February 22, 2021 RIPPEY LIBRARY Website: www.rippey.lib.ia.us Email: rippeyli@windstream.net Hours: Mon-Fri 2- 5 p.m. ~by Phyllis Bardole, librarian This has been a cold month and I felt very cold, too! Our printer decided not to talk to our new computer, but thanks to our computer “specialist”, it is working now. There are a few problems still, but I can use…
Read MoreDay: February 23, 2021
Covid positivity rate continues sliding
The 14-day positivity rate for Covid-19 testing is at 1.4 percent as of Tuesday morning, Feb. 23, reported Greene County public health director Becky Wolf. There have been no new cases diagnosed in the previous three days. Nine new cases were diagnosed in the past seven days and 46 have been diagnosed the past 14 days. Of 785 total cases,…
Read MoreJack Harmer, 1943 – 2021
Jack Harmer, 77, of Jefferson, died February 19, 2021, at his home. A memorial service will be held Monday, March 1, at 1 pm at Slininger-Schroeder Funeral Home in Jefferson, followed by interment of cremains and military rites at Jefferson cemetery. Jackie Merritt Harmer was born October 6, 1943, in Council Bluffs, to Virginia (Pine) and Barton Merritt Harmer of…
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