~courtesy of The Scranton Journal A near capacity crowd enjoyed an evening of food, drinks and fund raising for the Greene County Gobblers Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation. Held at Clover Hall on the Greene County Fairgrounds in Jefferson Jan. 31, the event drew more than 100 guests who enjoyed the meal catered by Lidderdale Country Store. More…
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Rieder honored by HS Athletic Directors Assn
Doug Rieder (right), longtime sports broadcaster with Raccoon Valley Radio, was honored at a recent Greene County basketball game with the Iowa High School Athletic Directors Association Media Award. Rieder has done play-by-play of Jefferson-based high school sports for 40 years. The award was presented by IHSAD past-president and Greene County athletic director Todd Gordon (left). Gordon nominated him for…
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The Greenbrier 4-H club met at Landus Co-op on Monday, Feb. 10. Conner Allender of the Young Leaders reported their group was doing chocolate covered strawberries for Valentine’s Day as a fundraiser. The Young Leaders would be preparing them during the week and pick-up would be Feb. 13 and 14 at the Greene County Extension office.
Read MoreJeff council discusses merger of Chamber, Main Street
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline At a time when Jefferson has received national recognition for restoration and historical preservation of its Main Street District and is seeing increasing tourism from those efforts, many are wondering how best to proceed. The city council heard from representatives of the Jefferson Chamber of Commerce and Jefferson Matters: Main Street at the council meeting…
Read MoreNEW Cooperative looking at adding feed mill at Cooper location
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline Managers for NEW Cooperative Inc., an agronomy company based in Fort Dodge and operating a site south of Cooper on Highway 4, spoke to the Greene County board of supervisors at the regular meeting on Feb 13 about expanding operations at the Cooper site.
Read MoreThe Behn Report
~by Sen. Jerry Behn February 14, 2020 One of the first things we did during our fifth week in the Senate was pass our education funding bills, Senate File 2164 and Senate File 2142. These bills together mean approximately $90 million in increased funding for Iowa schools. We are confident this amount is sustainable and responsible, allowing us to prioritize…
Read MoreNew Way Trucks acquires Canadian manufacturer
Scranton, IA – New Way Trucks, Inc., an Iowa-based refuse truck manufacturer, announced Feb. 13 the acquisition of ROTO PAC® from Ginove, a Quebec-based manufacturer of refuse equipment best known for its patented ROTO PAC; the world’s first auger-driven organics collection truck in North America.
Read MoreAlliant Energy warns of scammers
Alliant Energy reports that customers in Wisconsin and Iowa have received calls from scammers pretending to be Alliant Energy. These callers threaten to cut off power in a few hours unless immediate payment is made. The following information is provided by Alliant Energy:
Read MoreKathy Semke, 1952 – 2020
Mary Margaret Kathelene Semke, 67, of Jefferson, passed away on February 9, 2020, after a brave battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Kathy was born December 23, 1952, to Ward Duffy and Katherine Jobush in Jefferson. After graduating from Jefferson High School in 1971, she went on to study at the University of Iowa.
Read MoreQuartet of Rams to district wrestling tournament
~courtesy of The Scranton Journal Greene County wrestlers traveled to Adel for sectional tournament action Saturday, Freshman McKinley Robbins was the only first place winner for the Rams. The 106-pound wrestler posted two quick pins to advance to districts in Atlantic Saturday. Robbins is ranked second in Class 2A. He’ll be accompanied by three teammates who qualified with second place…
Read MoreRam boys 1-3 in recent hoops action
~courtesy of The Scranton Journal The Greene County boys basketball team lost two Heart of Iowa Activities Conference games last week. League-leading Gilbert dropped the Rams 79-45 Feb. 3 and third place Nevada won 74-60 the following night. Both games were in Jefferson. Greene County defeated 1-17 Saydel 54-44 on the road Friday and fell in non-conference action to Carroll…
Read MoreRam girls top Saydel for second win of season
~courtesy of The Scranton Journal The Greene County girls basketball team picked up its second win this season over winless Saydel, topping the Eagles 45-23 on Friday. The girls were unable to post much offense in losses against Gilbert 70-9 on Monday; Nevada 57-13 on Tuesday; and Carroll 77-9 on Saturday. The Rams enter Regional tournament action on Saturday, Feb.…
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