The Ram boys varsity soccer team upped its record to 3-0 with a 10-0 win over the Grand View Christian Thunder April 9 in Grand Junction. More than 20 Ram players had time on the field.
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Rams take on Ballard Bombers on the links
The Ram boys golf teams traveled to the Ballard Golf and Country Club in Huxley April 9 to play the Ballard Bombers golf teams. Ballard won the varsity match 180 to 212. Meet medalist was Ballard’s Kade Miller with a 44. Jadon Block led the Rams with a 45. He tied for meet runner-up but lot on the tie breaker.
Read MoreThe family that escapes together laughs a lot
~a column by Colleen O’Brien I participated in an Escape Room game last week. When my family first proposed it, I thought it was something brand new, avant-garde; I thought I’d be in on something so hip and with-it that for once I’d be on the leading edge of life in the 21st century.
Read MoreRippey sesqucentennial planning starts Sunday
In 2020 Rippey will be 150 years old. The mayor of Rippey and city council will host a planning meeting Sunday, April 14, at 2 pm at the Community Center.
Read MorePaton-Churdan tells prom plans
The Paton-Churdan Junior class presents “A Night in Paris” for Prom 2019 on Saturday, April 13. Prom-goers this year will be transported to Paris once they enter the school greeted by a Parisian streetscape. As they follow the cobblestone street they will have views of the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe. Couples will even have to pass over…
Read MoreJeff council sets five public hearings
The Jefferson city council set public hearings for every item on its April 9 meeting agenda. The council set May 14 at 5:30 pm as the time for a public hearing on the relocation of 243rd St for a runway extension project at the municipal airport. The resolution setting the public hearing also included ordering the plans and specifications for…
Read MoreCounty supes ask for review of master matrix
The Greene County supervisors on Monday approved a letter to state elected officials lauding the county’s hog growers and their practices, and asking the legislature to consider changes to the master matrix, the tool used to evaluate applications for the construction permit needed for new confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs). The final version of the letter is very similar to…
Read MoreLandus Cooperative to close Scranton location
Customers of the Scranton location of Landus Cooperative learned last week the facility will be closing within a year. The announcement was made late last week with letters mailed to customers in the area. The determining factor is the safety of the facility. It has been discovered the concrete silos are deteriorating, causing a safety hazard for the workers as…
Read MoreCounty engineer tells 5-year road construction plan
Widening and resurfacing County Road P-46 between 340th and 320th St in Washington Township is slated for FY2020. That project is next in line in the five-year secondary roads construction program. County engineer Wade Weiss reviewed the plan with the county supervisors Monday; the supervisors then approved the plan. The estimated cost of the Washington Township project is $1 million.
Read MoreInfo meeting slated for farmers market 2019 season
Farmers market vendors, potential vendors, food/dinner providers and supporters of the Greene County farmers market are invited to welcome spring and meet other local “foodies” at a “Spring into Spring” informational meeting Thursday, April 18, at 6 pm at the Thomas Jefferson Gardens Welcome Center in Jefferson. More More information will be available and potential vendors and dinner providers are…
Read MoreAg assessments delayed until October
Greene County assessor Adam Smith advises property owners the assessments for agricultural property will not be provided in April. “The recent government shutdown caused the State of Iowa not to receive all numbers needed to calculate the ag value for 2019 before the date required by law to change those values,” explained Smith. “Due to crop prices and input cost,…
Read MoreA sure sign of spring – the first NASS crop report
Cool temperatures and rain throughout Iowa kept fields from drying out enough for fieldwork during the week ending April 7, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Statewide there was just 0.8 day suitable for fieldwork. Fieldwork activities were limited with some farmers spreading manure and applying dry fertilizer on fields able to support the equipment.
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