The public is welcome to join Greene County Medical Center employees at a Stop the Bleed class Thursday, July 18, at 2 pm in the education classroom at the medical center.
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Elks pay for swim lessons for area youngsters
Members of Elks lodge 2306 gave the Jefferson park and recreation department $750 to provide a third session of free swim lessons for area youngsters and for swim passes. The donation was an Elks Gratitude Grant. In the Gratitude Grant program, local Elks lodges receive funds back from the National Elks Foundation for specified community projects.
Read MoreWinner of fair quilt named
Linda Walker was the winner of the quilt made of blocks from the 2018 people’s choice quilt block contest. Suzanne Sievers of the Stitch donated her time and material to create the full size quilt.
Read MoreThe trouble with borders
~a column by Colleen O’Brien Friday, July 12, 2019 was designated by a national group of activists to protest the incarceration of “unaccompanied minors” crossing our southern border. In 700 cities across the country, activists and children’s advocates, ordinary citizens with no affiliations, kids, people young, middle aged and old, female and male, black, brown and white gathered at children’s…
Read MoreLocal cattle do well at national show
~courtesy of The Scranton Journal Three local beef producers competed in the National Dexter Cattle Show held in Lincoln, NE, on June 29. They brought home numerous honors with plans to compete again at the Iowa State Fair. Representing the area were Dawn Rudolph of Scranton (Double D); Rick Seydel of Coon Rapids (Timberview) and Terry Sprague of Guthrie Center.
Read MoreDangerous heat settling in for remainder of week
The National Weather Service has upgraded counties as nearby as Dallas from an excessive heat watch to an excessive heat warning. The Weather Service reports a heat wave will settle in Wednesday through Saturday, with Thursday and Friday likely to be the hottest.
Read MoreVolunteers needed for upcoming homeless surveys
The Greene County Homeless Coalition is looking for volunteers to help conduct homeless assessment surveys on July 31 and Aug. 1. This is the second round of surveys this year; an earlier assessment was done in February, in the midst of severe winter weather.
Read MoreIncome guidelines told for school meal program
The income guidelines for reduced price and free meals for the 2019-20 school year have been released by the Iowa Department of Education. Children in a household of four will be eligible for free meals if the household income is less than $33,475 per year. They will be eligible for reduced price meals if the household income is less than…
Read MoreIowa heating up and drying out
It was a dry week in Iowa that allowed farmers 6.0 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending July 14, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. This was the most days suitable for fieldwork this season. The recent dry weather helped farmers catch up on fieldwork activities. However, there were many comments that areas in Iowa now…
Read MoreUpdate on career academy/school construction
Construction work on the new Greene County High School and Career Academy continues to go well, according to school superintendent Tim Christensen. Interior block walls are almost complete on the career academy and pre-cast panels are being set for the exterior of the career academy.
Read MoreISP reports collision at E-57 and Highway 25
The lives of both drivers in a two–vehicle collision Friday morning were saved by wearing seatbelts. According to information from the Iowa State Patrol, Nikolas Morrow, 29, of Fort Dodge was eastbound on County Road E-57(290th St) driving a 2009 GMC Sierra. He failed to stop at the intersection with Highway 25 and was struck on the driver’s side by…
Read MoreBig Boy steam engine passes through county
The best entertainment in the county Monday afternoon was free, as dozens of people waited along the Union Pacific railroad tracks to see Union Pacific’s historic Big Boy steam locomotive No. 4014.
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