Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig on Friday encouraged Iowans to keep safety in mind whether working on the farm or traveling through rural Iowa this harvest season. National Farm Safety and Health Week is Sept. 16 to 22 and the theme is “Cultivating the Seeds of Safety.” “Fall is an exciting time with lots of activity on our farms…
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P-C v’ball team loses close home match to E-EHK
The Paton-Churdan Rockets won the first game when they hosted the Exira-EHK Spartans for volleyball Thursday, but lost three close games to go to 3-4 on the season. Game scores were 25-20, 23-25, 25,27, 23-25.
Read MoreRams lose five of six games of v’ball triangular in Gilbert
The Ram varsity volleyball team lost both matches at a triangular in Gilbert Sept. 13. The Rams won their first game against the Carroll Tigers 25-19, but lost the next two, 20-25, 11-15. The Rams lost all three games against the Gilbert Tigers 13-25, 18-25, 6-25. Against Carroll, the Rams served at 93.2 percent, their best serving of the season.…
Read MoreMiddle school sports update
Boys finish first at Panorama Invitation cross country meet The Greene County middle school cross country team opened it season with a first place finish for the boys. Three runners finished in the top 10 at the Panorama Invitational Thursday. The girls finished seventh of eight teams that had enough runners for a team score.
Read MoreLetter to the editor – Allan Sieck
In support of David Weaver To the editor: I am writing in support of the election of David Weaver as our representative in the 47th district of the Iowa House of Representatives. David’s views reflect a broad and even cross section of Greene and Boone counties. As a farmer and candidate who was born and raised in the heart of…
Read MoreRams 4-0 on season with 46-7 football win over Gilbert
Rams have outscored opponents 166-23 The Greene County Rams traveled to Gilbert for the second consecutive year, and unlike last year, when the Rams led 31-22 after three quarters but lost the game 37-31, the Rams played four quarters of solid football Friday night on both offense and defense. They claimed a convincing 46-7 victory, their fourth win of the…
Read MoreRam girls seventh, boys 14th at Panorama cross country meet
The Greene County girls placed seventh and the boys placed 14th at the Panorama cross country invitational Thursday at the Panora Golf Club. Sophomore Conner Allender paced the Rams with a time of 23:52, good for 16th place. Other places and times and were Kassie Lamoureux, 25th, 24:39; Makala Kafer, 29th, 25:22; Ashlee Harmeyer, 54th, 26:49; Izzy Bravard, 55th, 26:49;…
Read MoreEnrollment at Paton-Churdan grows for second consecutive year
By not-yet-official counts, Paton-Churdan enrollment has grown by 18 students compared to last year, with 226 students this year. Principal Annie Smith shared that information in her report at the P-C school board’s regular meeting Sept. 12. There are seven more students open enrolled at P-C from other districts, she said, and some resident students who had open enrolled in…
Read MoreP-C 3-2 as v’ball team plays first home match
The Paton-Churdan volleyball team takes a 3-2 record into its first home match of the season Sept. 13 against Exira-EHK. The Rockets opened their 2018 campaign at Coon Rapids-Bayard Sept. 1. They were 1-2 in matches and 4-5 in games that day. Game scores against the Ankeny Christian Academy Eagles were 21-17, 18-21, 15-13. Game scores against the Class 3A…
Read MorePipeline of drugs into county is closed, Laehn says
A pipeline of drugs coming into Greene County has been closed, according to Greene County assistant county attorney Thomas Laehn. Laehn made that announcement at the county supervisors’ Sept. 10 meeting. “I think we’ve really had success in the last couple of months closing off the pipeline of drugs into the county, largely because of successful search warrants that were…
Read MoreWayfinding signs will be up soon
Wayfinding signs have arrived in Jefferson and will be installed soon by the city streets department. The aluminum signs are large – 6 ft tall – and heavier than one person can easily move. They’ll be installed on large posts that resemble the light poles around the downtown square and on the N. Elm St overpass. The posts are break-away…
Read MoreFair Foundation auction nets $70,000
Completes $750,000 capital campaign The dinner and auction hosted by the Greene County Fair Foundation Sept. 4 raised more than $70,000 to complete a five-year capital campaign for improvements to the county fairgrounds. According to fair secretary Doug Hawn, more than 100 persons attended for a grilled dinner hosted by the Greene County Fair board and then bid on more…
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