The Greene County girls track and field team placed second at a meet hosted by Perry April 12. Makala Kafer won the 200m dash in 28.89. Melanie Doran won the 400m hurdles in 1:14.49. Doran and Kater, along with Brianna Osterson and Megan Durbin, won the 4 X 200m relay with a time of 1:53.46. Doran, Sydney Schiltz, Izzy Bravard…
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Ram boys ranked 14th in 1A soccer
In its debut season the Greene County boys soccer team is rated 14th in Class 1A in the Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association’s rankings. The Rams are 4-0 on the season and have outscored their opponents 26-4. That includes a 2-1 win over 2A Ballard (Huxley) Thursday in Grand Junction.
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Please send your news to jeanb@iowatelecom.net April 12, 2018 The Rippey Lions Club enjoyed their monthly potluck meal at the April 7 meeting. Plans were reviewed for the pancake breakfast with Cindy and Mark Devilbiss as coordinators.
Read MoreGreene Co school board approves sale of bonds for construction project
Approves regular levy slightly less than published Greene County school district voters got a bit of a break Wednesday after approving a $21.48 million bond issue last week that will require an additional debt levy of $2.70 (per thousand dollars of taxable valuation). The school board at a special session April 11 approved the 2018-19 budget with a levy rate…
Read MoreRam girls finish first, boys second in Carroll coed relays
The Greene County girls track and field team placed first and the boys placed second in the Carroll High School Relays held April 10. The girls won five events, with three of the wins coming from senior Megan Durbin. Durbin, state champion in the high jump her sophomore year and state runner-up her junior year, won that event with a jump…
Read MoreBoys soccer team now 3-0 on season
The Greene County boys soccer team is continuing to enjoy a successful premier season, after winning its first game on the road in Nodaway Valley (Greenfield) 10-0. The team is now 3-0 on the season. The game against the Wolverines ended via the 10-goal mercy rule with 32-1/2 minutes left to play in the second half. The Rams were ahead…
Read More‘Winter Wonderland’ theme for P-C prom Saturday
The Paton-Churdan junior class invites the public to see the prom decorations and attend the grand march as they celebrate a night in “Winter Wonderland” this Saturday, April 14. The public can see the gym decorations from 6:20 to 7:20 pm, and also take informal pictures. The grand march will be held from 7:30 to 8 pm in front of…
Read MoreIt’s true – the JPD shoots cats
The proverbial cat is out of the bag – the Jefferson police department really does shoot cats. Jefferson mayor Craig Berry reported at the April 10 city council meeting that he and police chief Mark Clouse had met earlier that day with Linn Price of Animal Protection and Education (APE) and Scott Wilson, animal welfare intervention coordinator/animal control officer for…
Read MoreLaehn’s workload keeps growing
Greene County assistant county attorney Thomas Laehn once again is saving county taxpayers’ money. Laehn talked with the county supervisors on Monday about a waiver Ahlers & Cooney PC asked the supervisors to sign allowing the firm to work on behalf of both the county and the Greene County Community Schools in preparing the 28E agreement needed for the county’s…
Read MoreBicycling history of Greene County, and of RAGBRAI, too
Program Sunday afternoon April 15 at museum in Jefferson ~by Chuck Offenburger for the Greene County Historical Society If it seems to you like there’s been a whole lot of bicycling happening around Greene County in recent years, you’re right. That will be especially so this summer when RAGBRAI® (that’s the Des Moines Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa)…
Read MoreJeff council closes out facade project, okays comprehensive plan update
Businesses around the downtown square in Jefferson that have been without signage since last summer can now put signs back on their storefronts. The Jefferson city council at its April 10 meeting approved the final pay estimated to Pinnacle Construction for the façade project. With that, the project is officially finished and business owners are once again in charge of…
Read MoreIowa farmers still a few weeks away from spring fieldwork
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig on Monday commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service. The report is released weekly from April through November. “Another week of cold, wet weather prevented nearly all fieldwork and continued to challenge cow-calf producers. Just 4 percent of the oat crop has been planted,…
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