up late this week. Area residents saw in September how quickly prefabricated walls go up as they watched construction of a new Hy-Vee grocery store three blocks north of the bell tower. The casino will…
Read MoreGood news at the gas pump…
…and it’s supposed to get better! Those who remember getting service at a filling station – the sort that was talked about at the Deep Rock station earlier this week – shake their heads at the idea that $3 gasoline is Good News, but it is! And according to the newsroom at AAA of Minnesota, the price of gasoline is going…
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