Greene County to play Friday for third place, Clarke playing for championship Clarke Community senior pitcher Libby Bemis, who will pitch for Division 2 Minnesota State University, Makato next year, stymied the Greene County Rams late Thursday night in a semifinal game in the class 3A state softball tournament. The Lady Indians of Clarke (Osceola) topped the Rams 4-1 in a…
Read MoreYear: 2014
What’s the trite advice that really works? When handed lemons, make lemonade.
~a column by Colleen O’Brien In the era of 24-7 awful news that convinces us the world is going to hell and there’s no help for it, it’s refreshing to receive good news from a friend’s trying situation. I received the following lovely point of view from a friend recovering from hip surgery and it tells the tale with a…
Read MoreTree Tracings
Greene County Genealogical Society ~by Valerie Ogren MEETING NOTICE: The next meeting will be Saturday, August 2, at 10 .m in the Jefferson public library. Speaker that day will be Rick Morain. He will share some family memories and tell about “Preserving Your Stories” to pass on to younger generations. Telling stories and preserving them has been the theme this…
Read MoreBranstad, Reynolds send letter to President Obama re: underage immigrants
Pair calls for border security, sound immigration policy that respects the rule of law and transparency from the Obama Administration DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds on July 24 sent a letter to President Barack Obama seeking answers to the Obama Administration’s immigration crisis along the southern border. In the letter, Branstad and Reynolds encourage the President…
Read MoreIn the neighborhood
July 23, 2014. Submitted by Jean Borgeson Velda would have been overwhelmed at the out-pouring of kindness and support for her family and friends. As one of her friends, I thank you. Rippey United Methodist Church: Sunday service at 10:30 am. Pastor Enna is on vacation. Call Pastor Paul for your pastoral needs at 515-436-7731 Rippey library: Sarah Kilgore, librarian. Phone:…
Read MoreRam softball team debuts at state tournament and wins!
The Greene County Ram softball team was given a fire truck send-off when it left for a Class 3A state tournament game in Fort Dodge Monday afternoon. The team had an even more exuberant return to Jefferson that night after beating Center Point-Urbana 2-0 in a fast, no-nonsense game.
Read MoreOld-Fashioned Threshing Bee this weekend
Pleasant Prairie Farm/Foster Timmons Farms will host the annual Old-Fashioned Threshing Bee Saturday and Sunday, July 26-27. At the bee, volunteers and steam engine enthusiasts will harvest oats as the job was done until the 1940s. The volunteers will see oat bundles pitched into the threshing machine by hand. The thresher separates the grain from the straw and chaff, and…
Read MoreGrand Junction to host Lincoln Highway Day Saturday
There are so many activities planned for Lincoln Highway Day Saturday in Grand Junction that organizers had to start the fun on Friday. A Friday night cribbage tournament will kick off Lincoln Highway Day. Play starts at 6 pm at the Grand Junction public library. A poker run for cars and bikes is slated for Saturday from 10 am to…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending July 18
In Greene County district court Richard Allen Frye, 33, of Grand Junction was sentenced July 11 to five years in prison after changing his plea to guilty to a charge of child endangerment. The prison term was suspended and he was placed on probation for three years. He was fined $750 with a $262.50 surcharge; both were suspended. The court…
Read MorePlanning, zoning commission moves to make exceptions on pet ordinance possible
Board of adjustment would determine on a case by case basis Young Conner Allender may get to keep her pet chickens at her new home in Jefferson, but there’s a hoop to jump through, and that hoop has a $250 price tag. The planning and zoning commission met this morning (July 23) to hear the request from Conner’s mother Joyce…
Read MoreRooftop art and a change in name for the courthouse square?
Paxton and supervisors have frank discussion When Greene County Development Corporation (GCDC) executive director Ken Paxton presented his quarterly update to the county board of supervisors Monday he tested the waters on a new idea. It wasn’t rejected totally, but the supervisors gave Paxton little encouragement to officially name the courthouse square “Bell Tower Square.”
Read MoreMeet-and-greet at the animal shelter Saturday
PAWS will host an open house/meet-and-greet Saturday, July 26, from 10 am to 1 pm at the Greene County animal shelter, 605 W. Russell St, in Jefferson. Area residents are invited to tour the shelter and meet the several dogs and cats that are available for adoption. Adoption fees will be reduced during the meet-and-greet to $50 for dogs and $25…
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