The Greene County Ram girls basketball team dropped its season opener Tuesday to PCM in Monroe 68-27. Too many turnovers and a 10 minute scoring drought doomed the Rams. The Mustangs held a five point lead, 14-9, after one quarter and the a six point lead at 24-18 midway through the second quarter. Before the Rams scored again with just…
Read MoreDay: November 23, 2016
It’s thankful time
~a column by Colleen O’Brien It is two weeks after the general election, and lo and behold, it’s Thanksgiving; happens every four years. Every four years some of us get to be thankful. The rest of us look on in consternation — not a lot of thankfulness going on — because our candidate didn’t make it. It’s such a pendulum,…
Read MoreChamber invites listings for holiday events calendar
Deadline is Nov. 28 The holiday season is a busy one with many events planned in every corner of the county. The Greene County Chamber invites all organizations, churches and member businesses who are planning events or open houses for the public to list them in the 2016 holiday events calendar.
Read MoreHistorical Society slates final meeting for 2016
Society’s 2017 leadership nominated, elections at Dec. 2 get-together The Greene County Historical Society will have its final meeting of 2016 on Friday, Dec. 2, at the Greenewood Center in Jefferson. There’ll be lunch at 12 noon, an election of the group’s officers and board members for 2017, and holiday music from Greene County High School band members directed by…
Read MoreScranton holiday plans told; food drive announced
~courtesy of The Scranton Journal Folks in Scranton will have the opportunity to meet their friends and share in the holiday spirit next week. Final details will be published in the Nov. 30 edition of The Scranton Journal.
Read MoreTradition important in Harrington home
Among the four homes on the Jefferson Garden Club’s Tour of Homes is the spacious home of Gina and Tom Harrington on S. Wilson. The home was built in the early 1900s. A recent renovation carefully preserved the oak interiors and gray stucco exterior.
Read MoreJeff council okays adding patrol position
The Jefferson police department will add one uniformed patrolman to bring the force up to eight, a level of staffing the department hasn’t had since budget cuts required a reduction in force in 2003. The Jefferson city council approved the addition at the Nov. 22 regular meeting. Chief Mark Clouse had presented information to the council last month showing that…
Read MoreK-2 wrestling program starts Dec. 3
The Jefferson park and recreation department is taking registrations for the wrestling program for boys and girls in grades K-2. The program will be held Saturdays, Dec. 3 through Jan. 28, from 10:30 to 11:30 am at the Jefferson Fieldhouse.
Read MoreCounty supes talking about new HVAC, again
The Greene County supervisors are revisiting updating the heating/cooling system at the courthouse after supervisor Mick Burkett said a department head meeting last week got “rather heated” over the use of electric space heaters. Burkett said staff in one office – he did not name the office – has turned off the steam radiators and is using electric heaters because…
Read MoreOrgan, tissue donation subject of ‘Community Conversation’
Sarah Jaschen, professional outreach coordinator for the Iowa Donor Network, will lead the ‘Community Conversations’ series Thursday, Dec. 1. The monthly series is hosted by Trinity Lutheran Church, 801 W. Lincoln Way, in Jefferson. Fellowship and snacks will be available a 5 pm and the discussion will begin at 5:30.
Read MoreGrants to Scranton, Grand Junction from Wellmark Foundation
The Scranton city park and the Grand Junction swimming pool were among 30 projects to receive funding in the Wellmark Foundation’s Community Kickstarter grant program. A total of $227,654 was awarded to initiatives intended to make Iowa communities more active or improve access to healthy foods.
Read MoreScranton-Kendrick United Charities drive shelved for 2016
~courtesy of The Scranton Journal For more than 50 years, volunteers have canvassed the Scranton and Kendrick communities soliciting donations for the S-K United Charity Fund. Local residents were asked to give donations which were then doled out to the various organizations.
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