~courtesy of The Scranton Journal The Greene County baseball team had a tough week, losing all four games on their schedule. Monday, June 14, they fell to Roland-Story 15-6 and Wednesday it was South Hamilton 6-2. Saturday Saydel hosted a tournament where the Rams lost to Van Meter 7-3 and to Saydel 10-2. GC is 2-12 on the season and…
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Ram softball team at 4-12 on season, battling illness and injuries
~courtesy of The Scranton Journal The Greene County softball team lost to Roland-Story 12-4 on Monday, June 14. A second game was on the schedule, but due to illness and injury to the Rams pitchers, it was forfeited to the Norsemen. Tuesday’s game with ADM was also forfeited for the same reasons. GC was back in action Wednesday, taking a…
Read MoreNicole Murphy wins $20,000 with scratch off lottery ticket
A Greene County woman bought a ticket in a new lottery game and won a $20,000 prize. “I just couldn’t breathe. I was shaking. It was an experience I had never had before,” Nicole Murphy, 46, of Jefferson told officials as she claimed her prize on June 14. “I’m guessing people who jump out of airplanes maybe get that experience,…
Read MoreMedical center foundation holds golf tournament
Greene County Medical Center Foundation director Nancy Houska couldn’t have asked for better weather for the Foundation’s golf tournament, held June 18 at the Jefferson Municipal Golf Course. Sunny skies, warm temperatures and 64 golfers made a perfect combination for fun and fundraising. Sixteen teams began with a shotgun start at 10 am, followed by a boxed lunch provided by…
Read MoreStevens named Extension farm management specialist
AMES, Iowa – With a little more than a year of experience working for Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, Alexis Stevens has yet to experience “normal extension life.” The newly named farm management specialist for Region 2, she began her extension career in February 2020, as the county extension director for the ISU Extension and Outreach Boone County office. Her start…
Read MoreHistorical Society to open new exhibit, “Dig it! The 1950s, ’60s & ’70s”
~by Chuck Offenburger for the Greene County Historical Society Three decades that changed the world – and our part of it – are featured in a new exhibit, “Dig it! The 1950s, ’60s & ’70s,” that will open on Saturday, July 3, at the Greene County Historical Museum in Jefferson. An exhibit, designed and constructed by Mikki Schwarzkopf and Dianne…
Read MoreA slight wiggle in thinking
~a column by Colleen O’Brien A neighbor kid I knew in the 1980s, youngest of four boys and friend of my kids, grew up to earn a doctorate in psychology and become a nationally certified counselor and a marriage and family counselor. Steve, now Dr. Steven W. Nicholas, recently wrote a book on how to deal with suicides, writing in…
Read MoreSupervisors handle varied business
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline The Greene County board of supervisors meeting on June 21 was noticeably clearer for those who electronically attended the meeting. GCNO noted much less background noise in the transmission and clearer audio quality when people spoke from the gallery. Board chair John Muir announced the installation of a new microphone. Sound quality has been an…
Read MoreJefferson Telecom donates to GCELC fund drive
Jefferson Telecom supports the initiative to build a new Greene County Early Learning Center in Jefferson. The board of directors of Jefferson Telecom recently approved a multi-year donation totaling $100,000 from the Jefferson Telephone Company Charitable Trust for the GCELC’s community fundraising campaign, “Growth Happens Here” to secure the last phase of funding. Jim Daubendiek, Jefferson Telecom CEO states, “The board…
Read MoreCrops, pasture showing stress of driest start to June on record
With only spotty rains across most areas of the State, farmers had 6.0 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending June 20, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Field activities included spraying post emergence herbicides, side dressing nitrogen, and harvesting hay. Topsoil moisture levels statewide rated 25 percent very short, 39 percent short, 35 percent adequate and…
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