Our beloved Dolores “Dee” Richey, age 89, passed peacefully Friday morning, November 20, 2020, at the long term care unit inside Greene County Medical Center in Jefferson, due to natural causes. Dee was born October of 1931 in Winterset and moved to California in the ’60s with her former husband James Richey and their three children. She returned by herself…
Read MoreMonth: November 2020
Greene County surpasses 500 in cases of Covid-19
Greene County surpassed 500 total cases of Covid-19 over the weekend, with the addition of 40 cases in the last three days. Greene County public health director Becky Wolf reported Monday, Nov. 23, there have been a total of 504 cases in the county. Of those 316 persons have Covid-19 now and 188 have recovered. There have been 210 new…
Read MoreGrow Greene County surprises SCT, Adopt-a-Family with Give Back Awards
The Grow Greene County Gaming Corporation’s board of directors annually surprises an unexpecting non-profit organization with its Grow Greene County Give Back Award. This year two organizations were the recipient of an award. On Thursday morning, Nov. 19, board member Brenda Muir surprised Sherry Graven, who coordinates the local Adopt-a-Family project with a check for $5,000 to use toward the…
Read MoreDonated deer hides benefit disabled veterans
Hunters donated more than 4,100 deer hides to Elks Lodges across Iowa last year, which was a slight decrease from the 2018-2019 season. The deer hides are used by the Veterans Leather Program to make professionally-crafted leather gloves for veterans in wheelchairs and also turned into leather used for therapy programs for recovering veterans. The Veterans Leather Program relies on…
Read MoreClover Kids program under way
Clover Kids is a youth program specially designed for youth in 1st—3rd grade. The focus is hands-on cooperative learning in small groups. Clover Kids participate in activities, games, and other positive experiences in a supportive, creative, challenging and fun environment. Anyone who participates in Greene County Clover Kids will be eligible to show animals and bring static projects to the…
Read MoreScranton man wins $10K in IA lottery
Dillan Bates of Scranton won the big prize in the Iowa Lottery’s “Holiday Wishes” scratch game. He purchased his winning ticket at Casey’s in Scranton and claimed his prize Nov. 10 at lottery headquarters in Clive. Holiday Wishes is a $20 scratch game that features 13 top prizes of $25,000 and overall odds of 1 in 2.64. Players can enter…
Read MoreIowa Deer Exchange connects hunters with those who want venison
The inaugural season for the Iowa Deer Exchange has attracted 350 Iowans who indicated they were interested in receiving venison and 60 hunters willing to provide it. The deer exchange, along with the Help us Stop Hunger (HUSH) program, allows hunters an opportunity to provide high quality lean protein to their neighbors, while continuing to do what they enjoy – hunting…
Read MoreLocal 4-H members participating in Iowa 4-H Fighting Hunger food drive
All area residents are invited to join Greene County 4-H members and the 2020-21 State 4-H Council in a stateside effort to collect non-perishable food items throughout the month of November for local food pantries, churches, etc. State Council members have a goal of collecting 10,000 food items amongst Iowa’s 99 counties with the Iowa 4-H Fighting Hunger drive. The…
Read MoreTower Tunes back for holiday season
Local musicians will share the Christmas spirit this season with live music from the Mahanay Memorial Carillon. Each Thursday from 5:15 – 5:30 pm and Sunday from 12:15 – 12:30 pm a variety of holiday music will be shared with the community. These concerts will continue through Dec. 20. Musicians include Michelle Fields, Rick Morain, Wendy VanderLinden, Rhena Lane, Danille…
Read MoreCommercial pesticide training Dec. 2
Registration deadline is Nov. 25 Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Greene County office will host a Pest Control Operators Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) for commercial pesticide applicators on Wednesday, Dec. 2. The program provided by the ISU Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP) can be seen at office locations across Iowa. The local attendance site is Greene…
Read MoreNumber of Covid cases nearing 500 in county
Greene County added 25 confirmed positive case of Covid-19 Thursday, bringing the total to 474 as of Friday morning, Nov. 20, according to Greene County director of public health Becky Wolf. There have been 200 new cases in the past 14 days, 102 in the past seven days. Those numbers are down a bit from Wolf’s last report. The average…
Read MoreStill no decision on ‘old’ gym by GrCo school board
Good news on construction projects, and board okays early retirement policy The Greene County Schools board has yet to decide the fate of the 1921 high school and the 1952 gymnasium attached to it. Neither are needed with the construction of the new high school on Grimmell Road. A public hearing on the disposition of those buildings was held at…
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