DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig last week reminded farmers about the Jan. 15 deadline to sign up for an innovative new program providing a $5 per acre premium reduction on their crop insurance in 2019 for farmers who planted cover crops this past fall.
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Shirley Hamilton, 1943 – 2019
Shirley Hamilton, the daughter of Leslie and Olive (Ressler) Allen, was born May 13, 1943, at Carroll and left this life January 3, 2019, at her rural home near Churdan. She lived her life to the age of 75 years, 7 months and 20 days. Shirley attended and graduated from Churdan High School in 1961 and later attended Burnell College…
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Read MoreRams split hoops games vs Saydel
Boys win despite loss of senior leader Lance Hughes Playing through adversity hasn’t been a strength of the Greene County boys basketball team this season, until they played the Saydel Eagles on the road Friday. The team learned Wednesday that senior Lance Hughes, a four-year varsity player who averages 21 points a game, is transferring to another school after the…
Read MoreCounty elected officials sworn in Wednesday
The new year began at the courthouse with swearing in ceremonies for officials elected in November. Magistrate David Morain administered the oath of office to (from left) incoming county treasurer Katlynn Mechaelsen, returning recorder Marcia Tasler, and returning county supervisors Dawn Rudolph and Tom Contner.
Read MoreSeverance pay for AD Moore, Dennhardt talks about fairness
Board member/parent Mike Dennhardt disallowed at athletic events after behavior at football game Greene County Schools activity director Mitch Moore is out the door but with a bit of severance pay, and parent Mike Dennhardt, who was disallowed from athletic events for a year for inappropriate conduct at a football game, will be able to attend wrestling Senior Night. Those…
Read MoreKent McWilliam, 1936 – 2018
Kent Sutton McWilliam was born in Jefferson, IA, on December 15, 1936. He lived his life on his family farm in Paton. He graduated high school from Paton Consolidated in 1955 and left the farm briefly to attend college at Iowa State University in Ames. After one year he transferred to Arizona State University in Phoenix, where he obtained a…
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A year ago I wrote that stories reported in 2017 made us “proud, angry, sad, optimistic – all those things that make life such an interesting journey.” The same can be said about the stories of 2018, but “proud” and “optimistic” would be in all capital letters if I were using social media. If we were excited and optimistic as…
Read MoreQuotes worth starting a new year with
~a column by Colleen O’Brien I collect quotes as if I am a Bartlett of Familiar Quotations fame. I stash them in diaries and on scraps of paper in pockets and purses, wishing I had written them myself. Here are a few to start you off on a good and interesting year. I am heartened by the words of the…
Read MoreTotal taxable valuation up for county
The increases most property owners saw in their assessments in 2018 make the news Pam Olerich gave the county supervisors Monday not a surprise. The total taxable valuation in Greene County for fiscal year 2020 increased 4.51 percent, the largest increase in the past five years. Olerich, real estate and tax coordinator in the county auditor’s office, called the figures…
Read MoreSupervisors hire veteran services director, EMS transition administrator
The Greene County supervisors approved a pair of hires at their Dec. 31 meeting, one to fill a long-standing vacancy, and the other to fill a position the board hasn’t yet taken action to create. The board approved hiring Michael Bierl as part-time county veterans services director, a position that has been vacant since Tracie Perez left at the end…
Read MoreRotary donates to food pantry building fund
The Jefferson Rotary Foundation recently donated $5,000 to the Greene County Christian Action Resource Center for the purchase of its new home at 1006 N. Vine St in Jefferson. The ARC food pantry serves about 100 different families a month, but according to ARC coordinator Dianne Blackmer, a record 140 families were served in November.
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