Charming rustic décor creates a cheery welcome to the home of Kim and Galen Dayton, 501 Hickory Lane, chosen as the July 2021 Yard of the Month by the Jefferson Garden Club. Throughout the gardens, Kim’s vintage decorating touches create warmth and interest in surprising ways as containers for bright pots of annuals on the porch and as backdrops for…
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New Opportunities updates Alternative Activity Directory
Parents and families looking for something fun to do this summer have a resource in an Alternative Activity Directory updated by New Opportunities’ prevention department. Alternative Activities promote skills or knowledge that might cause participants to refrain from future alcohol and drug use. They occupy free time that may otherwise be idle or unstructured. Typically, alternative activities can provide meaningful…
Read MoreHistorical Society annex, one-room school to be open at the county fair
The Greene County Historical Society’s Fairgrounds Annex will be open Friday and Saturday, July 9 and 10, from 10 am to 7 pm, during the Greene County Fair. The annex is full of inventions, gadgets and memorabilia of rural life in the first 100 years of the county. Historical Society members will serve as docents. The restored one-room country school,…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending July 2
In Greene County district court cases were initiated during the week ending July 2 as follows: Zachary Lee Flinn, 28, of Perry, possession of methamphetamine- third or subsequent offense, controlled substance violation, and ongoing criminal conduct- influence enterprise; Tyler Wayne Howell, 39, of Fort Dodge, driving while license barred; Damien James Comstock, 25, of Woolstock, driving while license barred; Carter…
Read MoreTanner Taylor playing Tower Tunes Live concert Sunday
The Tower Tunes Live concert on Sunday, July 4, will be played by Jefferson-Scranton alum and professional musician Tanner Taylor and his wife Jana Taylor. This will be their first time playing the carillon here in Jefferson. This special concert will begin at 12:15 pm and the public is encouraged to arrive early in the downtown area to listen. Tower…
Read MoreIndependence Day celebration July 3 in Churdan
The Churdan public library board and staff will host its annual Independence Day ice cream social Saturday, July 3, from 6 to 6:45 pm in the city park shelter house. Ice cream sundaes and floats will be served, with a free will donation going toward the library’s operating expenses. The Town & Country Band will perform in the gazebo at…
Read MoreRam softball 4-14 on season
~courtesy of The Scranton Journal The Greene County softball team lost two games last week. They fell 6-3 at Prairie City-Monroe on Monday, June 21. The game in Jefferson with Manson-NW Webster was cancelled because of bad weather. Thursday the Rams hosted Saydel, the top team in the HOIC, falling 6-2. The South Hamilton Tournament on Saturday was cancelled due…
Read MoreRam baseball team improves to 5-12
~courtesy of The Scranton Journal The Greene County baseball team picked up three wins last week. They defeated host Prairie City-Monroe 3-1 on Monday, June 21. Tuesday’s game with Manson-NW Webster was cancelled due to stormy weather. Wednesday the Rams pulled off an upset of HOIC leader West Marshall 8-4 and Perry was a 13-3 victim on Friday. GC is…
Read MoreDNR forecasts Iowa’s 2021 fall pheasant population to be similar to 2020
If Iowa pheasant hunters liked the hunting they had in 2020, they should like it again in 2021. Based on the annual pheasant nesting forecast, Iowa’s pheasant population should be similar to slightly higher than last year, said Todd Bogenschutz, upland wildlife biologist for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Bogenschutz bases the forecast on a model using 1961-90…
Read MoreThe Greene County Fair has full slate of activities
Fair Week, July 6-11 After a limited 2020 Greene County Fair, the Fair board, led by president Connor Juergensen, is planning a fair like those enjoyed before the pandemic. The Greene County Fairgrounds will be bustling next week as 4-H and FFA members, their families, and people of all ages enjoy a traditional county fair July 6-11. The fair begins…
Read MoreSupervisors want more info on potential jail engineering firm
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline At the meeting on June 28, the Greene County board of supervisors continued discussion of possible construction of a detached 30-bed jail to be located near the new law enforcement center west of the municipal cemetery. ISG, an architecture and engineering firm who had worked with county sheriff Jack Williams several years ago, had presented…
Read MoreRain falls on Iowa, but still not enough
Much needed precipitation limited Iowa farmers to 3.9 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending June 27, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Field activities included spraying post emergence herbicides and harvesting hay. Topsoil moisture levels across Iowa rated 12 percent very short, 30 percent short, 52 percent adequate and 6 percent surplus, an improvement over last…
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