Greene County Soil and Water Conservation District announced May 18 that funding will be available for local farmers and landowners to assist in the installation of conservation practices through the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS) cost-share program. Interested farmers and landowners should contact the Greene County district office by calling 515-386-3817 Ext. 3.
Read MoreMonth: May 2017
Closure of meal site could be good news for younger families
Residents with a Scranton zip code and employees of Scranton Manufacturing will receive a survey questionnaire about childcare in the next few weeks, supervisor Dawn Rudolph told the supervisors Monday.
Read MorePaton alumni hold annual reunion May 6
~courtesy of The Scranton Journal The Paton Consolidated High School class of 1962 was the last to graduate from the school with 17 members, including eight girls and nine boys. The following year students attended the school of their choice with the majority going to Churdan. The classes of 1963 and 1964 graduated from Churdan Community School before the schools…
Read MoreCouncil briefed on filling vacancy
The Jefferson city council will decide at its June 13 meeting how to proceed in fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Dan Benitz. Benitz was elected last November to fill the District 2 position left open by the resignation of Lisa Jaskey due to the Jaskeys’ relocation. The term expires in 2019.
Read MoreSchool board looking at priorities – mental health vs college courses
A discussion providing mental health counseling or classes for college credit is on a future agenda for the Greene County board of education after a presentation by counselors Kyle Kinne and Teresa Skalla at the May 17 board meeting. Their presentation was prompted in part by the departure of Intermediate School counselor Ann Stuekradt-Walsh. She will not be replaced as…
Read MoreHistorical Society to hear story of 1950s epidemic
Pat Schiltz’ personal experience with the dreaded polio ~by Chuck Offenburger for the Greene County Historical Society Pat Schiltz of Jefferson says if you weren’t yet alive in the 1950s, you probably have difficulty comprehending just how frightening and widespread an epidemic of the disease polio was back then when it swept the world. She was little Pat Beck then,…
Read MoreSchool board okays project at middle school, new meal policy
A tunnel in the space between the Greene County Middle School and the gymnasium will be shored up this summer to prevent the ceiling from collapsing. The board of education at its May 17 meeting approved a contract with Shive Hattery for the necessary engineering work. Total cost of the project is estimated at $50,000.
Read MoreThird rooftop art installed
Public involved to celebrate new art, new piano at June 2 Party in the Alley The Tower View Team has done it again – the third rooftop art, Patches of Greene – has been installed, but this time it was done by the committee members themselves. This group of volunteers decided to tackle the newest rooftop art installation with all aspects of…
Read MoreWettest week in Iowa since August 2015
Statewide, Iowa farmers had only 2.3 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending May 21, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Those few days came early in the week as rain throughout the rest of the week made conditions too wet for planters to enter the fields.
Read MoreLetter to the editor – Roxanne Hanney
About Robert’s tale of the Edmund Fitzgerald as told by Colleen O’Brien Just read this, and was swept up not just by the story itself, but by Colleen’s play-by-play description of Robert’s telling of it. Her short sentences were full of impact; the emotion felt by Robert and conveyed to the listeners at the party carried through to the readers…
Read MoreIn the neighborhood
Please send your news items to Jean Borgeson at jeanb@iowatelecom.net May 22, 2017 The Kinkead-Martin American Legion Post #583 will conduct its ceremony at the conclusion of the services at the Pleasant Hill Church at 11:30 on Sunday, May 28.
Read MoreAt the bell tower this week
The first 23 bells destined for the top of the Mahanay Memorial Carillon Tower will arrive in Jefferson from Cincinnati Wednesday, but the delivery date of the remaining 18 bells was still not known as of Monday. On the first trailer will be the nine bells that were taken down from the top of the tower last fall. Those bells had already…
Read More