~courtesy of The Scranton Journal The Greene County volleyball team had a rough week of competition that saw losses to Prairie City-Monroe on Sept.8, to Roland-Story on Sept. 10, and four in the South Hardin tournament on Saturday. The Rams are now 2-7 overall, and 0-2 in the Heart of Iowa Activities Conference. All the Rams volleyball matches have been at…
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Baseball returning to Rippey next summer
Continued improvements are being done at the Walt Anderson Baseball Field in Rippey. The funding for these upgrades was provided by the Greene County Community Foundation, along with matching funds from the Friends of Rippey. This photo shows the Rippey M and M volunteer scrapers and painters, Mel Murken and Merle Jackson. They are resting on their work as they…
Read MoreCounty poised to purchase building for law enforcement admin center
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline The Greene County board of supervisors moved another step closer to purchasing a building to renovate as a law enforcement administration center at its Sept. 14 regular meeting. The supervisors held a public hearing concerning the purchase of the Midland Power Cooperative office building and grounds west of the Jefferson Municipal Cemetery. The purchase price…
Read MoreMystery neighbor . . . from snoopy neighbor’s point of view
~a column by Colleen O’Brien I see this person every day either walking past my house early – 7 am or so – or driving by in a black Corvette, a black truck or a high-rise golf cart. He has a boat that I’ve never seen in the water. On my daily walk, I spot him in his driveway doing…
Read MoreLt Gov tours Jefferson apartment project
~courtesy of The Scranton Journal Developer Adam Sweers of Carroll met with Lt Governor Adam Gregg and Jefferson city officials Sept. 10 to tour the former White House Apartments located at 215 S. Wilson Ave. The use of Workforce Housing Tax Credits were key in funding the remodeling plans. Sweers shared his plans for the vacant and gutted building, remodeling…
Read MoreIowa’s youth deer season begins Sept. 19
The Iowa deer hunting tradition will be passed on to about 10,000 young hunters who are participating in the youth deer season, which opens on Sept. 19. This season is designed as a mentor-styled hunt, matching young hunters with a licensed adult to teach proper deer hunting techniques, wildlife behavior, and safe hunting practices without the added pressure of other…
Read MoreRams find another team with a cancellation so homecoming game is ‘on’
The Greene County Rams will host the Class A Nodaway Valley Wolverines for the homecoming game this Friday evening at Linduska Field. The Wolverines of Greenfield are 1-3 on the season. They were to have traveled to Ogden to play the Bulldogs and the Rams were to have hosted the Des Moines Christian Lions. The Bulldogs and the Lions are…
Read MoreMedical center trustees and Foundation tell plans for new ‘continuum of care community’
Will include independent living, assisted living, memory care and long term care The boards of Greene County Medical Center and the Greene County Medical Center Foundation announced Monday plans to develop a “continuum of care community”, incorporating Ever Greene Ridge, the current independent living community owned by the foundation, and the current medical center long term care unit into a…
Read MoreIn the neighborhood
Sept. 14, 2020 Rippey UMC Rippey Methodist Church had its first outdoor worship Sunday, Sept. 13. We really had a good group. Pastor Cat did one service online and then did ours at the old skating rink! It was nice to have a sunny day and be together. I think we drift apart when we don’t see each other at…
Read MoreCorn, soybean harvests have begun
Most of Iowa had multiple days of much needed rain, which left just 1.4 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending Sept. 13, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Field activities included harvesting corn for silage, moving old crop grain stocks, and preparing equipment and bins for harvest. Topsoil moisture condition across the state rated 12 percent…
Read MoreGrCo homecoming court told
Greene County High School seniors have selected the 2020 homecoming court. On the court this year are Lily Muir, Makala Kafer, Ashlyn Frederick, Joslyn Monthei, Lizzy Allen, Jaxon Warnke, Blake Kaufman, Zach Goff, Luis Velazco and Sawyer Schiltz. Voting for the king and queen is done by sophomores, juniors and seniors. Homecoming will look a little different this year, like…
Read MoreB. Banister asks Trump supporters for explanation
To the editor, I have to admit: Donald Trump is not stupid. He fully realizes that his followers don’t care that he is a proven liar. He knows that it doesn’t matter to them if he has been accused of rape and sexual assault dozens of times. When he cozies up to Vladimir Putin or claims the Russians haven’t meddled…
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