“Shrek the Musical,” with fundraising dinners Friday and Saturday Tickets for the Greene County High School production of “Shrek the Musical” are available now at the school office, Home State Bank, and Peoples Trust & Savings Bank in Jefferson. Show times are Friday, March 3, and Saturday, March 4, at 7:30 pm, and Sunday, March 5, at 2 pm at…
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Scranton sesqui committee plans fundraiser
The first fundraising event for the 2019 Scranton sesquicentennial celebration will be a potato bar luncheon Sunday, March 5, from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm at the Scranton Community Center. A white elephant silent auction will follow the lunch.
Read MoreMarijuana topic of Community Conversation
“Marijuana: What’s the Big Deal?” is the topic at the Community Conversation Thursday, March 2, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Jefferson. Speaker is Angie Baack, community prevention consultant at New Opportunities. Baack will explain various products containing THS, signs and symptoms of abuse, emerging and current trends, myths and facts, and the latest research on medical marijuana. Parents of pre-teens…
Read More4-H FSQA testing/training slated for Thursday
Greene County 4-H members are reminded that Thursday, Feb. 23, is the first test/training date for Food Safety Quality Assurance (FSQA) certification. Testing is from 3 to 5:30 pm; training is from 6 to 7:30 pm. All youngsters exhibiting beef, dairy (cattle and goat), meat goat, rabbit, poultry, sheep or swine at the Greene County Fair and Iowa State Fair…
Read MoreArchaeology Roadshow at Whiterock Conservancy
Persons who have found an artifact and want to learn more about it can ask an expert when Whiterock Conservancy hosts the third annual Archaeological Roadshow Saturday, Feb. 25.
Read MoreA houseplant older than most of us
Luann Waldo, publisher of The Scranton Journal and the Bayard News Gazette, is featured along with her 85-year-old Christmas cactus in the February/March edition of The Iowan magazine. The short feature, titled “This Gift Keeps on Giving,” was written by Lora Koch. Waldo shared with her readers in January that her Christmas cactus had bloomed another year. The plant was…
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Catherine H. “Katie” McCartney, 1929 – 2017
A Service of Remembrance was held Thursday, Feb. 23, at the Bagley Methodist Church for Catherine H. “Katie” McCartney, 88, of Bagley. Words of comfort were offered by Pastor Larry Monthei. Carla Were will be soloist, accompanied by Lula Garnes. Honorary bearers were Kelly Forburger, Kurt McCartney, Bob and Hazel Frederick, Wayne Taylor, Dean and Ruth Shiflet and Jim and Kathy King.…
Read MoreRam boys see great season fizzle 16 minutes too early
The Greene County boys basketball team and its fans enjoyed the best season in years, with a 14-7 record, only to see it end with a disappointing 66-36 loss to Dallas Center-Grimes in the first round of Class 3A District 15 play. The Rams went in as under dogs, being the Number 7 seed against the Number 2 seed from…
Read MoreThe Behn Report
Feb. 17, 2017 In the Legislature It’s been a busy week as we did a couple bills on the floor for debate, and had several bills moving through our subcommittees and committees. Apart from the bigger bills, there are also smaller things we look at during the session. Here are a few bills that have generated some interest at the…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending Feb. 16
In Greene County district court McCellan S. Siruta, 33, of Jefferson was sentenced Feb. 10 on charges of interference with official acts causing injury and possession of marijuana. On the interference charge he was sentenced to 365 days in jail. The jail time was suspended. He was fined $315 with a $110.25 surcharge. On the possession charge, Siruta was sentenced…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, week ending Feb. 16
In Greene County magistrate court a judgment was entered against Rigoberto Espinoza Ramiriz of Des Moines on a charge of trespass (casino self-exclusion). He was fined $65 with a $22.75 surcharge, a $125 Law Enforcement Initiative surcharge, and $60 court costs.
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