Month: May 2021

Home State Bank of Jefferson, a leading supporter of the Greene County Early Learning Center’s new building fundraising campaign, has committed $100,000 to the effort to expand the availability of childcare to serve families in the Greene county area. “Greene County Early Learning Center’s (GCELC) new building is crucial to economic development and the growth of our community.  As we…

“Rippey is a baseball town” is a written description embedded on a large rock outside the center field fence. Baseball will once again be played in Rippey with a scheduled tournament May 14, 15, and 16. The first Rippey game was played in the 1880s and the team was called Hard Scrabble Boys. People walked or rode horseback or came…

ISU Extension and Outreach in Greene County will be host a free tree seedling promotion Friday, May 14, from 2 to 4 pm at the Greene County Extension office. Advance signup is encouraged by calling ISU Greene County Extension at 515-386-2138. ISU Greene County is collaborating with The Green Initiative™and partnering with Trees Forever and GreenState Credit Union and the Department…

~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline The Greene County board of supervisors appointed five people to the Greene County redistricting commission at the regular meeting on May 10. Redistricting is usually necessary after the United States census results are tabulated every 10 years. The redistricting commissioners adopt new boundaries for the county supervisor districts, if indicated by the census results. The…

Kicking off celebration of local Rotary’s centennial Hundreds of young people, like these children from the Greene County Early Learning Center, will have the opportunity to experience the sights and sounds from the Mahanay Memorial Carillon Tower for free this year, thanks to a sponsorship by the Rotary Club of Jefferson. “Our club is happy to sponsor admissions for youth…

The Iowa Communications Alliance (ICA) announced May 4 the election of Jamie Daubendiek to the ICA board of directors.  Daubendiek is the general manager of Jefferson Telecom, which has served the community since 1938. Daubendiek was elected by his peers in the independent communications industry to serve a three-year term on the board.  Dave Duncan, ICA CEO, commented on Daubendiek’s…

Landus, a farmer-owned cooperative, and Mid State Milling Inc, an independent feed mill operator, announced May 11 a collaboration agreement. Mid State Milling is the first feed and third company overall to join the Landus optimization model within the span of one month. “The diversity of the first three businesses joining us on this journey of optimizing ag retail demonstrates…

Much needed precipitation across much of Iowa was beneficial to crop progress during the week ending May 9, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Statewide there were 5.1 days suitable for fieldwork for the week due to precipitation. Other field activities such as spraying and applying anhydrous and dry fertilizer were slowed by sporadic rains. Topsoil moisture levels…