Library news – The Rippey library will be staffed by volunteers during the next few weeks. We will do our best while our librarian recovers. Thank you for your patience. The regular Rippey Lions Club meeting Thursday, March 7, will begin with a potluck meal at 7 pm at the Rippey United Methodist Church. Harlan DenBeste is coordinator for the…
Read MoreDay: March 5, 2019
GrCo school board to award construction contract Wednesday
The Greene County Schools board of education will hold a special meeting Wednesday, March 6, at 5:15 pm in the conference room at the administrative building, 204W. Madison St, Jefferson. The board will approve the contract for the construction of the new high school and career academy.
Read MoreRam girls start track/field season indoors at UNI
Snow is still deep on the ground but the Ram girls track team is already competing, with its first indoor meet March 4 at the AD Dickinson Relays on the University of Northern Iowa campus. Sophomore Brianna Osterson had the best Ram finishes at the meet, placing 29th in the long jump with a leap of 15’ 1”, 30th in…
Read MoreFrancis ‘Bud’ Tasler, 1927 – 2019
Francis “Bud” Tasler was born July 19, 1927 to Frank and Margaret Gouger Tasler at Jefferson. Bud attended Jackson #8 Country School through the eighth grade. He attended high school in Jefferson, graduating with the Class of 1945. In 1948, Bud started farming. In 1950 he was drafted into the United States Army. Before he left for the service, he…
Read MoreFarm Bureau against review of master matrix
Says livestock opponents are engaging in war against farmers The agreement of the Greene County supervisors last week that farming practices have changed since the master matrix was implemented in 2002, and that it’s time to review it, has drawn the ire of the Greene County Farm Bureau board. Several Farm Bureau board members attended the county supervisors March 4…
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