Marilyn Elaine (Compton) Allender, 91, died Nov. 29 at Regency Park Nursing & Rehab in Jefferson. Marilyn was the eldest born to Delmer Harvey Compton and Flora Sylvesta (Beam) Compton on May 14, 1929, in Greene County. She graduated from Bayard High School in 1947. She earned a degree in home economics from Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant. It…
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Jerry Groves, 1941 – 2020
Jerry Lee Groves, age 79 of Rippey, passed away on Friday, December 4, 2020, at his home in Rippey. Jerry was born on April 21, 1941, at the Greene County Hospital in Jefferson to Jesse Lee Groves and Berneice Marie (Miller) Groves. He was raised on a farm outside of Rippey, the youngest of three children. For schooling, Jerry attended…
Read MoreCovid positivity rate continues downward trend
For the first time in several weeks, Greene County director of public health Becky Wolf reported Monday morning no new cases of Covid-19 in the previous 24 hours. The 14-day positivity rate for Covid-19 testing in Greene County now is at 11.4 percent as of Monday morning. The total number of cases in the county is 573. Of those, 257…
Read MoreMedical center suspending surgeries to prepare for post-holiday Covid surge
Also eliminating Women’s Health specialty clinic at end of February Hospitals and medical centers across the country have stepped up in unprecedented ways to meet the challenges of Covid-19. Locally, Greene County Medical Center has been part of the effort to test area residents and provide treatment for Covid-19 illnesses while continuing to meet our communities’ ongoing needs for health…
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