Sharon Stoline, first vice president of Greene County Medical Center’s auxiliary, presented the auxiliary’s year-end report to the medical center’s board of trustees at its September meeting. Currently the auxiliary has 167 members with 112 considered “active.” Members provided a total of 9,542 volunteer hours in the 2014 fiscal year. When computed at minimum wage of $7.25, auxiliary volunteer hours…
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Reminder issued about placement of yard signs
City of Jefferson code enforcement officer Tom Heater released the following information earlier this week: “Due to several recent complaints, city of Jefferson property owners are reminded that any signs they place on their property, such as realty signs, political signs, roof or siding repair signs, etc. may only be placed on private property and not on the public right-of-way. This…
Read MoreSoybean harvest delayed more than in past 30 years
Wet conditions delayed widespread harvest across Iowa during the week ending Oct. 5, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. There were 3.3 days suitable for fieldwork statewide, and only 2.4 days in west central Iowa. Activities for the week included harvesting hay and the start of fall tillage. Farmers were hoping for drier field and crop conditions to…
Read MoreBeta Tau Delta takes second graders to the zoo
Second graders from Greene County and Paton-Churdan schools discovered there were lots of mouths to feed at the Blank Park Zoo, thanks to Jefferson’s children’s charity, Beta Tau Delta. There were squeals of delight from the children when they fed the dozens of koi that swirled and splashed to gulp down the nuggets of food tossed their way. There was…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, week ending Oct. 3
In Greene County magistrate court a case was initiated against Heather Thelma Ott of Jefferson on charges of trespass-simple and theft-fifth degree. Persons paid fines for scheduled traffic violations during the week ending Oct. 3 as follows: *Joshua Harold Gingery of Slater, failure to maintain control, $100; Dean William Fischer of Rockwell City, dark window/windshield, $50 ; and Stacie Annette…
Read MoreOctober is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
~by Greene County sheriff Steve Haupert Living in rural Iowa, we think that domestic violence does not happen in our peaceful rural culture. We are small communities and we tend to think that this is not happening in our county. As incidents of domestic violence increase from year to year, organizations around the state increase their efforts to put a…
Read MoreFight or flee; tend and befriend
~a column by Colleen O’Brien Friendships between women shape health: the more friends the better our health. This, from a study on friendship among women at the University of California, Los Angeles, did not strike me as news, even though it was on the news page. Women soothe each other’s lives, help with child-rearing advice and homemaking hints, fill the…
Read MoreFund drive under way for Adopt-A-Family project
The Greene County Christian Action Resource Center (ARC) food pantry and Adopt-A-Family will partner again this year to help needy families with basic food over the holiday school vacation and a special Christmas meal. The ARC plans to purchase food from the Food Bank of Iowa and SHARE because it is much cheaper than what can be purchased anywhere else…
Read MoreIn the neighborhood
Rippey News October 6, 2014 Please send your news items to Jean Borgeson at jeanb@iowatelecom.net The week-end of Sept. 26-28 was a busy one for the Neese family. Friday, Emily Neese and Grandma Connie Neese drove to Mankato, MN, for the rehearsal dinner of Carrie Wilson and Tyler LaVern Neese, son of Deanna and Steve Neese. The wedding was held…
Read MoreAll are invited to join Iowa’s Healthiest State Walk Oct. 8
Greene County residents are invited to join Iowa’s third “Healthiest State Walk” Wednesday, Oct. 8, at noon. Local walkers will meet at the Milwaukee depot on E. Lincoln Way in Jefferson shortly before noon. The walk will go west on Lincoln Way and around the courthouse square, ending at the Greene County Community Center. Businesses are encouraged to have employees walk from…
Read MoreArrest in drunk driving death
A 21-year-old Churdan man was arrested Monday for his role in the death of his friend Sept. 14 in Boone County. Larry Lee-Warren Varnell was arrested by Boone and Greene County deputies and a Jefferson police officer at the Greene County law enforcement center Monday (Oct. 6) at 10:45 am. He is charged in Boone County with providing alcohol to…
Read MoreReport of attempted abduction thought to be false
The woman who reported a man in a white cargo van had tried to snatch her daughter in Grand Junction last Monday (Sept. 29) has been charged for giving false information to law enforcement. Tauwana Rae Laue, 36, of Grand Junction reported her daughter had ridden ahead of her on a bicycle as she walked a dog. She reported a…
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