Greene County High School commencement will be held inside the high school gym Sunday at 2 pm. The location has been changed from Linduska Field based on the weather forecast. Family ticketed seating will begin at 1:15 pm, with general admission seating at 1:45. Commencement will begin at 2 pm.
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Memorial highway, bridge to be dedicated Friday
The public is invited to attend a dedication ceremony of the Lance Corporal Benjamin Carman Memorial Highway and the Captain Matthew Nielson Memorial Bridge Friday, May 24, at 10 am at the Iowa DOT maintenance garage at 610 N. Pinet St in Jefferson. Highway 4 between Highways 30 and 141 will be designated at the Benjamin Carmal Memorial Highway. The…
Read MoreJeff council okays hotel/motel funds for Bell Tower Festival carnival
Also moves forward with $1.7M general obligation bond, pickleball courts, single stream recycling The Jefferson city council at its May 14 regular meeting approved up to $15,000 for the carnival at the Bell Tower Festival. The carnival company will be the same as the past two years – Gotcha Games of Collins, IA. Cost will be $15,776. Bell Tower Festival…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending May 10
In Greene County district court Christopher Richard Sowers, 51, of Grand Junction was sentenced May 8 to 10 days in jail, with credit for time served, after he changed his plea to guilty to a charge of driving while license barred. He was fined $855 with a $128.25 surcharge; the fine and surcharge were suspended. Court costs were $100. (Sentencing:…
Read MoreBlake earns honors at SEP Expo
Greene County High School senior Paul Blake earned honors at the Iowa Industrial Expo May 10 at Southeast Polk High School. Paul earned first place ribbons with his coffee table with black epoxy and his charcuterie board with black epoxy; second place ribbons for his walnut charcuterie board and end table with blue epoxy; and a third place medal in…
Read MoreRam girls finish soccer season with overtime loss in Region 6 play
~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal The regular season ended with an 0-11 record for the Greene County girls soccer team, but the Rams came close to qualifying for post-season play at Avoca Monday. The team played AHST Monday for the Class 1A – Region 6 game. AHSTW had a 1-11 record heading into the game. The Rams…
Read MoreRam boys qualify five events for state track & field meet
~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal The Greene County boys track and field team finished their regular season last Thursday, competing in the Class 2A state qualifying meet in Manson, qualifying five events for the state meet, taking place this Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. First and second place finishers in each event automatically…
Read MoreThree Ram events to girls state track & field meet
Two new school records set at qualifying meet ~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal Three events for the Greene County girls track and field team will compete at the state meet after automatically qualifying last Thursday at Manson-Northwest Webster High School. The state meet will be held May 16, 17 and 18 at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. Kaycee…
Read MoreRam boys finish regular golf season with win, but don’t make the cut at sectional
~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal The Greene County Rams boys golf team closed out the regular season with a win. First up the Ram boys finished out the regular season at home at the Jefferson Community Golf Course against Madrid and Grand View Christian where they took first place with a team score of 332. Grand View Christian…
Read MoreRam boys end regular soccer season at 11-2, then win first post-season game
~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal The Greene County boys soccer team wrapped up the regular season last week, going 3-0 with solid wins over Grand View Christian, Nevada and East Sac County. On 6, the Rams hosted Grand View Christian for Senior Night. Seniors honored for their time on the team were Gabe Ebersole, Jack Hansen, Nathan Behne,…
Read MoreCareer explorers build dog houses to finish year
Career Exploration camps provided by Greene County ISU Extension and the Greene County Career Academy concluded for the school year with exploring construction careers. Students built a pair of dog houses with instructor Derrik Bauer and volunteers Larry and Paul Blake and Raymond Bauer. The dog houses, intended for large breed dogs, will be donated to PAWS for sale as…
Read MoreSupervisor Benitz says CIJD is a ‘good’ facility
Two weeks ago he described it as ‘crazy’ Greene County supervisor Dan Benitz back-pedaled at the May 13 county supervisors meeting when he was confronted by Jefferson resident Bryan Helmus about a comment he had made concerning the Central Iowa Juvenile Detention (CIJD) facility in Eldora at the April 29 meeting. Benitz is the Greene County representative to the CIJD…
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