Teresa Lansman, Sherri Graven, and Jeri Reece have received Beta Tau Delta sorority’s 2024 Children’s Champion Award. The award is given to individuals or organizations who provide outstanding and longtime service to the youth of Greene County. For more than a decade, these three women have been helping the children and families of Greene County. Lansman, who is employed at New Opportunities,…
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Community caroling with the bell tower Thursdays in December
Area residents are invited to bundle up and sing along with the Mahanay Maestros as they play familiar holiday songs in December. Each Thursday from 5:15 – 5:30 pm, a Maestro will play their selections on the carillon of the Mahanay Bell Tower. The Bell Tower Foundation invites the public to meet on the Bell Tower Plaza and sing along.…
Read MoreGreene County candidates respond to questionnaires
The Scranton Journal submitted a list of questions to the candidates for the contested races in Greene County. The Greene County sheriff candidate answers will be published in next week’s edition. Here are answers to the contested Supervisor races, candidates listed in alphabetical order. Joe Gannon and Greg Ruth are running for District 1 Supervisor and John Muir and Victoria…
Read MoreIn support of Joe Shelly for Iowa House District 47
Joe Shelly is the Democratic candidate seeking election for his first two-year term serving the people of Iowa in House District 47 which includes parts of Dallas, Guthrie, and Greene Counties. If elected, Shelly promises to listen to constituents because his basic commitment is to do all he can to ensure that any legislation passed reflects the wishes of the…
Read MoreNew leadership at The Children’s Center
The Children’s Center board of directors announced this week the selection of Amy McGinn of Jefferson as the new director of The Children’s Center, formerly Greene County Early Learning Center. Set to start in early November, McGinn has been an early childhood educator and advocate for more than 20 years with experience in teaching infants to adults, providing teacher training,…
Read MorePlug into an ‘electrifying’ Historical Society program
~by Denise O’Brien Van for the Greene County Historical Society For millennia, the world operated mostly in the daytime. And for Greene County farmers those days of “make hay while the sun shines” lasted until almost the mid-20th century. Denise O’Brien Van of Jefferson will relate the coming of electricity to local farms at 12:45 pm on Friday, Nov. 1,…
Read MoreGreene County Rams down DSM Christian in defensive battle
~by Dustin Teays for The Scranton Journal Getting a win in high school football is no small feat, and the Greene County Rams team had a huge win this past week. The Rams closed out their regular season at Linduska Field against the Des Moines Christian Lions, a team that was ranked on and off all season long. That said,…
Read MoreRam spikers close out regular season
~by Dustin Teays for The Scranton Journal The Greene County Rams volleyball team took on a tournament this year in their last regular season action. The Rams headed to Winterset Oct. 19 for their tournament that closed out regular season play and went 0-3 in matches on the day. The Rams opened up against the Winterset Huskies, and although they…
Read MoreP-C Rockets pick up third win on volleyball court
~by Dustin Teays for The Scranton Journal The Paton-Churdan Rockets volleyball team was able to pick up its third win of the season this past week. The Rockets had a busy week this past week with four matches and one of those was against Colo-Nesco where the Rockets came away with their third win of the year, 3-1 (23-25, 25-16,…
Read MoreIowa Barn Foundation tour at M. Richards’ Franklin Township farm
Three-year-old Oakley climbed the horse barn stairs to explore the hay mow where she could run and jump as adults reminisced about their days playing and working among the hay bales. Folks arrived in campers, trucks and on motorcycles for the fall Iowa Barn Foundation tour of the freshly adorned red buildings by Kunkle Painting on the Mary Richards Heritage…
Read MoreCanned food drive for ARC Wednesday
Youth groups from several Greene County churches are participating in a canned food drive to support the Christian Action Resource Center (ARC) on Wednesday, Oct. 30. Participating churches have communicated with their congregations about when and how the drive will take place. Youth (5th – 12th grades) will pick up canned food at participating church member homes. Persons who have not been…
Read MoreGenealogical Society meets Nov. 2
The November meeting of the Greene County Iowa Genealogical Society will be held Saturday, Nov. 2, at 10 am. Deb Kucerak will present a program on forensic genealogy. The meeting is open to everyone. It will be held in the handicap-accessible basement of the Jefferson public library.Our reference library is open Wednesday 2-3 pm and Saturday 9-11 am, and to…
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