~courtesy of The Scranton Journal After multiple delays, Greene County began the wrestling season Dec. 15 with three duals at Iowa Falls. The Rams won 53-6 over Baxter, and lost a couple of close contests to Gilbert 43-34 and 39-37 to Iowa Falls-Alden. Nevada and Interstate 35 were dual meet wrestling winners over Greene County on Thursday night in Nevada.…
Read MoreDay: December 23, 2020
Covid-19 vaccine arrives in Greene County
The first Greene County Medical Center employees received their first dose of the Moderna MRNA Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday. Greene County Public Health received 300 doses of the Moderna MRNA vaccine against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) Tuesday, Dec. 22. The Iowa Department of Health Public (IDPH) COVID-19 vaccine sub-committee authorized hospitals to begin vaccinating frontline workers as soon as vaccine…
Read MoreCovid-19 total at 639
The 14-day positivity rate for Covid-19 testing in Greene County is 11.1 percent as of Tuesday morning, Dec. 22. Two new cases of Covid-19 were identified in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 639. There have been seven new cases in the past three days, 19 new cases in the last seven days and 61…
Read MoreWarms hats and gloves for every fourth grader in the county
Fourth graders at Paton-Churdan and Greene County will be ready for winter recess when school resumes after the holiday break thanks to the Greene County Cattlemen. The Cattlemen on Monday delivered stocking caps and gloves for every fourth grader in both districts.
Read MoreRe-reading an old friend
~a column by Colleen O’Brien No matter how good some books are, I know I’ll never want to read them again. But now and then a book comes along that warrants repeated readings. Three of my favorites I have read three times. They are all journal-entry or correspondence stories centered around a war that altered the entire world. One of…
Read MorePrairie Lakes receives funds to train computer science teachers
Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency (AEA), whose service area includes Greene County and Paton-Churdan schools, will be able to enhance its computer science teaching skills with a grant awarded recently by Gov. Kim Reynolds. Prairie Lakes AEA was one of 167 urban, rural and suburban school districts, nonpublic schools and Area Education Agencies receiving an award from the Computer Science…
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