The creativity was abundant as the LEGO® bricks at a LEGO Build Night hosted by Greene Bean Coffee Friday in anticipation of the LEGO® Tamer Challenge, part of the Bell Tower Big Top. Entries in the LEGO building contest, hosted by Greene Bean Coffee and co-sponsored by GreeneCountyNewsOnline, should be delivered to the coffee shop this Thursday by 4 pm.…
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Aktion Club to hold dance
The Raccoon Valley Aktion Club is hosting a dance Sunday, June 14, from 2 to 4 pm at the Elks lodge in Jefferson. DJ Pat Grainey of Perry will provide music. Tickets are $2 each and are available now from Aktion Club members or at the door. Proceeds from the dance will help send seven Aktion Club members and two…
Read MoreBlood drive in Jeff Tuesday; schedule told for rest of summer
LifeServe Blood Center will hold a community blood drive Tuesday, June 9, from 12:30 to 5:30 pm at the Trinity Lutheran Church, 801 W. Lincoln Way in Jefferson. Call 1-800-287-4903 or visit www.lifeservebloodcenter.org to make an appointment. Walk-ins are welcome.
Read MoreWeather data, week ending June 5
The week that ended at Friday, June 5, at 6 am was drier than previous weeks, with Jefferson receiving only .36 inch of rain, according to volunteer weather observer JOhn Beltz. Temperatures ranged from a low of 49 degrees to a high of 81 degrees.
Read MoreRams lose 6-3 to Gilbert in baseball
The Greene County varsity baseball team challenged Gilbert’s senior pitcher Evan Johnson but couldn’t put together a win as the Rams fell to the Tigers 6-3 in conference play in Jefferson June 5. Johnson had allowed just two hits and struck out 22 batters in two starts this season prior to the trip to Jefferson. The Rams got eight hits…
Read MoreBranstad issues statement at end of long legislative session
The Iowa legislature concluded the 2015 session at 3:50 Friday afternoon after passing a $7.3 billion spending plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The plan includes $7.17 billion in ongoing spending and $135 million in one-time payments from cash surpluses expected at the end of the current fiscal year June 30. School funding has been a point of…
Read MoreWin for Ram softball, loss for baseball on Thursday
The Greene County Rams’ summer teams traveled different directions Thursday evening with different results. The softball team went northeast to play the Roland-Story Norsemen in Roland and returned home with its ninth straight win on the season. The baseball team went southeast to play the Winterset Huskies in Winterset and came home with a non-conference loss.
Read MoreRippey alum creating school monument as a labor of love
He helped build the gym; now he’s building a monument ~by Mary Weaver, special to GreeneCountyNewsOnline Keith Devilbiss of Rippey knows how to turn a lemon situation into sweet palatable lemonade! He is pictured here completing one of his life’s passions, working as a mason, this time making a memorial for the Rippey School from the bricks used to erect…
Read MoreRams win baseball, softball vs Cubs by 10-run rule
The Greene County Rams won a pair of games via the 10-run rule against the Nevada Cubs Wednesday. The baseball team got their fourth win for the season with a 5-inning 10-0 score. The softball team played six innings before the game was called at 12-1.
Read MoreMilitary honors provided for Civil War veteran
A small but appreciative group gathered at the Junction Township Cemetery May 30 to witness the offering of military honors at the grave of Sergeant Isaac Ford. Ford served in Company I, 2nd Iowa Cavalry in the Civil War. He moved from Jones County after the Civil War and died at Grand Junction in 1906. Ford’s grave was previously unmarked…
Read MoreSign up for farmers market senior coupons June 4, 5
Sign-up and distribution of coupons for the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program will take place Thursday and Friday, June 4 and June 5, from 8 am to 1 pm at the Greenewood Community Center on Greenewood Road in Jefferson. The program is available to persons age 60 and older who are single with a yearly income less than $21,775 or…
Read MoreFinal salute to retiring teachers
Congratulations to retiring Greene County Community School District staff This is the third and last segment in a series of questions and answers with the 11 staff retiring from the Greene County Community School District (GCCSD). ~ by Lora Koch, The Scranton Journal MICHELE HARDIN: Elementary Title I reading teacher Michele Hardin began her 33-year career with the district before she…
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