The Greene County Historical Society’s program, “Judges of Greene County” has been postponed due to the winter weather. Watch for a new date in the spring.
Read MoreMonth: January 2015
Ram grapplers end dual meet season with 10-9 overall
The Greene County Rams finished the wrestling dual meet season Thursday, Jan. 29, in Monroe with a pair of wins. The Rams topped PCM 42-30 and won over Colfax-Mingo 60-15. The Rams finished the dual meet season 10-9 overall and 5-4 in the Heart of Iowa Activities Conference. Results follow.
Read MoreP-C tops neighbor Glidden-Ralston in hoops
The Paton-Churdan Rockets notched two more wins in Rolling Valley hoops with wins over the Glidden-Ralston Wildcats in Glidden Jan. 30. Both games featured spotlight playing from individuals.
Read MoreRams drop two to Gilbert Tigers in Gilbert
The Greene County Rams were handed two more losses in a busy week away from home. In Gilbert Friday night the girls lost 39-19 to the Gilbert Tigers and the boys lost 81-68.
Read MoreTwo more road losses for the Rams
The Greene County Rams both basketball games Thursday night against the Saydel Eagles in Des Moines. Even this late in the season, it was the first meeting for the two teams, as their first games were postponed due to winter weather.
Read MoreNew date for winter concert
Due to a scheduling conflict, the Greene County High School concert scheduled for Friday, Feb. 13, has been changed to Thursday, Feb. 12. The concert choir, jazz choir and concert band will perform beginning at 7:30 pm in the high school auditorium.
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International student to talk about her native Saudi Arabia
Pastor Julie Poulsen and Dennis Fox of Jefferson are again hosting an international student from the Middle East. Yasmine Albayyat of Saudi Arabia is a junior at Greene County High School and has recently celebrated her 17th birthday. She came to Jefferson with the IRIS program of Ames, which works with the US State Department to bring students from predominantly Muslim countries to the…
Read MoreJournals, diaries and expressive writing
~a column by ColleenO’Brien Keeping a diary started with me when I was eight. When our two kids were 11 and 14 years old, we moved them away from what one of them called dramatically “the only home we’ve ever known.” For their unhappiness, I gave them each a scrap book in which to keep photos of their new home…
Read MoreWild Rose Casino headlines annual Midwest Partnership meeting
The success of securing Wild Rose Casino in Jefferson highlighted the 2014 year of Midwest Partnership Economic Development. The annual meeting of the four-county organization was held Thursday, Jan. 22, at the Lake Panorama Conference Center in Panora. Sarah Gomez, executive director of MWP, reported another prolific year which included the casino construction in Greene County along with the Guthrie…
Read MorePizza and Politics this Saturday in Jefferson
The monthly legislative forum Pizza and Politics will begin this year’s schedule on Saturday, Jan. 31, at noon at the Pizza Ranch in Jefferson. The forum provides chance to meet with and ask questions of our state representative Chip Baltimore and our state senator Jerry Behn. Both legislators will gives an update on the current issues being discussed at the state capitol, and…
Read MoreHappy 100 years for Horace Hedges
~by Lora Koch, The Scranton Journal 1915 marked the second year of World War I, the first coast-to-coast long distance telephone call, the production of the one millionth Ford Model T, and the birth of lifelong Greene County resident Horace Hedges. He is celebrating his 100th birthday this month. Born on January 25, 1915, Hedges was raised on the family…
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