The Scranton community is one of five towns that will receive 5-2-1-0 Healthy Choices Count! grants from the Iowa Department of Public Health for the fiscal year 2021 (July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021). Scranton will join Ottumwa, Sergeant Bluff, Spencer and Winterset in receiving funding for the first time this year. The 5-2-1-0 Healthy Choices Count! program aims…
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Harvest ahead of normal, but crop conditions aren’t good
Harvest showed rapid progress as Iowa farmers made the most of 6.4 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending Sept. 27, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Field activities also included drilling cover crops, applying fertilizer and manure, and fall tillage. Topsoil moisture condition statewide rated 15 percent very short, 31 percent short, 53 percent adequate and…
Read MoreRam spikers top Panorama, So Central Calhoun
~courtesy of The Scranton Journal Greene County got a big lift in a non-conference volleyball triangular on Sept. 22 with Panorama and South Central Calhoun in Rockwell City. Greene County defeated both teams in four sets. The Rams are now 4-7 overall. Greene County won 25-22, 25-21 over the Panthers and 25-17, 25-23 against the Titans. On the night, Lily…
Read MoreRams compete at Roland-Story invite
~courtesy of The Scranton Journal The Greene County cross country teams competed Sept. 24 on the River Bend golf course at the Roland-Story Norseman Invitational. The boys were fourth out of 12 scoring teams with 127 points. Madrid was the top team with a low 25 points and Ogden finished second with 89. Roland-Story girls took top honors with a…
Read MoreRam boys win Trojan XC Invitational
The Greene County cross country teams competed Sept. 28 in the Trojan Invitational hosted by West Marshall. The boys won the team title with an excellent score of 46. Three Rams placed in the top 10 with Logan Woodruff taking second, Luis Velazco third and Ethan Frederick ninth. South Hamilton was second with 67 points and Collins-Maxwell third with 78.…
Read MoreIn the neighborhood
September 25, 2020 Rippey public library news, by librarian Phyllis Bardole Last week was our Greene County Reads. Paton hosted one of the discussions. I went to that one along with Jean Borgeson. I really didn’t get to read “Little Women” word for word, but after Jan Scharingson made it come alive for me, now I want to read some of the…
Read MoreRaymond ‘Bud’ Haley, 1936-2020
Raymond Clair “Bud” Haley, age 84 years, 8 months and 3 days, of Jefferson, died from complications of pneumonia on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020, at Regency Park Nursing Home & Rehabilitation Center in Jefferson where he had spent the last three years. He was one of very few in the Haley lineage to live past the age of 70, and…
Read MoreSheriff’s report – September 2020
Following are excerpts of activities reported by the Greene County sheriff’s office: Wednesday, Sept. 30: At 2:28 pm a deputy and the Scranton fire department responded to a combine fire near C Ave and 250th St in Scranton Township. At 5:42 pm a deputy investigated a complaint of railroad crossing arms stuck down on 13th St in Grand Junction. At…
Read MorePolice blotter – September 2020
Following are excerpts of activities reported by the Jefferson police department: Wednesday, Sept. 30: At 3:43 pm an officer investigated a property damage accident in the parking lot at Greene County High School. Brianna Blasnitz of Jefferson was eastbound driving a 2017 Ford Fiesta owned by Charlotte Blasnitz. Esther Van Horn of Glidden was following Blasnitz, driving a 2011 Nissan…
Read MoreArrest made in domestic assault case
The Perry News reports that Nathan Clark Aldrich, 32, of Jefferson was arrested on a pair of Greene County arrest warrants Sunday afternoon, Sept. 27. He is charged with willful injury and two counts of domestic abuse assault following an incident reported by the Jefferson police Sunday, Sept. 20, in the 300 block of W. Washington St.. Aldrich allegedly went…
Read MoreJeff council discusses priorities for FY 22
Animal shelter, dog park move up on list The Jefferson city council at its Sept. 22 meeting reviewed budget priorities for the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2021. As in previous years, the mayor and council members had rated a list of 30 items of importance to residents of the city on a 3-point scale, with 1 being highest…
Read MoreRams top winless Red Oak after falling behind 14-0
For the second week in a row the Greene County Rams were behind 14-0 before they scored, and for the second week in a row they claimed a victory. Last week it was a 22-19 win over Nodaway Valley in the Rams’ homecoming game. This week it was a 55-14 win over the Red Oak Tigers in the Tigers’ homecoming…
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