The Greene County Ram basketball teams finished the 2018-19 regular season Tuesday with a pair of losses to the North Polk Comets in Alleman. The Comet girls team is ranked #1 in Class 3A by the Iowa High School Girls Athletic Union. They flew past the Rams 79-23. The Rams scored 10 more points than in their December meeting. Both…
Read MoreDay: February 6, 2019
Reminder: Community Foundation grant apps due soon
All Greene County nonprofit groups working to improve the overall wellbeing of county residents are reminded that Thursday, Feb. 14, at 4 pm is the deadline for grant applications to the Greene County Community Foundation for the 2019 grant cycle. Applications must be submitted at the Journey Financial Office at Home State Bank by the deadline to be considered. Groups…
Read MoreSupervisors get down to dollars & cents on county budget
Expect a significant increase in levy rates Greene County supervisors spent time at the Feb. 4 poking numbers into the calculator apps on their cell phones to find out exactly how much their spending on community betterment discretionary funding has increased in recent years.
Read MoreGrCoHS group to All-State Speech Festival
Greene County High School will be represented at the large group All-State Speech Festival by a radio broadcasting group calling itself 97.7 KOOB. Arthur Bardole, Kassie Lamoureux, Ashlee Harmeyer and Justice Phillips comprise the group. Other groups that qualified for the state contest last Saturday were a one-act play, group improvisation, choral reading and readers theater. The one-act play and…
Read MoreTo be or not to be…conservative/liberal
~a column by Colleen O’Brien How do we remain friends with somebody who voted for the wrong person? How do we talk with someone we know is a flaming liberal when we are a far-right conservative? Many of us have given it up over the past two or three years, figuring we aren’t going to get anywhere. And the truth…
Read MoreSurvey this evening of homeless persons
The newly-formed Greene County Homeless Coalition will conduct a “point in time” survey the evening of Feb. 6 to gather information needed to make the county eligible for federal homeless assistance funding. Volunteers will fan out and visit places like parking lots, campgrounds, and laundromats where people may be living. Persons living in places that are not meant for human…
Read MoreMWP holds annual meeeting
~courtesy of The Scranton Journal Midwest Partnership Economic Development hosted its annual meeting Thursday, Jan. 24, at the Lake Panorama Conference Center in Panora. The evening celebrated a successful year with an eye to the future of business development in Guthrie, Adair, Audubon and Greene Counties.
Read MoreCattlemen slate banquet
Greene County Cattlemen will host their annual banquet Saturday, Feb. 23, at Clover Hall on the Greene County Fairgrounds in Jefferson. Doors will open at 6 pm with a ribeye steak dinner served at 6:30. The annual trophy auction will follow the meal. Tickets are available from directors or at the door.
Read MoreHigh school Pops Concert Thursday
The Greene County High School music department will perform its annual Pops Concert Thursday, Feb. 7, at 7:30 pm at the high school auditorium. The concert band, jazz band. mixed choir, treble choirs, a combined chorus, and the Jazzatonics jazz choir will perform.
Read MoreFive Rams advance to district wrestling tourney in Harlan
~courtesy of The Scranton Journal The Greene County wrestling team traveled to Ida Grove Saturday, Feb. 2, for a Class 2A sectional wrestling meet. Tenth ranked Sergeant Bluff-Luton was first in the team standings, followed by Harlan in second. Greene County placed fourth out of six teams. First and second place in each weight division advances to district competition at…
Read MoreBlood drive in Jefferson Tuesday
LifeServe Blood Center will hold a community blood drive in Jefferson Tuesday, Feb. 12, from 12:30 to 5:30 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church, 801 W. Lincoln Way, Jefferson. Eligible donors are encouraged to start the new by saving lives. One blood donation can save up to three lives.
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