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.
Read MoreRams double up on C-M/B to win 94-47 in hoops
(Statistics edited Dec. 1 per QuickStats) The Greene County boys basketball team hit the Collins-Maxwell gym in Maxwell at full speed Tuesday night as they doubled up the C-M/Baxter Raiders 94-47 in Heart of Iowa Activities Conference play. The Rams are 2-0 on the season and 1-0 in the conference under new head coach Chris Nelson.
Read MoreRam girls still looking for hoops win
If the game had been called after only one quarter the Greene County girls basketballm would have won. The Rams were ahead of the Collins-Maxwell/Baxter Raiders 12-8 at the end of the first quarter. But, games are four quarters long, and in the next three quarters the Rams scored only 12 points. The final score was 40-24 with the Raiders…
Read MoreTour of Homes is this Saturday
Garden Club members and four cooperating homeowners are putting the final touches on decorations for the Garden Club’s biannual Tour of Homes, slated for this Saturday from 12 to 4 pm. Included on the tour is the vintage Crafstman home of Kate and Steve Cuddy on S. Maple St. Kate is pictured with an original stained glass window that provides…
Read MoreGuided painting class to benefit Churdan library
Artistically inclined people who are looking for a bit of peace in the hectic holiday season are invited to a guided painting fundraiser to benefit the Churdan public library building fund. Jolene Peters of Art on the Fly will lead “artists” at any skill level as they created a wintry scene in shades of blue Monday, Dec. 12, from 6…
Read MoreDavid Yepsen to host IPTV’s ‘Iowa Press’
Johnston, Iowa – Veteran political journalist David Yepsen, a Jefferson native and nationally recognized as an expert on the Iowa political scene, will return to Iowa Press as the program host in early 2017. Yepsen takes the reigns from Dean Borg, whose retirement from the statewide network and Iowa Press was announced last week.
Read MoreEdwardson tells of weekend with Standing Rock Sioux
During the weekend of October 21-23, I had the immense honor of visiting the Standing Rock Sioux tribe of North Dakota to march in solidarity with those working to protect their water, land, and sovereignty as they resist the Dakota Access Pipeline, the same pipeline that is being constructed diagonally across Iowa.
Read MoreFall farminar will be led by Holz, Frederick
~The Scranton Journal No matter the farm enterprise, wintertime allows farmers a chance to reflect on the previous year and consider adjustments to improve their operation the following year. In order to support farmers’ efforts to continually improve, Practical Farmers of Iowa offers a free webinar series – called “farminars” – featuring practical knowledge on a range of topics for…
Read MoreSupervisors okay CAFO despite concerns of safety of Jefferson city water supply
Supervisors trust DNR to protect water quality (Edited Dec. 6, location of artesian well) The Greene County supervisors recommended approval of a construction permit for a new hog CAFO in Hardin Township despite a possibility it could lead to contamination of Jefferson’s drinking water supply. At a public hearing Monday on the permit for Ostrander Home Site, located in Section…
Read MoreDiversity: mostly irregular…..
…all manner of different original variable distinct contrasted nuanced shades of mixed bag = fun ~a column by Colleen O’Brien Thanksgiving is a week gone, but I will remember this one for a long time; it was one Turkey Day that was about immigrants, just like the first one. I was not taking notes, but the conversation, without the many…
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