Please send your news item to Jean Borgeson at jeanb@iowatelecom.net March 14, 2016 News in and around Rippey: Nina Mount will be 99! Nina Mount, the oldest Rippey United Methodist Church member, will celebrate her 99th birthday on March 29, 2016. Nina’s daughter, Margaret Mount Rees, shared some Nina stories.
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Rams begin indoor track season at Iowa State
Indoor track and field season began for the Greene County girls team at the Iowa State Girls High School Classic in Ames March 14. Sophomore Megan Durbin was one in a five-way tie for first place in the high jump at 5′ 5″. Junior Nadia Fisher placed 23rd at 4′ 8″.
Read MoreGloria Sutton, 1924-2016
Services were held Tuesday, March 15, at First United Methodist Church for Gloria Ann Sutton, 92, of Jefferson. The Rev Julie Poulson, pastor of the church, offered words of comfort, along with Gloria’s grandson Mark Warder, youth pastor in Richfield, MN, and her granddaughter Sarah Nazar, missionary in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Matt Schutt accompanied congregational singing. Casket bearers were…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending March 11
In Greene County district court Craig Darwin Presley, 55, of Lake View was sentenced March 11 to two years in prison after he changed his plea to guilty to a charge of operating while intoxicated (OWI)-second offense. All but seven days of the prison term was suspended and he was placed on informal probation for one year. He may complete…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, week ending March 11
In Greene County magistrate court judgments were entered in three cases initiated in district court. A charge against Jessica Amber Montoya, 20, of Churdan of domestic abuse assault causing bodily injury was amended to assault-simple. Montoya was fined $100 with a $35 surcharge. Court costs were $121.
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