Although area residents grumbled about the colder weather being a sure sign that winter is coming, the low temperatures reported this week were several degrees warmer than usual for the first days in December, according to KCCI’s SchoolNet 8. The temperature did not fall below freezing during the week that ended Dec. 2. High temperature was an unseasonably warm 59 degrees…
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Rams go 1-1 vs North Polk on the road
(Editor’s note: Statistics verified and added Dec. 5) The Greene County Rams split games in Heart of Iowa basketball in Alleman Friday, dropping the girls game to the North Polk Comets 58-12 and winning the boys game 47-43. The girls are now 0-4 overall and 0-3 in the HOIAC, while the boys are 3-0 overall and 2-0 in the conference.
Read MoreElks to hold Hoop Shoot Saturday for students ages 8-13
Local competition for the annual Elks “Hoop Shoot,” the national free throw shooting contest for youngsters ages 8 thru 13, will be held Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Greene County middle school gym. Registration and practice begins at 9 am with competition beginning at 10 am.
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