A tradition was started in 2016 by the Grow Greene County Board of Directors to surprise deserving agencies in Greene County with a Give Back Award during the holiday season. This year on the heels of another successful year at Wild Rose Jefferson, the Grow Greene County Board gave out six Give Back Awards on Nov. 19. Rather than surprise…
Read MoreDay: November 20, 2024
Toys needed to help Santa
The annual Toys for Greene County Kids drive has begun. Last year, through the generosity of donors, more than 320 Greene County children received toys as Christmas gifts. “Many of these kids will not receive toys at Christmas if they don’t get them from this type of project,” volunteer organizer Sherry Graven said. Toys are needed for ages newborn through…
Read MoreUpcoming action in winter sports seasons
~by Dustin Teays for The Scranton Journal The winter sports season is officially upon the State of Iowa and there is plenty of upcoming action for Greene County High School. For the Rams, the winter season means the start of boys and girls basketball, boys wrestling and boys and girls bowling to get excited about. For the girls basketball team,…
Read MoreRam spikers receive All-Conference honors
~by Dustin Teays The season has officially concluded for the Greene County Rams volleyball team and multiple players received all-conference honors. The Rams closed out their season 12-17 overall and losing in the Class 3A Regional 7 Quarterfinal to the Des Moines Christian Lions 3-0 (7-25, 22-25, 21-25.) Outside of the first set, the Rams fought tooth and nail the…
Read MoreRam football players receive all-district nod
~by Dustin Teays for The Scranton Journal While the season didn’t end with a state championship for the Greene County Rams football team, multiple players have received honors for their play. The Rams battled their way to a 5-5 finish overall with a miracle run into the playoffs that included three straight wins: 10-7 over Southeast Valley, 14-13 over Des…
Read MoreHow to live after the fact…
~a column by Colleen O’Brien I’m spending a couple of weeks in Pittsburgh, PA, an absolutely beautiful, heavily treed old river city – in fact, a three-river city: the rivers Allegheny and Monongahela meet and make the Ohio River, a good place for a French fort to be built in 1754 and then the British Fort Pitt, built in 1761…
Read MoreThe view from my window – Public health and vaccines
~by Mary Weaver I was never able to sit on my grandpa’s lap as Thaddus Voshel Dorris died at age 36 from tuberculosis. I had an Aunt Alpharetta who died of scarlet fever, and Uncle Raymond and Uncle Thaddeus died from diphtheria, ll three as infants or below the age of 4. Granted this was back in 1911-1918, but I…
Read MoreARNP in gastroenterology to hold monthly office hours at Greene County Medical Center
Medical staff at Greene County Medical Center has announced Karen Luken, ARNP with the Iowa Digestive Disease Center (IDDC) of Clive (pictured, left) will begin seeing patients in Jefferson the third Wednesday of each month, beginning Nov. 20. “We are pleased to have a provider with an extensive background in gastrointestinal medicine joining our list of specialists at Greene County…
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