~courtesy of the Scranton Journal The Greene County volleyball team fell to 11-17 with 0-3 losses to Roland-Story and Nevada. The Rams are off this week until Saturday when they travel to Atlantic for an eight-team tournament. Action begins at 9 am.
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Supes hear of heroism, lower crime rate
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline The Greene County board of supervisors heard a riveting story of heroism at its regular meeting Monday. County sheriff Jack Williams told of a water rescue last week after a vehicle went into Buttrick Creek with a woman in danger of drowning. Deputy sheriff Shane Allen and Churdan fireman Nate Byerly rescued her with support…
Read MoreWaterfowl hunters reminded of rules for hunting in flooded crop fields
Iowa’s unusually wet spring and fall has created a unique situation in certain parts of the state where floodwaters are reaching crop fields and causing issues regarding what waterfowl hunters can and can’t do in these areas. According to federal regulations, hunters are allowed to hunt standing crops as well as flooded standing crops unless that field has been manipulated.…
Read MoreGreene County Singers slate concert for Sunday
The Greene County Singers’ fall concert, ”Why We Sing,” is set for Sunday, Oct. 20, at 3 pm at Central Christian Church in Jefferson. The Greene County Singers are celebrating their fourth year of singing together. The choir was formed in 2015 and has 28 to 30 members. They are based in Jefferson but have choir members who participate from…
Read MoreCrops still behind as Iowa gets first freeze
In addition to the first freeze of the season, Iowa experienced drier weather this past week; however, wet field conditions remained an issue for farmers as they were limited to 3.1 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending Oct. 13, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Field work activities included chopping silage and harvesting hay, seed corn,…
Read MoreYouth to canvass for food pantry Oct. 23
The Action Resource Center food pantry will be the beneficiary when students from several Jefferson churches canvass Jefferson for canned goods Wednesday, Oct. 23. Residents are invited to place canned goods on their front porch and turn their porch light on by 6:30 that evening. Students in grades 5-12 will collect the itmes and deliver them to the ARC food…
Read More4-H awards program set for Oct. 27
Reminder: re-enrollments due Nov. 15 Greene County 4-H members and volunteers will be recognized for their achievements and contributions at the annual Greene County 4-H Awards Ceremony, scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 27, at the Churdan public library. The public is welcome to attend.
Read MoreRams compete at HOIAC cross country meet
The Ram cross country teams both placed seventh in the Heart of Iowa Activities Conference meet hosted Monday by North Polk (Alleman). “The Heart of Iowa Conference is tough year in and year out,” coach Jeff Lamoureux said. “Gilbert and North Polk lead the way but competition is tough from top to bottom.” Lamoureux said he’s seen much improvement from…
Read MoreUpdate: career academy, high school construction
Although the weather has not cooperated and the project is slightly behind schedule, the construction of the new high school and career academy continues to go well, reports school superintendent Tim Christensen.
Read MoreIn the neighborhood
~by Jean Borgeson LIONS CLUB – The regular Lions Club meeting will be Thursday, Oct. 17, in the Rippey United Methodist Church at 7 pm. The meal will be served by women of the church. The program will be presented by Roger Aegeter, Jefferson, about his recent trip to China.
Read MoreVarceis Club donates to Ram Readers
A group of Scranton Varceis members participated in the October Ram Readers program, formerly the national Reading is Fundamental program at the Greene County Elementary School in Jefferson. Ram Readers is a special program designed to encourage reading for pleasure. It supports distributions of free books four times throughout the year, where students have the opportunity to select books matching…
Read More‘Trunk-or-Treat’ in Scranton Oct. 30
This year the city of Scranton and the Marchant Memorial Library will be coordinating a Halloween “Trunk-or-Treat” event on Wednesday, Oct. 30, from 5 to 7 pm in lieu of the traditional door-to-door Beggar’s Night. Trunk-or-treating is a popular Halloween event where citizens and businesses gather together in one location to make trick-or-treating safer and easier for families and those…
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