The Greene County Ram boys cross country team had two medalists at the hot and muggy Panorama Invitational meet Sept. 19. Senior Noah Hinote placed ninth and sophomore Brady Carstensen placed 16th. Coach Jeff Lamoureux described the meet as “very competitive.” The winning time was 16:58, set by Clarinda senior Kyle Wagoner. Noah Hinote ran the 5K race in 18:45.60.…
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Paton-Churdan names homecoming royalty
Paton-Churdan is celebrating homecoming this week. High school students selected Kinnick Steimel as homecoming king and Grace Cullum as homecoming queen. Other members of the court are Savannah McCloud, Lily Richards and Emily Walbaum. Mini king and mini queen are Krew Chesler and Elsie Olson.
Read MoreSupervisors slate public hearing on urban renewal capital loan notes
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline Greene County attorney Thomas Laehn reported at the Sept. 16 meeting of the board of supervisors that he had filed the board’s objections to a permit application by Summit Carbon Solutions for construction of a CO2 capture pipeline with the Iowa Utilities Commission. The board had directed Laehn to file the objections at their Sept.…
Read MoreHistorical Society program features tales of Squirrel Hollow Park
Tanner Scheuermann, who heads the Greene County Conservation, will tell the story of Squirrel Hollow Park at a Greene County Historical Society lunch Friday, Oct. 4, at the Rippey Methodist Church. The park, the second-oldest county park in the state, is located in a heavily wooded area in the far southeast corner of Grant Township. Briggs Wood in Hamilton County…
Read MoreAce Hardware, Don & Bonnie Orris donate to Midwest Mission’s Bucket Brigade
Midwest Mission is hosting a Bucket Brigade, an evening of assembling disaster relief supplies into 5-gallon buckets, on Wednesday, Sept. 25 from 3 to 7 pm. This volunteer event comes after the devastating disaster season Iowa experienced this past spring and summer. Midwest Mission was able to respond by sending buckets of disaster relief supplies to three locations following the…
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The Greenbrier 4-H club met Monday, Sept. 9, at Clover Hall. Presentations were given by Madison Christensen on her volleyball rebounder, Ava Glendenning on dog grooming, Parker Gierstorf on Nintendo, Luke Larson on woodworking, Ellen Glendenning on watercolor painting, and Blake Gierstorf on Lego cars
Read MoreKiwanis donates to Ram Reader program
The Kiwanis Club of Jefferson recently donated $1,000 to the Greene County elementary’s Ram Reader program. The goal of the program is to provide each student with a free book to take home before each long break throughout the school year. The mission of Kiwanis is to support the youth of our community. By encouraging our students to read, we…
Read MoreRam spikers find consistency in successful week of play
~by Dustin Teays for The Scranton Journal This past week was filled with plenty of wins for the Greene County Rams volleyball team. The Rams opened up the week with a trip Sept. 9 to take on the Jayettes in Perry, where they came away with a 3-0 win (25-11, 25-18, 25-15). Solid performances all around earned the Rams the…
Read MoreTackling, rushing attack factors in Ram loss to Atlantic Trojans
~by Dustin Teays for The Scranton Journal The Greene County Rams football team headed to Atlantic last Friday to take on the Trojans. Since 2018, the Rams have been able to get the best of the Trojans more often than not, including a 41-6 win last season. A punishing Trojans rushing attack led to a 21-17 loss this time. Other…
Read MoreAre we done yet? Or done for?
~a column by Colleen O’Brien How is it that an ex-president of the U.S. who promoted a chaotic, unstable administration and a non-existent record of anything done for the people except a tax cut for the wealthy during his reign, who is also a 34-count felon, a womanizing rapist, a congenital liar, a slimy name-caller, an insurrectionist against his own…
Read MoreJeff council OKs water rate increase
Will consider the increase two more times before it’s finalized The Jefferson city council at its Sept. 10 meeting voted to increase water rates by 5 percent, but two more readings will be held of the needed amendment to city ordinance. City administrator Scott Peterson explained the rate increase is needed to keep up with expenses and to save for…
Read MoreCorn harvest begins in Iowa
Iowa experienced hot and dry conditions this week. These conditions allowed Iowa farmers 6.7 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending Sept. 15, 2024, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Field activities included chopping corn silage and harvesting corn and soybeans. Topsoil moisture condition statewide rated 6 percent very short, 38 percent short, 55 percent adequate and…
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