June 15, 2015 Please send your news item to Jean Borgeson at jeanb@iowatelecom.net Riley Dale Ovenshire recently graduated from Jefferson High School in Cedar Rapids in a class of 290. Riley will be a student at ISU this fall. He will be honored at a picnic at Spring Lake State Park on July 11 from 2-? for family and friends. Save the…
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JPRD tells winners in Ding Dong Dash
The Ding Dong Dash returned to the Bell Tower Festival as a timed event after being untimed last year, with 113 running in the 5K and 10K races and another nine people doing the 1 mile fun run. Participants came from 28 Iowa towns and from Massachusetts, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Texas and Florida. Overall winners in the 5K men’s…
Read MoreRam softball, baseball teams both get wins Wednesday
The Greene County Ram summer teams both won Wednesday night, with the girls going into extra innings to avoid an upset by the Colfax-Mingo Tigerhawks and the boys playing only six innings to claim a victory via the 10-run rule.
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